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I cancelled my Sky Sports subscription
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The main issue is the splitting of coverage over 2 or more platforms under the guise of providing a better service for the consumer. What actually happened is everyone had to pay double what they were paying previously to watch the same stuff, it was and is a total con.
I paid for both BT and Sky for a while, trying to get a reduced rate off both of them whenever possible. Family commitments meant that I was watching less and less football and pretty much only watching the United games. I ended up cancelling sky and going with BT when they won the Champions/Europa League coverage but eventually cancelled BT at the end of last season and havent renewed my subs with either so far this season.
I go to most of the United home games and have IPTV for the remainder of the games. Will occasionally watch one of the bigger games, but won't really go out of my way.
The sheer cost of paying to watch football in the UK is massive, and will put loads of folk off. More so than the quality of the punditry/production.
I paid for both BT and Sky for a while, trying to get a reduced rate off both of them whenever possible. Family commitments meant that I was watching less and less football and pretty much only watching the United games. I ended up cancelling sky and going with BT when they won the Champions/Europa League coverage but eventually cancelled BT at the end of last season and havent renewed my subs with either so far this season.
I go to most of the United home games and have IPTV for the remainder of the games. Will occasionally watch one of the bigger games, but won't really go out of my way.
The sheer cost of paying to watch football in the UK is massive, and will put loads of folk off. More so than the quality of the punditry/production.
Good on you. What's really winding me up this season is that sky are supposed to have the 12.30 games, yet when United are on BT tend to have it, this weekend being a prime example.
The way they've split up the games now has made it much worse for the consumer.
It's a joke that there isn't a centralised service to watch all PL games in the UK.
I know it's unlikely to happen, but I wish you could buy subscriptions on a team by team basis. None of this 5 games on one platform, 9 games on another, all European games on a third, etc. Just pay <insert club here> £<insert amount here> per month/year to watch ALL games. It's ridiculous that we pay more for less to watch teams in the country.
I'm cancelling BT after Christmas. I only had it for UFC and I have little interest in CL ( which I can see on Irish tv anyway)
I have zero interest in lower league football, basketball, Soccer Saturday, debate shows, bullshit peddling SSN etc so I'd bin Sky but the internet connection is potato like around here so I have to keep it since IPTV etc isn't an option.
I have zero interest in lower league football, basketball, Soccer Saturday, debate shows, bullshit peddling SSN etc so I'd bin Sky but the internet connection is potato like around here so I have to keep it since IPTV etc isn't an option.
Do Sky and BT make their maximum money from UK?
I guess they are selling their feed to other countries (or isn't that the way it works), but the high cost in UK seems to suggest that they don't make actual good money on selling feed to others, hence charge people in UK more.
I guess they are selling their feed to other countries (or isn't that the way it works), but the high cost in UK seems to suggest that they don't make actual good money on selling feed to others, hence charge people in UK more.
Out of curiosity, how much is a Sky and BT subscription and what does it provide?
PL coverage in the UK is a joke. We pay £65ish a month for the broadcaster that own the rights to the PL, La liga, CL, UFC...
I too pay for Sky and BT but it costs a fortune and I can't even watch the bloody El Clasico anymore.
I'm considering getting one of those network boxes where you pay a yearly subscription for every channel. I did a little research recently and it seems PL games are phasing out on illegal platforms because of a new court order. Does anyone on here stream PL games through those boxes on a regular basis?
I'm considering getting one of those network boxes where you pay a yearly subscription for every channel. I did a little research recently and it seems PL games are phasing out on illegal platforms because of a new court order. Does anyone on here stream PL games through those boxes on a regular basis?
The cost is indeed ludicrous in the UK.
I’m curious how it compares to what it costs to watch domestic matches in other European countries?
What’s the typical package and cost for watching La Liga in Spain, Serie A in Italy, Bundesliga in Germany etc?
I’m curious how it compares to what it costs to watch domestic matches in other European countries?
What’s the typical package and cost for watching La Liga in Spain, Serie A in Italy, Bundesliga in Germany etc?
IPTV costs me £60 a year and I’ve had it two years. Sky (or BT) will never get another penny from me.
You’d probably pay less in the UK for just that tbh. You’d be looking at about £100 for BT & Sky which would have all those things less La Liga but you’d also get your internet, phone line and about 300 TV channels included. If you played the negotiating game you’d get it cheaper than that too.
I guess the cost of living is higher in Sweden though.
I do IPTV too. It won’t last though will it, it can’t can it?
ive been considering doing the same, the cost for around 3 or 4 premier league games a week is just ridiculous.
Can understand why. The price is the worst thing for me. Should be around 200/300 a year, not the 800 euros it is as it stands.
Then you have to get a separate BT subscription as well.
I am lucky in that i get sky sports through the ps3 on my fathers account.
I hate illegal streams though because of the quality and the fact that they keep getting stuck and so on.
Neighbours have some box that they use to get everything. I think it is an iptv box (could be wrong). The problem with that is it could get shut down any time.
I dont mind paying the 250 a year for bt. That is affordable. But 800 a year for sky is just a rip off.
Would love if amazon or netflix set up a subscription that was affordable.
Then you have to get a separate BT subscription as well.
I am lucky in that i get sky sports through the ps3 on my fathers account.
I hate illegal streams though because of the quality and the fact that they keep getting stuck and so on.
Neighbours have some box that they use to get everything. I think it is an iptv box (could be wrong). The problem with that is it could get shut down any time.
I dont mind paying the 250 a year for bt. That is affordable. But 800 a year for sky is just a rip off.
Would love if amazon or netflix set up a subscription that was affordable.
This is the problem. It could be shut down any minute.
Having said that something else would probably take its place.
The F1 was boring for a few years with mercedes and hamiltons dominance. Was good this year though.
The internet will always last.
In ireland, about a 1000 a year. You need a basic sky package to get sky sports which is rubbish. If i could just get sky sports without the basic package that would be about 400 a year for it. Another 250 a year for bt.
Sky do a day pass on now tv. which is a tenner for 24 hours. That would be around 250 a year to see uniteds games. Assuming they show united 3/4 of the time.
I would be surprized if a netflix/amazon prime tv style subscription service does not come in within the next 20 years. That is the way tv is going.
I dont even watch tv anymore. Just netflix and amazon prime tv.
Sky are kind of doing that with now tv pass. If it were a tenner for the whole weekend, it may be doable. That would be 380 a year. Which is affordable.
I dont even watch tv anymore. Just netflix and amazon prime tv.
Sky are kind of doing that with now tv pass. If it were a tenner for the whole weekend, it may be doable. That would be 380 a year. Which is affordable.
I’ve just moved to the UK and the coverage here is an absolute joke compared to what I was getting in Australia. Premier league subscription came free with my internet package. Included every game live, on demand replays and highlights packages and this season the same subscription covers the CL as well
Refused to pay it once they lost the champions league and never lowered the prices. The beginning of the end was when bt came on the scene saying they were offering more choice to fans when in fact they were splitting the coverage and making people pay twice. It is so easy to illegally stream any game at any time behind a VPN it is impossible for them to stop it despite them saying they were cracking down.
In Belgium it's €20/month but it's our national league, lots of games of the top 5 European leagues as well as stuff like NBA, F1 and other major sports. Champions League games are free for all to watch.
Great deal tbh, I always subscribe from November until May or something when the days are getting shorter and it's cold outside.
Which package are you subscribing to? Can you pm me?
Same please. I had Sky and BT but got rid because the cost was disgusting.
Oh I know, I've lived in both countries. I should have elaborated, we get more live PL matches here than the UK.
Yeah I realised that after I posted. You only get 5 PL games a week in the UK which is a joke.
Binned it off a few years ago now.
In retrospect I think I was watching a lot of matches or sports in general because it was there. I say watching, but a lot of the time I'd have my eyes firmly on the laptop screen with something on in the background.
These days I actually have my PC plugged into my main telly, and I use that as my primary form of entertainment at home so having something on just in the background isn't as easy. Suppose I could have a stream open in another browser tab or in a media player of some sort but I don't bother. Didn't miss it at all when I made that switch, and now I just stream (for free) the matches I really want to see which are 80-90% of the time United matches. I watch all of our games and find myself caring less and less about football as a whole or other sports.
In retrospect I think I was watching a lot of matches or sports in general because it was there. I say watching, but a lot of the time I'd have my eyes firmly on the laptop screen with something on in the background.
These days I actually have my PC plugged into my main telly, and I use that as my primary form of entertainment at home so having something on just in the background isn't as easy. Suppose I could have a stream open in another browser tab or in a media player of some sort but I don't bother. Didn't miss it at all when I made that switch, and now I just stream (for free) the matches I really want to see which are 80-90% of the time United matches. I watch all of our games and find myself caring less and less about football as a whole or other sports.
I remember paying something like £6.99 per month for ITV Digital in 2001 where you had all Champions League games, Football League games. Think you had South American football thrown in as well.
Bargain back then
Bargain back then
I really like Hinchcliffe as a pundit - don't understand why OP included him as some kind of last-straw.
That said, Sky is a rip-off
It depends on how much you pay. I pay £31 for my Sky and to have all that football for £31 is great. I know iPTV is cheaper but i can't stand being 90 seconds behind live, to many what'sapp groups that comment on goals.
Although if i had to pay more, i'd probably look to leave.
Although if i had to pay more, i'd probably look to leave.
I imagine he's just pissed at the direction United have gone. If you look back at his stuff from 2011/2012/2013, I think it's fair to say he never could have thought United would become a circus club.
As for Sky, I concur with others. Ridiculous prices and honestly the only package I think they offer which is worth the subscription is their cricket stuff. I love their cricket production but their football stuff has become too much of a theatre and they dictate the story.
I like Neville and Carragher on MNF. Whispering it but I enjoy Souness. And I think Bellamy is good on the debate. But there is a lot of filler people doing filler shows.
BT's coverage is pretty good now but I think they are centered around the wrong lead commentator. Ian Darke is awesome but he does the odd game, whereas "Fletch" is all words and no substance. The guy needs to stop talking at 100 miles an hour.
I get BT Sport free with my current BT package which is pretty decent to be fair. A lot of my mates are paying a similar monthly price just for their monthly mobile phone deals, which is insane, considering my package includes 2 phone sims for £16. I use the NOW TV for the Sports, which I can cancel when there's nothing worth watching. Anything else, I will watch on a stream.
It would be great if there was an all-inclusive service out there but I have the best of a bad job so I just have to suck it up.
It would be great if there was an all-inclusive service out there but I have the best of a bad job so I just have to suck it up.
I feel the need to help, if anyone would like this help.. PM me.
You fancy sending me a snide box and card?
In France I'm paying:
€9.99 / month for RMC Sport - EPL (inc 3pm Saturday) + CL + EL matches + other sports
€13/ month for BeinSports - FA Cup, Carabao Cup + French + German + Italian + Spanish leagues + other sports
Edit: can cancel at any time, no long term contract.
€9.99 / month for RMC Sport - EPL (inc 3pm Saturday) + CL + EL matches + other sports
€13/ month for BeinSports - FA Cup, Carabao Cup + French + German + Italian + Spanish leagues + other sports
Edit: can cancel at any time, no long term contract.
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so 2014.
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