So we've just cancelled sky TV.....

[ukaskew]

Just cancelled as our £25 complete package deal raises to £75 next month. They immediately offered £35 per month for the Complete Package.

Makes me wonder why so many are paying £80+ for the same thing, so easy to get a massive reduction. We're not in a cables area so don't have an alternative, I've heard your less likely to get a deal if that's the case.

[anonymous-user]

I'm now seriously debating cancelling Sky since it became apparent we may lose the 12 Discovery channels.

Not happy about that at all!

[Butter Face]

Just on hold to cancel now, fibre will go to Plusnet at £27pm, have no need for the TV now so will be saving £60+pm (and the £3pm increase coming)

I'll see if they make an offer, but I'm not bothered.

Also no Discovery kills it!

[Butter Face]

Well an hour spent and £35pm saved for the same package. Only for 10 months of a 12 month contract but I'll take that's £350 for an hours chatting seems worth it!

[Electronicpants]

Lucas Ayde said:

Electronicpants said:

Cancelled this morning, was offered 50% then 60% off for a 10 month period but tied to 12 (we previously had a 12 month 60% off deal, no contract), I asked for a no contract deal, they couldn't do one, so cancelled.

Watching less and less TV and even less live TV, so will give it a go while we get the usual offers and calls from Sky.

They definitely can do a no-contract deal ... a good few months after I cancelled they emailed me a £5 a month deal on 'The Original Bundle' which was no contract. It basically had Sky One, Sky Atlantic and a mix of other entertainment channels.

Today's call was no contract, 50% off 12 months, we shall see what the next call brings.

[KrazyIvan]

We cancelled ours in December as all we watched on it last year was the F1, last payment made in early Jan. Since then they have been calling my wife 4 - 5 times a week with a new offer. They simply cannot understand that we don't want their service.

With any luck, enough people will actually leave and they can then look at providing a service that is genuine value for money, as apposed to a service where you pay for a load of st you don't want (filled with adverts you don't want to see) simply to get a few channels/shows you do.

[ukaskew]

Sky exclusive F1 viewing figures are pretty poor (averaging around 650k). When they gain exclusive rights soon the sport is going to be largely non-existent in the UK to the vast, vast majority of us.

It's probably a better cost vs viewer ratio than Premiership Football, but you have to assume both are heavily subsidized by their general subscriber income, possibly beyond even Sports subscribers (and I certainly can't imagine ad revenue is great for an F1 race, where 650k viewers must drop significantly when they actually show ads).

I imagine they are pinning hopes on Now TV income in future, that's the only model they have that actually looks vaguely future proof. If the likes of Netflix or Amazon decide to consider live sports rights Sky have serious issues.

[Lucas Ayde]

ukaskew said:

Sky exclusive F1 viewing figures are pretty poor (averaging around 650k). When they gain exclusive rights soon the sport is going to be largely non-existent in the UK to the vast, vast majority of us.

It's probably a better cost vs viewer ratio than Premiership Football, but you have to assume both are heavily subsidized by their general subscriber income, possibly beyond even Sports subscribers (and I certainly can't imagine ad revenue is great for an F1 race, where 650k viewers must drop significantly when they actually show ads).

Football though is a sport that is very widely played by the public, and has a massive following. Making it pay to view isn't going to hurt the following that much

If they try to make watching F1 expensive and end up cutting the overall public exposure of the sport, they are likely to wreck its long term appeal. I don't think Bernie gave a fig, preferring to get large amounts of cash upfront in his pocket, but I would suspect that the new owners of the rights realise that this is not a model for longer term success.

I was very happy with both the BBC and then C4 coverage. Watching the race delayed by a few hours was no big hardship, especially as for most races even when live I would record them and often FFWD through boring sections.

[camshafted]

I have been with Sky for five years and have just come to the end if the 9 month deal as part of my annual bartering. So my subs has gone from around £72 to £100 for the final 3 months of my current contract.

With the Discovery row, I'm considering leaving and have read I can get away with a week's notice because Sky didn't give customers one month's notice they were losing the channels.

My question: if I cancel, will I still be able to use my box and get access to Freeview channels just by using the dish and not having a contract?

Thanks.

[Roscco]

KrazyIvan said:

We cancelled ours in December as all we watched on it last year was the F1, last payment made in early Jan. Since then they have been calling my wife 4 - 5 times a week with a new offer. They simply cannot understand that we don't want their service.

With any luck, enough people will actually leave and they can then look at providing a service that is genuine value for money, as apposed to a service where you pay for a load of st you don't want (filled with adverts you don't want to see) simply to get a few channels/shows you do.

😂

[Emeye]

It does seem that us subscribers that don't have any interest in Football are being expected to subsidise Sky paying silly money for the rights.

I only really use Sky for the F1 and the Discovery channels - my wife watches the E! channel crap, but that can now be had for £3.99 a month streaming and on demand from Hayu. Film are via NowTV and we have Amazon Prime. Our TV is usually showing kids TV, and much of that is via Amazon Prime Video or channels that are free anyway.

With Discovery going cancelling Sky is a no-brainer - I will miss F1 but will cope with Channel 4 - unless when I phone to cancel Sky offer me a stupid cheap deal on my legacy HD package, which gives me F1 without the other Sports Channels.

[mike13]

camshafted said:

I have been with Sky for five years and have just come to the end if the 9 month deal as part of my annual bartering. So my subs has gone from around £72 to £100 for the final 3 months of my current contract.

With the Discovery row, I'm considering leaving and have read I can get away with a week's notice because Sky didn't give customers one month's notice they were losing the channels.

My question: if I cancel, will I still be able to use my box and get access to Freeview channels just by using the dish and not having a contract?

Thanks.

You get freesat channels, i did it about a year ago, don't miss it one bit.

[untakenname]

Don't have Sky anymore and don't really miss it, if a live race is a Sky exclusive then I'll just head down the pub for a couple of hours on Sunday and watch it.

Eurosport on demand via smartphone app or pc browser is currently reduced from £60 to £19.99 for twelve months today

http://uk.eurosportplayer.com/subscription/pass.sh...

[xjay1337]

Be an interesting time if they drop Discovery.
I'm hoping discovery will just take the hundreds of £m. Better than nothing.

I genuinely watch about 60% Discovery Turbo, Discovery / Disc Science so they can track that through my viewing history I'm sure.
If we got 50% off further because of that, I'd be happy.

But talking to the Mrs we could both do without Sky. So we will see what happens come Wednesday.

[camshafted]

I posted on the Discovery / sky thread, but it you're considering quitting Sky mid-contract because of the Discovery row, then this Money Saving Expert article has a few user comments about how they could cancel their contract without a penalty
Apparently Sky should have given 31 days notice that they were losing the 12 channels. http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/protect/2017...

[juice]

They keep calling me after cancelling last year. I'm really happy with FreeSat and the Humax boxes - but their last offer was the existing package (Variety Pack, Sports in HD etc etc) for 6 quid a month and no contract ! Kinda tempted by that, but I get my sports fix online and I never watched the normal Sky channels so I'd end up paying 6 quid for something I get free now...

[Greshamst]

Electronicpants said:

Lucas Ayde said:

Electronicpants said:

Cancelled this morning, was offered 50% then 60% off for a 10 month period but tied to 12 (we previously had a 12 month 60% off deal, no contract), I asked for a no contract deal, they couldn't do one, so cancelled.

Watching less and less TV and even less live TV, so will give it a go while we get the usual offers and calls from Sky.

They definitely can do a no-contract deal ... a good few months after I cancelled they emailed me a £5 a month deal on 'The Original Bundle' which was no contract. It basically had Sky One, Sky Atlantic and a mix of other entertainment channels.

Today's call was no contract, 50% off 12 months, we shall see what the next call brings.

Are you still in your 'notice period' for cancelling and your actual cutoff date is coming up, or has everything been cut off already?

[fatboy69]

With the imminent loss of all of the Discovery channels, & Eurosport, I think I will be cancelling Sky in the next couple of days.

[untakenname]

I think that's why Eurosport are running the 60% off 12 months promo on the online player as a way to retain customers once Sky drops the channel.

With people turning to on demand online services and the younger generation not watching whole football matches anymore (down 20% in just one season!) I think the writing will be on the wall for Sky in regards to annual subs before this decade is out tbh.

[camshafted]

Last week, with three months left of my current contract, I told Sky I would be leaving when the time is up. This was after getting nine months at a reduced rate. So I am now in the three months at full whack. Phone line, broadband & Sky with sports & movies for £100 per month.

Just had my first phone call from them. They weren't messing about. Straight in with 50% off for 12 months on a 12 month contract and they would send an engineer out for free to look at my Sky box. So that around £51 per month for everything.

Thoughts? I could hold out for a better deal, but every month it would be costing me £50, so by the end that's £150 which would mean I would need another £12-15 per month knocked off to beat the offer they gave me today. Also, I've not had a 12 month offer before, normally just nine months so this sounds like a pretty decent deal.