Sky Fail To Reach Agreement With Discovery

50Twuncle

Browntoa wrote: »

In thinking of phoning up to cancel as I'm out of contract , will follow the above line of discovery being removed .

I have the 30 days to change my mind but want to make a point.

Same here - only I am still in contract - they failed to even tell me of the changes !!

[Deleted User]

Browntoa wrote: »

In thinking of phoning up to cancel as I'm out of contract , will follow the above line of discovery being removed .

I have the 30 days to change my mind but want to make a point.

Don't forget to mention the upcoming price increases too.

Discovery are pushing everybody at Sky at the moment to complain so it may be a little bit more tricky to actually get through.

Browntoa

I'll phone from work , can sit there with it on speaker for as long as it takes

They will get " no I don't want a discount"

"I'm going to BT TV as they still have discovery channel "

"BT have offered me a very good deal to switch"

Browntoa

I've noticed a LOT of angry people on their Facebook page and Twitter account

Chrishazle

Post 70 gives the way forward - I phoned Sky (0333 202 2139), after the normal automated parts the first bloke said he had to transfer me, waited 30 mins on hold then gave up and re-dialled and requested a call back. Told wait time is 2 hours - but at least I'm not wasting time holding a phone!As a BT infinity 2 fibre broadband customer (with BT Sport) I can get the channels we watch via BT TV and save myself £28/month by switching from Sky to BT - no brainer!

prowla

I have been a happy Sky customer for many years.

I don't particularly know which channels I watch, as I select things by programme, not channel.

If I find it's no longer interesting me, then I'll drop out next time my renewal is up.

I don't pay for sports or movies and indeed I had a Now TV movies pass over the festive season and didn't watch a single movie.

christaitfife

I have always liked Sky. I think their full cost represents fair value of the content supplied. About 80% of my viewing is in the Discovery network, so as of 31 days time I will no longer have Sky.

This is quite short sighted by Sky and Discovery IMO. I will be Freesat + Netflix from now on in. Much better cost - service ratio than Sky minus Discovery.

teddysmum

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

Virgin?
They haven't dropped Discovery.

This thread is about Sky losing Discovery.

I know this thread is about Sky (which we have), but thought I'd read that Virgin had already discontinued Discovery. (Must have been in one of my odd recent dreams.)

50Twuncle

Discovery are asking sky for £1.39 per subscriber per month....
Sky have told them where to go,..
How much are sky paying now ?

Lazarus_Blackstar

We've been with Sky for years and always had the Variety package, which includes Discovery etc. At present costs £32pm.
Just rung them earlier and have now downgraded to Original package which is £22.
Certainly not going to be paying the 32 quid anymore when around 13 channels will be lost. Sounds like it's a sure thing they will remove them in the next few days. We watch a fair few programs on Discovery & Turbo, but won't loose sleep over not having the channels.
I've now saved myself a tenner a month.

It's all about who rakes in the most ££££££'s these days, they clearly don't think of customers when they are fighting like kids in a playground.