khay 10 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 (edited) BSkyB has announced that it is taking Sky Sports News off-air for those who watch it on Freeview and Freesat, replacing it with a time-shifted version of Sky 3.Sky Sports News is one of the most watched channels on Freeview, having been on the platform for eight years launching with Sky News and Sky Travel. Sky News will be the only survivor of this line-up once Sky Sports News stops broadcasting free to air, as Sky Travel was replaced with Sky 3 in 2005. 3's a crowd To fill the space, Ofcom has announced that Sky will be adding Sky 3+1 to the roster. Surprisingly Ofcom believes the change "would not unacceptably diminish the capacity of the services broadcast to appeal to a variety of tastes and interests". We're sure that sports fans up and down the country would have something to say about that. According to the Guardian, BSkyB is changing Sky Sports News into a subscription channel, so that it can give it a HD makeover. This is certainly in line with Sky's HD plans – earlier this year, Sky News was the first news channel in the UK to go hi-def. The changes to Sky Sports News come after Sky was forced to reduce the wholesale price of its channels. This led to Virgin Media announcing recently that it has reduced the price of its Sky package in a bid to entice consumers to cable. In turn, Sky has revealed that it is buying the channels that Virgin owns, including Bravo. There's no date as to when the channel will go behind a pay wall, other than 'later this year'. Read more: http://www.techradar.com/news/television/s...0#ixzz0r8xBmw00 http://www.techradar.com/news/television/s...-channel-697160 I know it can get repetitive however this will be a blow to Free View Users. Edited June 17, 2010 by khay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom 0 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 iz u seeerious blaaad? why SKY 3+1. sky3 is shit anyway, i only watch it for road wars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6815 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 (edited) Ideal opportunity for ESPN (or another) to launch a sports news channel. Definitely a market for it. Edited June 17, 2010 by Holden McGroin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Money grabbing bastards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizza 105 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Cunts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 You lot are always whinging about some little digital change or other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14021 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Money greedy pricks. The full Sports package is about £18 anyway so I doubt people who are on Freeview want to spend £36 a month on Sky just because they have removed SSN. I'm a bit pissed off for some of my Nanna & Granda who like to watch it and they will be wondering where it's gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10995 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Sky+ is absolutely worth getting. If you can't afford it, sell a kidney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14021 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Sky+ is free with Sky you nobber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31298 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 I'll be cancelling sky after my 12 months are up and getting a freesat dvr. SSN's advertising revenue will go through the floor, good for them the cunts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10995 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Sky+ is free with Sky you nobber I got in the habit of calling Sky, Sky+ I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14021 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Fair enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4921 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 what the fuck, bastards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10995 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 fwiw, if there's a few in the house contributing to the bill, I'd say HD is worth it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4921 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 fwiw, if there's a few in the house contributing to the bill, I'd say HD is worth it as well. how many tvs are in your house fish? we've got Virgin tv + in the main living room downstairs, another box on the same subscription would cost a fortune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17828 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 fwiw, if there's a few in the house contributing to the bill, I'd say HD is worth it as well. how many tvs are in your house fish? we've got Virgin tv + in the main living room downstairs, another box on the same subscription would cost a fortune £5 quid a month for the extra box mate on the Virgin XL package....just had the main box installed today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10995 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 fwiw, if there's a few in the house contributing to the bill, I'd say HD is worth it as well. how many tvs are in your house fish? we've got Virgin tv + in the main living room downstairs, another box on the same subscription would cost a fortune Just the one on which we'd likely to be watching anything in HD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4921 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 fwiw, if there's a few in the house contributing to the bill, I'd say HD is worth it as well. how many tvs are in your house fish? we've got Virgin tv + in the main living room downstairs, another box on the same subscription would cost a fortune £5 quid a month for the extra box mate on the Virgin XL package....just had the main box installed today how much for installation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46521 Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 SSN is unwatchable shit anyway. People who have it on 24/7 are fucking retards. Fish is right about Sky HD, it's quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 I reckon Fish is selling Sky subscriptions instead of double glazing these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 10 Posted June 18, 2010 Author Share Posted June 18, 2010 Sky HD is well worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Geordie 1 Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Sky HD is well worth it. I'm looking to get that when I move gaffs as Virgin isn't available in the area. First time I've ever seen that sky actually works out cheaper than Virgin... just a shame that sky's internet is so crap (from what I can remember) whereas Virgin internet is quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Castell 0 Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 How can I watch Stroke boy on transfer deadline day now? That is annoying, as it can be useful, whereas all the Sky channels are wank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6815 Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Soccer Saturday will be a big miss for me. Other than than that - the goal highlights are the only thing worth watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 10 Posted June 18, 2010 Author Share Posted June 18, 2010 (edited) Sky HD is well worth it. I'm looking to get that when I move gaffs as Virgin isn't available in the area. First time I've ever seen that sky actually works out cheaper than Virgin... just a shame that sky's internet is so crap (from what I can remember) whereas Virgin internet is quality. Not had a problem with my Sky internet. Only ever with BT. I guess it can depend on location though. Edited June 18, 2010 by khay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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