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Post by sternrogers01 on Jan 25, 2017 16:49:41 GMT -5
www.sky.com/help/articles/changes-to-sky-channels?DCMP=afc-565526&affiliate=true&postCode=AA11AAStarting 1st of Feburary, Animal Planet, Discovery HD, Discovery History, Discovery Home & Health, Discovery Science, Discovery Shed, Discovery Turbo, DMAX, Eurosport1, Eurosport2, Investigation Discovery, Quest and TL will no longer be carried by SKY Edit: I've amended the title as the sides have now reached an agreement.
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Post by Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie on Jan 25, 2017 16:58:46 GMT -5
holy crap
only read about this on DSpy today, but NOT actually removal!!!
but since i only care about eurosport and none of the others .....
and there goes ANY chance of me upgrading, because i'd only care about eurosport!
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Jan 25, 2017 17:08:08 GMT -5
I'm sad about them dropping Eurosport as back in the late 80s, it was one of the channels Sky used as a major selling point. It was one of the big two sports channels on cable (along with Screensport) before Sky launched their own sports channel.
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Post by Hit Girl on Jan 25, 2017 17:30:12 GMT -5
I only care about losing Eurosport. Discovery has been shit for years. It used to be about science. Now it's filled with stuff like Moonshiners, Street Outlaws, Finding Bigfoot, Ghost Stalkers and other garbage.
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Post by Nickybojelais on Jan 25, 2017 17:38:38 GMT -5
Thankfully I moved over from Sky to Virgin last year. Eurosport are fantastic with their snooker coverage and I'd have hated to have lost that channel. The Discovery documentary channels aren't as good as they used to be though, still nice to have but no longer essential viewing.
This is the knock on-effect of Sky massively over paying for the Premier League. They've been cost-cutting and penny pinching for a while now.
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Post by Gravedigger's Biscuits on Jan 25, 2017 17:41:52 GMT -5
They'll probably agree a deal eventually and be brought back.
I remember about 10 years ago when Virgin and Sky got into a dispute about Sky's channels which lead to them being gone from Virgin TV for about a year. They eventually sorted out a new deal and they came back.
Nickelodeon being removed from Telewest is another one.
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Post by Zombie Mod on Jan 25, 2017 17:51:08 GMT -5
discovery has been on sky for a long ass time, sucks to see them go.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Jan 25, 2017 17:51:32 GMT -5
Thankfully I moved over from Sky to Virgin last year. Eurosport are fantastic with their snooker coverage and I'd have hated to have lost that channel. The Discovery documentary channels aren't as good as they used to be though, still nice to have but no longer essential viewing. This is the knock on-effect of Sky massively over paying for the Premier League. They've been cost-cutting and penny pinching for a while now. I'd move away from Sky tomorrow if any other providers had Sky Atlantic. It's the one Sky channel I can't do without as I watch so many shows on it. Sky have been very smart holding that channel for themselves. |
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Post by Hit Girl on Jan 26, 2017 6:34:16 GMT -5
The Premier League coverage isn't worth it. I mean outside of the big six teams, who really watches it? The ratings are piss poor for many games. Even stuff like the Champions League on BT is a waste of money. Aside from late stage knockout matches between like Barca vs Bayern, who's watching CSKA Shitbergs vs FC Arendelle?
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Post by Bo Rida on Jan 26, 2017 14:11:05 GMT -5
Wtf? Even if they went downhill many of those channels have basically always been there, it will be strange without them.
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Post by Zombie Mod on Jan 26, 2017 14:21:23 GMT -5
The Premier League coverage isn't worth it. I mean outside of the big six teams, who really watches it? The ratings are piss poor for many games. Even stuff like the Champions League on BT is a waste of money. Aside from late stage knockout matches between like Barca vs Bayern, who's watching CSKA Shitbergs vs FC Arendelle? I usually get a week sports pass on nowtv if rovers have a match on sky which works out cheaper, so this season I've spent like £30 on sky sports if that. I've watched more discovery channel programmes than most other programmes (only game of thrones, walking dead, the flash, arrow and supergirl.) for some reason I seem to have become hooked on gold rush, deadliest catch and fast n' loud now that mythbusters has ended. |
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Post by Hit Girl on Jan 26, 2017 16:15:46 GMT -5
Something needs to be worked out with Eurosport at the least. That's where I first started watching the WWF.
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Post by Nickybojelais on Jan 26, 2017 17:39:42 GMT -5
Thankfully I moved over from Sky to Virgin last year. Eurosport are fantastic with their snooker coverage and I'd have hated to have lost that channel. The Discovery documentary channels aren't as good as they used to be though, still nice to have but no longer essential viewing. This is the knock on-effect of Sky massively over paying for the Premier League. They've been cost-cutting and penny pinching for a while now. I'd move away from Sky tomorrow if any other providers had Sky Atlantic. It's the one Sky channel I can't do without as I watch so many shows on it. Sky have been very smart holding that channel for themselves. They used the fact that we would lose Sky Atlantic to try to stop us from leaving when we called to cancel our subscription. Sadly for them all I care about is the Sports channels, so their Sky Atlantic blackmail didn't work on me  |
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Post by Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie on Jan 26, 2017 17:54:44 GMT -5
what if
they just merged all the entertainment channels into one big massive whole
what would that come too?
and i've been saying this for the last two years about eurosport
add a THIRD CHANNEL
and make the main one freeview at least
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Post by LexExpress on Jan 29, 2017 4:57:38 GMT -5
I read this a few days ago and thought meh, I don't watch these. I didn't notice TLC was on the list! Noooooo you can't take my Toddlers and Tiaras!
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Post by I'm Team Bayley and Indi on Jan 29, 2017 5:09:39 GMT -5
Thankfully I moved over from Sky to Virgin last year. Eurosport are fantastic with their snooker coverage and I'd have hated to have lost that channel. The Discovery documentary channels aren't as good as they used to be though, still nice to have but no longer essential viewing. This is the knock on-effect of Sky massively over paying for the Premier League. They've been cost-cutting and penny pinching for a while now. I'd move away from Sky tomorrow if any other providers had Sky Atlantic. It's the one Sky channel I can't do without as I watch so many shows on it. Sky have been very smart holding that channel for themselves. Sky Atlantic is part of the NowTV package, obviously I don't know your internet situation but it's a better deal then paying for the Sky package. |
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Post by sternrogers01 on Jan 29, 2017 11:53:27 GMT -5
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Jan 31, 2017 15:58:36 GMT -5
Sky and Discovery have come to a deal and the channels are now staying on Sky.
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Post by Hit Girl on Jan 31, 2017 16:19:26 GMT -5
That's good news. Now I'll be able to watch the African Cup of Nations.
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