america's equivalent to sky?

salami1212 · 29 Jun 2006 at 08:24

what is it, a simple question?

Tesla · 29 Jun 2006 at 08:25

I'll assume you mean the TV service.

Just to make a point we do have a TV/Home Cinema forum you know!

To answer your question: Dish.

http://www.dishnetwork.com/

AJUK · 29 Jun 2006 at 08:25

penski · 29 Jun 2006 at 08:25

I assume that they have oxygen, hydrogen, water crystals, clouds...Much the same as here in the UK.

*n

AJUK · 29 Jun 2006 at 08:26

penski said:
I assume that they have oxygen, hydrogen, water crystals, clouds...Much the same as here in the UK.

*n

If you were any sharper you would cut yourself.

iCraig · 29 Jun 2006 at 09:24

penski said:
I assume that they have oxygen, hydrogen, water crystals, clouds...Much the same as here in the UK.

*n

They also have methane and other pollutants.

MuvverRussia · 29 Jun 2006 at 09:25

dish network (echostar iirc) or direcTV.

And if you're hoping to receive it in the UK, its impossible due to the curvature of the earth.

jpmonkey69 · 29 Jun 2006 at 10:13

iCraig said:
They also have methane and other pollutants.

What, other Americans?

/rofl

HEADRAT · 29 Jun 2006 at 10:17

salami1212 said:
what is it, a simple question?

The Americans are lucky and they have a proper choice of many providers unlike the UK where we have 1 premium satellite provider

This provider dominates the market and why the Monopolies and Mergers Commission have never got hold of them beats me.

Well it doesn't actaully the fact that Murdock controls a huge portion of the press and media means it would give any goverment that probed its monopoly the ride of its life is why Sky holds us in an iron grip!

HEADRAT

Dj_Jestar · 29 Jun 2006 at 10:59

I rarely watch TV anymore and received a stark reminder why last night with CSI on Sky (livingTV I think it was..)

11pm .. Sat down to watch.

11:02 CSI Starts.

11:04 Ad break.

11:09 CSI Continues.

11:14 Ad-break.

11:23 CSI Continues.

11:29 Ad-break

11:38 CSI Continues

11:44 Ad-break

11:51 CSI Continues

11:54 CSI Finishes.

...

Visage · 29 Jun 2006 at 11:21

Dj_Jestar said:
I rarely watch TV anymore and received a stark reminder why last night with CSI on Sky (livingTV I think it was..)

11pm .. Sat down to watch.

11:02 CSI Starts.

11:04 Ad break.

11:09 CSI Continues.

11:14 Ad-break.

11:23 CSI Continues.

11:29 Ad-break

11:38 CSI Continues

11:44 Ad-break

11:51 CSI Continues

11:54 CSI Finishes.

...

Then thats a problem with LivingTV, rather than Sky.

Mr.Orb · 29 Jun 2006 at 11:23

Dj_Jestar said:
11pm .. Sat down to watch.

11:02 CSI Starts.

11:04 Ad break.

11:09 CSI Continues.

11:14 Ad-break.

11:23 CSI Continues.

11:29 Ad-break

11:38 CSI Continues

11:44 Ad-break

11:51 CSI Continues

11:54 CSI Finishes.

...

Sounds like Lost

robmiller · 29 Jun 2006 at 11:24

Visage said:
Then thats a problem with LivingTV, rather than Sky.

Although to be fair the Sky channels do exactly the same, along with every other commercial channel.

BBC <3

Borris · 29 Jun 2006 at 11:38

HEADRAT said:
...

The MMC (now Competition Commission) have never got hold of anyone - Even when they went after Murdoch and News International for their stranglehold on the UK media. They are, essentially, toothless.

In the USA, at least, they have anti-trust (read: anti-monopoly) legislation that can be called upon by private individuals as class action suits.

Visage · 29 Jun 2006 at 11:47

Sky dont have a monopoly on satellite broadcast in this country......

Chronos-X · 29 Jun 2006 at 11:50

Visage said:
Sky dont have a monopoly on satellite broadcast in this country......

I think you'll find they very much do to all intents and purposes!

DaveyD · 29 Jun 2006 at 11:55

HEADRAT said:
The Americans are lucky and they have a proper choice of many providers unlike the UK where we have 1 premium satellite provider This provider dominates the market and why the Monopolies and Mergers Commission have never got hold of them beats me.

Well it doesn't actaully the fact that Murdock controls a huge portion of the press and media means it would give any goverment that probed its monopoly the ride of its life is why Sky holds us in an iron grip!

HEADRAT

We still have the choice of cable though, although there's generally less choice of channels.

Visage · 29 Jun 2006 at 11:56

Chronos-X said:
I think you'll find they very much do to all intents and purposes!

So how is it that you can receive Channel 4, UKTV channels, BBC etc by Satellite, when none of them are sky companies, and in many cases you dont evn need a Sky account to receive them?

Borris · 29 Jun 2006 at 12:04

Visage said:
So how is it that you can receive Channel 4, UKTV channels, BBC etc by Satellite, when none of them are sky companies, and in many cases you dont evn need a Sky account to receive them?

But Sky has a monopoly on Sky movies, Sky sports and the other Sky channels.

It's unfair, I tell you.

(They have just made an agreement to bundle the Extreme Sports channel, which was, 'til now, free to air. And that does suck.)

Berserker · 29 Jun 2006 at 12:10

Visage said:
So how is it that you can receive Channel 4, UKTV channels, BBC etc by Satellite, when none of them are sky companies, and in many cases you dont evn need a Sky account to receive them?

Sky have a monopoly on Satellite, just like NTL now do on Cable. In some parts of the country, if you want digital, your only choice is Sky satellite. Neither cable nor freeview yet have the countrywide reach that satellite does. That, in my view, makes at least a partial monopoly.

In the states, as posted above, there are at least two major satellite providers - Dish and DirecTV.

In both cases, this concerns the means to receive the channels, rather than the channels themselves, which are in good proportion the same across all providers.