- Joined
- Oct 22, 2010
- Messages
- 62,851
Is it true that Sky & BT charge £100+ just to install their boxes?
Not anymore. We used to all 380 PL games until 2 years ago because other countries complained about us being able to do so. Now only the US are allowed to do it. We show every match that isn't at 3PM. At that time we can show one game. For example there was a Liverpool and United match at 3PM the other week and it was the first time in our history that we didn't show United. It will happen once again down the line this season and the Liverpool match will be skipped then for the balance. The order of team importance is United/Liverpool-Chelsea/Arsenal-Everton/City-Spurs-the rest so if you're not a United or Liverpool fan there will be a few games a year that you'll miss.This seems like primarily a U.K. based problem isn’t it? From what I gather on here most people outside of the U.K. manage to get all the PL and relevant CL games under one package, as well as the 3pm games.
There is something very wrong when the country that the football is coming from pays the most and has the hardest time accessing coverage of the matches.
Not really. I didn’t pay for my sky box installation. Also had numerous free upgrades over the years.Is it true that Sky & BT charge £100+ just to install their boxes?
Bt boxes are pre programmed from the moment they send it out, so if your on a 18month deal the box will run out after 18months and they cannot turn it back on, so you need to resub, and doing that cost up to £70 per box depending on the package you go for.Is it true that Sky & BT charge £100+ just to install their boxes?
You can get a 9 month Nowtv pass for all Sky sports channels for £179 using the below link. (Still expensive though it is equivalent to more than 3 months free at normal rates!) It was a 10 month pass when the offer first came out and I remember getting an email about it a while ago.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.
Thanks for that but that is for uk customers only. I can get a month pass for 40 euros which would be 400 a year for the ten months of the PL. Would not bother getting in the summer when the league is not on. Still very expensive. I am based in ireland.You can get a 9 month Nowtv pass for all Sky sports channels for £179 using the below link. (Still expensive though it is equivalent to more than 3 months free at normal rates!) It was a 10 month pass when the offer first came out and I remember getting an email about it a while ago.
I have just found the link on the Nowtv forums and checked if it still works. Just sign in to your account and the link opens the payment page. No idea how long it will last though?
https://account.nowtv.com/passes/offer/UFP_10MnthSP_179GBP
You should get one of your mates to split a subscription with you. Think you can run 2 boxes on one account at the same time?Thanks for that but that is for uk customers only. I can get a month pass for 40 euros which would be 400 a year for the ten months of the PL. Would not bother getting in the summer when the league is not on. Still very expensive. I am based in ireland.
How ranty were you? I want to keep it for film, other sport and what have you too, but I'm not the best at haggling.If it was only football i was interested in i'd have cancelled my sky years ago as i can watch most games i want by streaming. It's the cricket and golf coverage which keep me a customer and when BT bought the rights to the ashes down under a couple of years ago, i phoned sky to complain and they halved my bill.
Will think about that. Cheers.You should get one of your mates to split a subscription with you. Think you can run 2 boxes on one account at the same time?
Why would you do that though? Give rights to both, more competition, lower prices, less money to bid with... Can't see quantity of subscribers making up for it, it's a pretty mature market.If sky can get the CL again I imagine they'd stick at least one game on Sports Mix, which was/is on free view I think.
Would be so much easier if BT and Sky could both have the rights, then there would be actual competition.
The streaming quality is very good and if you’ve got a good WiFi connection it doesn’t lag at all; at the moment I use my PS4 for NowTV. For the normal SkySports pass you can watch on I think max. 2 devices at a time but if you have the SkySports Mobile Pass it’s only one phone at a time.That’s not a bad price for just sky sports, much less than what I’m paying for my tv subscription because they make you buy all sorts of other bundles in order to get HD and such. You can’t just pay for sports and nothing else but looks like you can on Now TV.
What’s the steaming quality and reliability like? Can you watch on your phone / as many devices as you want or is it restricted to a certain few devices you register like Sky Go does?
We were never spoiled. We have always paid a lot of money for limited content.Sky Sports was such a big part of British footballing culture and history we will never have anything like it again.
Its easy to forget but we were absolutely spoilt once upon a time and its a shame how much it has declined.
We had Keys and Gray,Fanzone,Player cam.
Shows like The Premier League Years,Soccer Am and Soccer Saturday.
The transfer deadline day announcements.
I miss those days.
I wasn't ranty at all, i just calmly explained that cricket was the main reason i have sky and to find BT had got the ashes meant i was paying for something i wasn' t getting.How ranty were you? I want to keep it for film, other sport and what have you too, but I'm not the best at haggling.
Yes, but they can waive any of the charges.Is it true that Sky & BT charge £100+ just to install their boxes?
No reason for the PL to do it.Why would you do that though? Give rights to both, more competition, lower prices, less money to bid with... Can't see quantity of subscribers making up for it, it's a pretty mature market.
There is a three o clock blackout because they want people to go to the matches. They try and show the big matches on tv because those teams are popular. Especially united, liverpool and arsenal. Perhaps chelsea too. They are the most popular clubs.In the Middle East we just subscribe to BeIn and get everything. PL, CL, EL, Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, Serie A plus internationals and african club football. Thats one thing I don't miss about the UK.
BTW why arent all premier league games broadcast in the UK??
Yeah. Its rubbish - sadly the EPL sells the rights by country and our politicians still believe that 3pm kickoff shouldn't be televised becuase it'll stop fans going! Well Utd has like 1 billion fans and a stadium of well less... its been monopolised for way too long, if you need a point in the right direction IM me!Feck Sky Sports for not having either game today!
Itll be the lower league attendance numbers that suffer if 3pm games were televised, not the big clubs.Yeah. Its rubbish - sadly the EPL sells the rights by country and our politicians still believe that 3pm kickoff shouldn't be televised becuase it'll stop fans going! Well Utd has like 1 billion fans and a stadium of well less... its been monopolised for way too long, if you need a point in the right direction IM me!
They saw you coming, mate. I paid £25 for a year and my mate got it even cheaper.I use IPTV now and it's brilliant. £15 a month and I get every channel available. Reliability is 99% and any problems are usually sorted by restarting my box.
Wouldn't pay Sky's prices again
And. Well doneThey saw you coming, mate. I paid £25 for a year and my mate got it even cheaper.
Who do you use out of curiosity? Pm meThey saw you coming, mate. I paid £25 for a year and my mate got it even cheaper.
I paid £70, who do you use?They saw you coming, mate. I paid £25 for a year and my mate got it even cheaper.
Is this a serious post? Almost all of those things were absolutely awful.Its easy to forget but we were absolutely spoilt once
We had Keys and Gray,Fanzone,Player cam.
Shows like The Premier League Years,Soccer Am and Soccer Saturday.
The transfer deadline day announcements.
I miss those days.
They say if 3pm matches are shown on TV, no one would go to the stadium to watch.In the Middle East we just subscribe to BeIn and get everything. PL, CL, EL, Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, Serie A plus internationals and african club football. Thats one thing I don't miss about the UK.
BTW why arent all Premier League games broadcast in the UK??
I just don't see that applying now. Games are on TV other days and people still travel miles to watch their team. Supporters like the experience of going to a game and will still do it. This rule was brought in when TV was a relative novelty, that doesn't apply now and they need to move with the times.They say if 3pm matches are shown on TV, no one would go to the stadium to watch.