MSE News: Major overhaul of Sky Sports could save you money

VisionMan

Thanks JJ.
I now know the channels and which platforms they will be on.
Its actually an improvement.

[Deleted User]

VisionMan wrote: »

Thats what I was thinking too. otherwise they wouldn't make a profit.

To be fair, if Sky allowed customers to only select individual channels, some of the less-watched channels would simply disappear. Sky Arts has already been reduced from two channels to one in recent years. I'm in favour of a wider choice and I think this should be subsidised in the current manner.

VisionMan

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

To be fair, if Sky allowed customers to only select individual channels, some of the less-watched channels would simply disappear. Sky Arts has already been reduced from two channels to one in recent years. I'm in favour of a wider choice and I think this should be subsidised in the current manner.

I take your point about the lesser channels. But it applies to the main ones too..

JJ_Egan

This is what SKY say .

Sky Sports Main Event
The destination for the biggest live events
Live Premier League football plus international qualifiers and the biggest games from EFL and La Liga, F1®, Ryder Cup and Major golf, England Test cricket, international Rugby Union, World Darts Championship and more
Sky Sports Premier League
The home of the Premier League
126 live Premier League matches per season. Brand new shows including a new nightly debate show. Dedicated On Demand sections for every Premier League club, including match highlights, interviews and documentaries.
Sky Sports Football
The home of over 900 live games per season
127 Sky Bet EFL matches per season, EFL Cup including semi-finals and final, SPFL Premiership & Scottish Cup, 300 La Liga matches a season, MLS, Eredivisie and more.
Sky Sports Cricket
The only place to see every home England match live
Exclusive live coverage of every home England Test, ODI and T20 match. The widest range of domestic cricket including County Championship, T20 Blast and more. The ICC Champions Trophy, Cricket World Cup, World Twenty20 and Women’s World Cup live.
Sky Sports Golf
The must-have channel for all golf fans
The only place to see every day of The Open Championship and US Open live. Home of the European Tour, PGA Tour, Ladies European and Ladies PGA Tour. This year’s Solheim Cup and The 2018 Ryder Cup.
Sky Sports F1
Every Formula 1® practice, qualifying hour and race live
Exclusive coverage of the FIA Formula 2 Championship, GP3, Porsche Supercup and Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Sky Sports Action and Sky Sports Arena
The home of rugby union (England, European and domestic rugby union, the British & Irish Lions), rugby Super League, ATP tennis, PDC darts (including World Championship), world championship boxing, NFL, WWE, GAA, netball and more
Sky Sports News
The home of breaking sports news, 24 hours a day.
Regular news and feature programmes where studio guests provide an in depth look at upcoming sporting events, combined with the latest stories as they happen from around the world. Cameras and reporters stretch across the country, and the globe, taking viewers to the heart of sport.
Sky Sports Mix
A window into the world of Sky Sports, bringing a selection of sports entertainment to all Sky customers.
Regular live football including La Liga, MLS and international qualifiers as well as a select number of Premier League and EFL matches. As well as support programming that will appeal to kids and family audiences, viewers can also enjoy live golf from Europe and the US, international cricket and much more.
Pricing
The new package of ten channels and an unrivalled schedule of live sport is available for the same price (£27.50 per month), which will remain frozen for 12 months. Existing customers will receive the new Sky Sports package automatically and the new channels will replace the existing line-up.
For the first time, Sky Sports will also offer something for fans not looking for the full breadth of sports, but are interested in specific sports. The new line-up is designed to grow this customer base and offers flexibility to subscribe to individual channel packages at a new price. One channel pack will be available for just £18 per month, two for £22 and three for £26.

VisionMan

£18/mth for one channel
£22/mth for two
£26/mth for three
£27.50/mth for all
Plus the cost of the base pack.

[Deleted User]

I was wondering whether they would split the PL footy matches across more than 1 channel but it looks like all of their coverage will be on the Sky Sports Premier League channel.

Of course if you want the EFL cup games (EFL games & La Liga too) then you will need the Sky Sports Football channel as well.

The Sky Sports Main Event channel looks to be a waste of time as you can only get it with the full package(?) and it just repeats programmes from the other channels in simulcast anyway.

From the legal bits: http://www.skysports.com/relaunch

Main Event channel: is a bonus channel showing live content from the other Sky Sports channels at the same time as it is available on such channels. Only available with the Sky Sports Complete Pack.

VisionMan

Bad news for BT YouViewers on BT TV. Under the new package structure they will only be offering Sky Sports Main Event, with a spill-over channel for EPL games.

And the price will be going up by £6.50.

Midnighter

JJ_Egan wrote: »

Channels listed on TV guide from next Tuesday .
No more Sky Sport 123
Now
Main Event
Football
Golf
Prem League
Cricket
Mix
Action
Arena
are the channel line ups .

I noticed last night that Sky Sports Mix has disappeared!

[Deleted User]

Midnighter wrote: »

I noticed last night that Sky Sports Mix has disappeared!

It's moved to 121.

brewerdave

Colin_Maybe wrote: »

It's moved to 121.

...and now there is virtually nothing worth watching on it !!:rotfl: