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[Renton 21234]

23 minutes ago, Kevin Carr's Gloves said:

The adverts on bbc?

 

Well aye, "taping" country file is a bit odd like, unless Abbey Dewhirst is doing the weather I guess. In which case it's just pervy but fair play. 

[Kevin Carr's Gloves 3809]

4 minutes ago, Renton said:

 

Well aye, "taping" country file is a bit odd like, unless Abbey Dewhirst is doing the weather I guess. In which case it's just pervy but fair play. 

Again, bbciplayer.

[wykikitoon 19867]

I mean it's series linked in Sky like, it's not like I have a fucking VHS.

[Dr Gloom 21802]

Why still pay for a sky sub in this day and age? Genuine question. I presumed it was older tech-illiterate people keeping them afloat  

[Alex 34787]

12 hours ago, wykikitoon said:

I mean it's series linked in Sky like, it's not like I have a fucking VHS.

 

[Renton 21234]

9 hours ago, Dr Gloom said:

Why still pay for a sky sub in this day and age? Genuine question. I presumed it was older tech-illiterate people keeping them afloat  

 

I mean I'm probably in the older tech-illiterate camp, I can never get illegal streaming to work when I've tried it possibly due to my shitty broadband and hardware, and I've got to be especially careful not to do anything illegal due Mrs Rent's job. But with you being in the media, if what you say is true and people essentially esssentially don't pay for their content, what do you think the ultimate consequence of this will be? I mean I'm watching the Penguin on Now currently, paying £3 a month for the Entertainment package, and the content is as good as any A+ film. Somebody has paid a lot of money for that? 

[Dr Gloom 21802]

1 minute ago, Renton said:

 

I mean I'm probably in the older tech-illiterate camp, I can never get illegal streaming to work when I've tried it possibly due to my shitty broadband and hardware, and I've got to be especially careful not to do anything illegal due Mrs Rent's job. But with you being in the media, if what you say is true and people essentially esssentially don't pay for their content, what do you think the ultimate consequence of this will be? I mean I'm watching the Penguin on Now currently, paying £3 a month for the Entertainment package, and the content is as good as any A+ film. Somebody has paid a lot of money for that? 

I wasn’t just talking about illegal streaming tbh, though that’s part of the picture. Sky just seems such poor value compared to other  streaming services such as Netflix or Disney. It must be the sports packages keeping them afloat but then that stuff is so easily accessed illegally for so many people, I don’t know how much longer that will remain the case. The other thing I couldn’t stand about sky when I subscribed was how they hike up your fee every six months, so even if you renegotiate a better price, it gradually goes up to what they want you to pay for it without consultation. 

 

We were talking about it in another thread recently but the only time I start paying for a Sky sub again is when they start to offer Newcastle games on demand instead of having to watch whatever match involving one of red cartel they decide we should be watching on “super Sunday” 

[Dr Gloom 21802]

The answer to the other question is more ad revenue. The streaming market is so saturated now that providers are having to offer entry level budget packages, with ads. The result is streaming services wind up looking more like traditional linear TV and those with deeper pockets get the ad-free content. 
 

For the traditional satellite/cable providers, the future is less certain. They’re surviving thanks to the older demographic, which is diminishing. I don’t know what the future holds for them in a world of on-demand content unless they get much, much more creative with their offering or if there is a race to the bottom on prices.
 

The on-demand premier league football rights idea that I floated could be one solution, given sports is one areas propping them up. I would happily pay a big subscription fee for a package that offered every Newcastle game on demand. 

[Renton 21234]

The answer is communism. My gripe is there's usually only one or two series I want to see on TV per streaming service, and only NUFC matches split between Sky, EE, Amazon and BBC, ITV (cup games). I'd be happy to pay a considerable monthly subscription for all of these but instead have to keep constantly chopping and changing packages to keep things affordable.

[ewerk 30221]

11 hours ago, Dr Gloom said:

Why still pay for a sky sub in this day and age? Genuine question. I presumed it was older tech-illiterate people keeping them afloat  

Is there any system out there that will replicate what Sky does? I.e all apps on one box, series link and ability to watch it in various rooms?

[Dr Gloom 21802]

3 minutes ago, ewerk said:

Is there any system out there that will replicate what Sky does? I.e all apps on one box, series link and ability to watch it in various rooms?

 

is series link a big deal still? i remember being wowed by it in the pre-streaming days when linear tv was still relevant. i have all the apps i need on my firestick. it's surely just the sports propping sky up? this is the iptv/on-demand age cab - can sky continue to remain relevant when its consumers are denied choice available elsewhere? i don't know anyone with a sky sub anymore. 10-15 years ago, everyone had one. 

[PaddockLad 17070]

1 hour ago, Dr Gloom said:

The answer to the other question is more ad revenue. The streaming market is so saturated now that providers are having to offer entry level budget packages, with ads. The result is streaming services wind up looking more like traditional linear TV and those with deeper pockets get the ad-free content. 
 

For the traditional satellite/cable providers, the future is less certain. They’re surviving thanks to the older demographic, which is diminishing. I don’t know what the future holds for them in a world of on-demand content unless they get much, much more creative with their offering or if there is a race to the bottom on prices.
 

The on-demand premier league football rights idea that I floated could be one solution, given sports is one areas propping them up. I would happily pay a big subscription fee for a package that offered every Newcastle game on demand. 

We pay the reduced fee + ads for Netflix and Disney now. It really doesn’t make a scrap of difference to us…

[Gemmill 44273]

The only use a digital recorder has these days is advert avoidance on the terrestrial TV streaming services that insist that you pay them to remove ads. So ITV and C4 cos no one in their right mind is watching 5. Arguably no one in their right mind is watching ITV either. 

Edited 17 hours ago by Gemmill

[PaddockLad 17070]

2 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

The only use a digital recorder has these days is advert avoidance on the terrestrial TV streaming services that insist that you pay them to remove ads. So ITV and C4 cos no one in their right mind is watching 5. Arguably no one in their right mind is watching ITV either. 

There’s an interesting looking Anna Maxwell Martin “9pm thriller mini series” just come on. She’s always worth watching 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Renton 21234]

3 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:

We pay the reduced fee + ads for Netflix and Disney now. It really doesn’t make a scrap of difference to us…

 

Boiling Frog. They will slowly up the amount of adverts they are forcing down your throat until you are gagging without know it. 

[Gemmill 44273]

2 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:

There’s an interesting looking Anna Maxwell Martin “9pm thriller mini series” just come on. She’s always worth watching 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

 

GB News and Daily Mail both reporting this. I'm not giving them clicks, so I don't know what the problem is. Probably a black person. 

[PaddockLad 17070]

2 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

 

 

GB News and Daily Mail both reporting this. I'm not giving them clicks, so I don't know what the problem is. Probably a black person. 

Not enough flags or poppies? 🇬🇧

[PaddockLad 17070]

4 minutes ago, Renton said:

 

Boiling Frog. They will slowly up the amount of adverts they are forcing down your throat until you are gagging without know it. 

Pah! 😆
 

Never, ever listen to radio via the Rayo app btw. Tried to listen to Simon Mayo’s album show on Sunday afternoon on GHR whilst out with the hound, first ad break on went on for FIVE FUCKING MINUTES 😡

[Howmanheyman 32715]

I pay the licence fee and that's it. I always get a good offer for now TV's sky sports package which I take and my dad uses and gives me the money for it. I'd never buy it for myself, (my dad's never working out the fire stick), if it was just for me I'd never subscribe which is why I keep getting the deals as I cancel till I get the inevitable begging email.

[Kevin Carr's Gloves 3809]

15 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

 

 

GB News and Daily Mail both reporting this. I'm not giving them clicks, so I don't know what the problem is. Probably a black person. 

Morons getting angry about plot of true story is the answer 

[Holden McGroin 6471]

TNT price is a farce.

 

I’ve got virgin broadband with Sky Sports chucked in for £38 a month.

 

i then have Netflix, Prime (mainly for deliveries) and NoW Tv entertainment (£2.99). I’ll also pay for a few months of Apple TV soon as there a lot of good stuff coming up . I get Disney free off the step-daughter.

 

i ditched Sky Movies a while back as i never watched anything. 

[PaddockLad 17070]

Discovery+ is £20 a month if you’ve got an EE phone contract. TNT’s  pundits are chronic but their presenting crumpet is top notch 

 

[ewerk 30221]

7 minutes ago, Holden McGroin said:

TNT price is a farce.

I’ve got Sky for £58 which gets me sports, Netflix and multiroom which is a decent deal so the fuck am I paying another £30 a month to watch the odd CL and Saturday lunchtime kick off.

[Renton 21234]

8 minutes ago, Holden McGroin said:

TNT price is a farce.

 

I’ve got virgin broadband with Sky Sports chucked in for £38 a month.

 

i then have Netflix, Prime (mainly for deliveries) and NoW Tv entertainment (£2.99). I’ll also pay for a few months of Apple TV soon as there a lot of good stuff coming up . I get Disney free off the step-daughter.

 

i ditched Sky Movies a while back as i never watched anything. 

 

Similar set up to me though mine's BT.

 

Never got the fire stick to work (have tried several). Matches always lag, blur, go choppy, or just crash altogether. May be my broadband isn't up to it but I always thought it was the memory cache being inadequate in those things. 

I'm trying to get into gaming again now so will upgrade the broad band to 500 mbps and see if that helps. The broad band requirements of MS Flight Simulator 2024 are ridiculous. 

[Holden McGroin 6471]

2 minutes ago, Renton said:

 

The broad band requirements of MS Flight Simulator 2024 are ridiculous. 

 

Fucking hell, do they still release that?  My brother used to play that about 30 years ago.