| Has Sky had it’s day? 04:05 - Jul 24 with 4001 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
I was curious about television and sports in the UK. Cable television is only being held up by sports over here but even now streaming services such as YouTube TV (that cover all the local channels of whatever market your in) mean you don’t need a Comcast/Direct TV etc subscription. Can also get rid annoying cables everywhere in your living room.
It’s for sure becoming el a carte steaming subscriptions on smart TVs to have all your needs. NBC now have their own steaming channel Peacock, which you need for all access Premier League. ESPN+ gives you all you need for that service. So really it’s just a load of $10 monthly subscriptions alongside your Netflix, Hulu, Amazon video etc replacing $150-$180 cable bills.
Amazon Prime Video just brought Thursday night NFL games and this kind of thing will only continue globally I imagine.
Surely we can’t be far of an Amazon or Apple TV buying all Premier League rights and everyone in England being able to watch Premier League at 3pm on Saturday’s? The money in that would be insane and probably widen the gap of top flight and lower leagues. It just seems the natural step. What kind of protections are there against that happening?
Also what population of the UK have Sky now? Is it still a must for sports or is it becoming diversified as well? I was just curious as the last 5 years everything has changed here but when I lived in the UK, Sky was always king. I remember buying something called Now TV to stream some Footy the other year when I was back for a few weeks so I assume everything is following suit?
YouTube TV is the best recent thing to hit the market, free cloud included in the subscription as well for any recordings. Don’t think it’s outside the US yet though. [Post edited 24 Jul 2022 4:11]
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| Has Sky had it’s day? on 16:37 - Jul 24 with 687 views | unbelievablue |
| Has Sky had it’s day? on 16:25 - Jul 24 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
Had a few issues with the NOW platform when I was briefly using it but maybe it’s better these days |
On the TV app?
It's not a great UI. |  |
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| Has Sky had it’s day? on 16:40 - Jul 24 with 671 views | unbelievablue |
| Has Sky had it’s day? on 11:30 - Jul 24 by JakeITFC |
The thing that is annoying is that the are a load of different subscriptions required now to be a sports fan compared to even 10 years ago when Sky had a monopoly, but the costs don’t reflect it.
Off the top of my head I now have Sky, BT, Amazon, DAZN, Premier Sports and NFL gamepass for sports stuff, plus the usual TV subscriptions services too. The Netflix model was cool at first because it eliminated a lot of the need for a classic cable service, but now with each big media company having their own streaming service it’s back to being the thing it was trying to replace, but less user friendly and more expensive. |
In terms of sport I think I have:
Now TV
NFL Gamepass
BT Sport (shared with a mate)
Amazon Prime
MLB TV
Apple TV+
Some of those obviously come with additional TV subscription benefits (especially Apple TV+ which only has Friday Night Baseball in terms of sport at the moment). It's a lot though and frustrating. | |
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| Has Sky had it’s day? on 16:42 - Jul 24 with 663 views | J2BLUE |
| Has Sky had it’s day? on 16:20 - Jul 24 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
I agree the amount of platforms makes it a bit annoying. Although the quality and cost of smart TV evaluates that problem is you see an app like a channel. I do think a YouTube TV would solve half those problems though, as it basically gives me cable then I just need 4-5 apps. It’s best thing to hit the market in a long time. I’m not sure if it’s making it’s way to the UK or not.
Mine is
- YouTube TV (includes all major networks, sports, HBO, news etc)
- Sunday ticket App
- Dazn
- Amazon
- Netflix
- Hulu / Disney / ESPN+
- Peacock
DAZN eh, forgot they had been launched in the UK. It has been good for me over here being a British boxing fan. All the AJ fights have been included In subscription since 2017. They’re very cash rich but losing ridiculous amounts of money hence their recent move to PPV. Hearn will follow the $$$
Amazon or Apple will have PL rights one day and the money will be insane. Still blows my mind everyone watches it worldwide while the UK settled down for MOTD at 10.30pm. |
Amazon already have the rights to two full rounds of fixtures.
One on Boxing Day. The other spread over Tuesday to Thursday one week. |  |
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| Has Sky had it’s day? on 16:48 - Jul 24 with 651 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| Has Sky had it’s day? on 16:42 - Jul 24 by J2BLUE |
Amazon already have the rights to two full rounds of fixtures.
One on Boxing Day. The other spread over Tuesday to Thursday one week. |
It’s just the start ;) | | | |
| Has Sky had it’s day? on 16:58 - Jul 24 with 636 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| Has Sky had it’s day? on 16:40 - Jul 24 by unbelievablue |
In terms of sport I think I have:
Now TV
NFL Gamepass
BT Sport (shared with a mate)
Amazon Prime
MLB TV
Apple TV+
Some of those obviously come with additional TV subscription benefits (especially Apple TV+ which only has Friday Night Baseball in terms of sport at the moment). It's a lot though and frustrating. |
An app is just like a channel though in a way so not too bad. I think it gives benefits rather than being signed up in ever lasting monopoly contracts. Outside of Prime and Dazn all mine are month to month and could easily ditch half of them if suddenly I needed to save money or wasn’t watching as much. But I’m old now so go out a bit less and watch a bit more.
Sometimes I’ll just get HBO for hardkocks in Aug and cancel it right away for example.
My biggest annoyance recently certain platforms charging an extra $5 for ad free versions. [Post edited 24 Jul 2022 17:00]
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| Has Sky had it’s day? on 17:02 - Jul 24 with 628 views | unbelievablue |
| Has Sky had it’s day? on 16:58 - Jul 24 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
An app is just like a channel though in a way so not too bad. I think it gives benefits rather than being signed up in ever lasting monopoly contracts. Outside of Prime and Dazn all mine are month to month and could easily ditch half of them if suddenly I needed to save money or wasn’t watching as much. But I’m old now so go out a bit less and watch a bit more.
Sometimes I’ll just get HBO for hardkocks in Aug and cancel it right away for example.
My biggest annoyance recently certain platforms charging an extra $5 for ad free versions. [Post edited 24 Jul 2022 17:00]
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I probably need a new TV, because switching between them and navigating to a game is way more cumbersome than just a channel. | |
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| Has Sky had it’s day? on 17:11 - Jul 24 with 614 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| Has Sky had it’s day? on 17:02 - Jul 24 by unbelievablue |
I probably need a new TV, because switching between them and navigating to a game is way more cumbersome than just a channel. |
A pretty worthwhile investment when you think about it, although my current one cost under $500 and is fine. | | | |
| Has Sky had it’s day? on 21:23 - Jul 24 with 508 views | N2_Blue |
I probably watch football almost everyday of the week but I don’t buy Sky and never have done on sheer principle. Ghastly organisation. And yes I’m happy to indulge in enjoying some flowing water. [Post edited 24 Jul 2022 21:27]
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| Has Sky had it’s day? on 22:12 - Jul 24 with 488 views | hype313 |
| Has Sky had it’s day? on 21:23 - Jul 24 by N2_Blue |
I probably watch football almost everyday of the week but I don’t buy Sky and never have done on sheer principle. Ghastly organisation. And yes I’m happy to indulge in enjoying some flowing water. [Post edited 24 Jul 2022 21:27]
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My brother in law has a fire stick with the app, he pays £65 a year and gets everything including all PPV and movies.
I'm currently paying £100 a month not including Netflix, Disney and Prime.
I'm in for best part of £1400 a year compared to £65, I've held off as I feel uneady about it, but looking at the figures, it certainly makes it tempting! |  |
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