Chris Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Sky's top shows to go terrestrialSky are going to launch a number of new channels, which include live sports, onto terrestial digital. The channels will be available for a monthly fee.However, and this is the bit I'm really pissed off about, it means the current sky channels (sky 3, sky news and sky sports news) will disappear from freeview. So no more soccer saturday. Fuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camie Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Sky's top shows to go terrestrialSky are going to launch a number of new channels, which include live sports, onto terrestial digital. The channels will be available for a monthly fee.However, and this is the bit I'm really pissed off about, it means the current sky channels (sky 3, sky news and sky sports news) will disappear from freeview. So no more soccer saturday. Fuck.That's really appauling.That is probably the reason a lot of people opted to get freeview in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 It'll be interesting to see how much the channels are going to cost. Any more than a fiver a month and you may as well consider getting the full sky package. Which I imagine is their cunning plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skacel Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 not a big loss theres still the bbc equivalents - news 24 and score although i think scores only on saturday match days but still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Mac Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Cunts. That's what sky are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 I see you'd need a new set top box, or at least a software upgrade, to receive the new channels. Nah, lay out for a new box and give them money every month for what is probably going to be shit, no thanks. Remove the adverts and I might think about it, since adverts are there to generate revenue I don't see why I should give them money AND have to sit through shitty adverts, especially with sky's seemingly high advert/content ratio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camie Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 I see you'd need a new set top box, or at least a software upgrade, to receive the new channels. Nah, lay out for a new box and give them money every month for what is probably going to be shit, no thanks. Remove the adverts and I might think about it, since adverts are there to generate revenue I don't see why I should give them money AND have to sit through shitty adverts, especially with sky's seemingly high advert/content ratio.So it's basically like getting freview allover again?What a load of tosh.Why trading standards are letting them do this i don't know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Fuck. I like Sky 3 and Sky News (I won't be sad to see the sport go though).Pah! Women! they just don't get it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam 45 Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 For fuck sake, gonna be losing the most watched channel in my house. Gonna have to move into the hotel next door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 I think this will flop. What a fucking shit idea.Just think...somebody got paid thousands of pounds to come up with this idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam 45 Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 I think this will flop. What a fucking shit idea.Just think...somebody got paid thousands of pounds to come up with this idea.Completely off topic: Tubthumper i saw a band in the Glasgow Arches last week called The Shakes. Is that the same band you play in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Completely off topic: Tubthumper i saw a band in the Glasgow Arches last week called The Shakes. Is that the same band you play in?Unfortunately not no. They stole the name...the buggers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam 45 Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Unfortunately not no. They stole the name...the buggers. Thats fine then...they were shite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 Thats fine then...they were shite.Apparently so. I've never heard any of their stuff, but one guy who thought it was us in Glasgow a few months ago said exactly the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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