Sky's new prices from June 1st (confirmed)

benwarwick123

New confirmed sky prices:-

Original - No change

Variety - £30 up £2

Family - £36 up £3

sports - £25.50 up £1

movies - £17.00 up 0.50p

Multiroom - no change

sports & movies - £34.50 up £1.50

HD (Legacy) - £11.25 up £1

HD Premium - no change

Asia pack - no change

MUTV - £7.00 up £1

Chelsea TV - £7.00 up £1

LFC TV - no change

single movies - £9.00 up £1

single sports - no change

single Movies & single sports - £20.25 up £1

Movies & single sports - £26.50 up 0.50p

single movies & sports - £30.50 up £2.00



Increases for existing subscribers haven't been outlined yet

jasonwatkins

i assume these are in line with inflation so no early exit loophole ?

[Deleted User]

It's all very expensive. These prices are helping to subsidise all the half price deals that retentions dish out.
With the internet the way it is going, these inflated Broadcast TV subs are on borrowed time.

SnowTiger

jasonwatkins wrote: »

i assume these are in line with inflation so no early exit loophole ?

All well above inflation, however benwarwick123 mentions "Increases for existing subscribers haven't been outlined yet", so I assume those are prices for new customers only.

Odd, because generally new customers get a better deal.

I didn't realise Sky was so expensive.

jasonwatkins

SnowTiger wrote: »

All well above inflation, however benwarwick123 mentions "Increases for existing subscribers haven't been outlined yet", so I assume those are prices for new customers only.

Odd, because generally new customers get a better deal.

I didn't realise Sky was so expensive.

Well I've checked my upcoming subscription costs and my june bill is approximately £3 a month more expensive than the bill i've just paid, and i've been with Sky for many years so maybe they have been outlined, just not "officially" ?

I'd certainly be interested in an early exit if it's possible, although my current minimum period doesn't finish until the 4th of August.

mije1983

SnowTiger wrote: »

All well above inflation, however benwarwick123 mentions "Increases for existing subscribers haven't been outlined yet", so I assume those are prices for new customers only.

Sky's terms say:

we can only increase the relevant Subscription Payment once during the MinimumTerm. This increase won’t affect you during the first 60 days of your subscription to your chosen service(s) and will not be more than either 10% of the standard price of your subscription or the increase in the UK Retail Price Index over the last 12 months before we tell you about that price increase, whichever is greater.

As the rises are less than 10% then they could well end up being the same for existing customers.

Wasn't there a rise last September though? Going by the above term, that should at least exempt some existing customers from price rises if they took out a new contract last June/July and were affected by the last rise.

shockindkj_2

Not again...now I'm glad we cancelled our tv subscription at the beginning of this month...freesat here we come lol

pen1

mije1983 wrote: »

Wasn't there a rise last September though? .....

Indeed- Sky have changed/increased tv prices on 1st September for some years, so are apparently raising additional revenue this year, by not only increasing prices but bringing the date of price increases forward to 1st June.

Like jasonwatkins, I've looked at "Upcoming subscription costs" on "My Sky" and can see a price rise effective from 1st June, which is consistent with the opening post from benwarwick123.

For anybody interested, "Upcoming subscription costs" can be viewed at My Sky>Bills & Payments>Upcoming Subscription costs.

https://myaccount.sky.com/future

VisionMan

This must be happening to pay for the football. But a second price rise in less than a twelve month period. Interesting... and probably against the T&C's.

Geordie_Ahmed

VisionMan wrote: »

This must be happening to pay for the football. But a second price rise in less than a twelve month period. Interesting... and probably against the T&C's.

I would expect the price increase to be delayed for anyone that already got the last price increase so won't be against any t's and c's

If I'm not mistaken the financial year for Sky starts in July so I suspect the increase in June is linked to that, so the next increase will most likely be June 2016

jasonwatkins

funny thing is, i was checking back through my bill to see if they did put the price up in september as well, which they did when they increased the line rental charges, and i realised that they'd started charging for voicemail at £1 a month - which i don't use and, clearly, forgot to remove

i suppose if i get that taken off, it'll effectively lower the price rise to £2