Sky removing Discovery Packages

V F · 29 Jan 2017 at 16:33

Columbo said:
FFS...Eurosport is pretty much my fav channel.
Only watch Wheeler Dealers on Discovery but did see a new series of Born Survivor advertised earlier in the week and would have watched that but I guess this is just 1 of many more reasons to cancel my Sky sub next month.

Depressing if Eurosport gets the heave as I sometimes watch the DTM/Touring cars. Sometimes Snooker/Pool and Tennis. Sometimes watch Fast and Loud.

chaparral · 29 Jan 2017 at 16:55

peahead said:
So Discovery want sky to pay £1 Billion to carry there channels no wonder other European providers have dropped them

But didn't sky pay more then that for some stupid sport stuff

V F · 29 Jan 2017 at 17:10

chaparral said:
But didn't sky pay more then that for some stupid sport stuff

Premier League TV deal: Sky Sports break bank to dominate £5.136bn contract

antijoke · 29 Jan 2017 at 17:41

Vargas said:
The SkyQ box is certainly light years ahead of VM Tivo, VMs box is slow and the guide is terrible.

The new V6 box is very quick, every bit as quick as the Sky HD box ( no experience of Q so cannot compare to that).

nightrider1470 · 29 Jan 2017 at 18:30

Link to complain to sky on their fb page?

Kol · 29 Jan 2017 at 18:40

V F said:
Depressing if Eurosport gets the heave as I sometimes watch the DTM/Touring cars. Sometimes Snooker/Pool and Tennis. Sometimes watch Fast and Loud.

DTM has been on BT Sport for years.

Still, I'll miss Eurosport but the rest of the channels have become very dumbed down over the years.

peahead · 29 Jan 2017 at 19:16

I wonder what virgin media actually pays for the discovery channels i cant see it being anywhere near £1 billion if this figure is actually correct that is

Vertigo · 29 Jan 2017 at 21:22

TheHitMan-1973 said:
So if we are loosing these channels are Sky going to compensate as these channels are not free ? sorry i have not been reading this thread

No, you're just permitted to cancel, so it's up to you to decide whether it's still worth paying for the remaining channels.

TheHitMan-1973 · 29 Jan 2017 at 21:45

They will be putting line rental back up soon

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jpaul · 29 Jan 2017 at 21:49

2014 accounts 1.5B$ total international dist + 1.5B$ int advertising revenue , no uk breakout.
this shows 620M$ europe
so might be playing for 200M$ for UK ?

nightrider1470 · 29 Jan 2017 at 23:21

So will I be able to cancel sky if I still have 10 months of contract left?

peahead · 29 Jan 2017 at 23:24

nightrider1470 said:
So will I be able to cancel sky if I still have 10 months of contract left?

Its not 100% clear according to this article.

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/ne...-amid-discovery-row---your-rights-if-affected

Actually reading the comments some people have actually managed to cancel while still in contract.

malachi · 29 Jan 2017 at 23:45

So Sky drop a few channels and still continue to raise prices. While people still pay it....pay more for less! :confused:

V F · 30 Jan 2017 at 00:41

Kol said:
DTM has been on BT Sport for years.

Still, I'll miss Eurosport but the rest of the channels have become very dumbed down over the years.

I saw DTM races on Eurosport in November or December as Di Resta was driving. Granted it was replays.

Le Mans 24 hour was also covered on Eurosport.

Kol · 30 Jan 2017 at 07:31

V F said:
I saw DTM races on Eurosport in November or December as Di Resta was driving. Granted it was replays.

Le Mans 24 hour was also covered on Eurosport.

Ahhh, yes they do show highlights. I thought you meant live races.

antijoke · 30 Jan 2017 at 07:50

malachi said:
So Sky drop a few channels and still continue to raise prices. While people still pay it....pay more for less!

Yeah, imagine the uproar when they send out the annual "we're always improving the content we provide, that's why the price is going up £x"

bemaniac · 30 Jan 2017 at 08:41

So they worked this out yet?

thecremeegg · 30 Jan 2017 at 08:56

Eurosport

Dammit!

pastymuncher · 30 Jan 2017 at 10:50

Oh great, no more Wheeler Dealers, Gold Rush, Superbikes or Le Mans. No doubt we won't see a reduction in our monthly bills due to having less choice!! If it wasn't for the fact I am on the legacy HD package and get F1 HD for free plus you can't get Sky Atlantic or Sky 1 anywhere else I would be cancelling.

Columbo · 30 Jan 2017 at 11:10

I'm the last person that would ever defend Sky but if (I emphasise the word if) the below is true it does seem very excessive given most of the shows that air now are of the job 'job of the week' type that all follow the same rinse, repeat formula.

They asked the Sky Group to pay close to £1bn for their portfolio of channels, many of which are in decline.

Sauce

Sky also said:

“Sky doesn’t boot channels off our platform. If Discovery don’t want their channels to disappear, as their public campaign suggests, they could have made arrangement to stay on Sky, including free to air with advertising funding or with their own subscription, but they’ve chosen not to do so.