Fox TV UK to close on the 30th june

Browntoa

The walking dead and other programs on there to be moved to the Star channel on Disney plus and the channel will vanish from all platforms. 

https://www.cordbusters.co.uk/fox-channel-uk-shutting-down/

Another reason to review that sky package

brewerdave

Browntoa said:

Another reason to review that sky package

Add to that, the fact that Sky "Sports" has lost so much over the last few years, really makes it difficult to justify paying megabucks for a Sky package. Due to negotiate again in a couple of months and will be looking for a substantial discount !!

Browntoa

And they've lost a load of movie content to Disney and others as well .

They seemed to have quietly dropped the "new premiere every day" byline 

Neil_Jones

Browntoa said:

And they've lost a load of movie content to Disney and others as well .

They seemed to have quietly dropped the "new premiere every day" byline 

Well they didn't "lose it", that entire Sky Cinema Disney thing was always going to be the next thing to go when Disney+ came along, considering the Disney channels had already gone bye bye by that point.

The tag line now seems to be "the home of Sky original films", though the last handful of attempts at these weren't anything to write home about.  They do still seem to adding new films daily though, though I suspect what with a pandemic the definition of "new" is going to get stretched a bit me thinks

older_wiser

have you seen the recent premiers other than tenet i haven't heard of any of them

its going to be like this for a good 6-12 months i'm in the same boat my sub is up for renewal in july so i'm going to just cancel it and see what offers they give me.  i'm happy to cancel for afew months as i already subscribe to disney amazon and netflix so i won't be without content to watch. 
i'd like everything for around 50 quid do people thinks thats achievable ?

onomatopoeia99

Browntoa said:

Another reason to review that sky package

I'm going to lose an hour of TV a week as a consequence, so it'll need to be a better reason.

jon81uk

Given Disney bought Fox two years ago this isn't really a surprise.

But yes Sky (and Now TV) is looking less and less of a good deal.

molerat

Added to today's news https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57249849

Browntoa

And BT sport is still quietly for sale (and retained its content by default as the premier League renewed without a bidding war this time round at the same price as last time ) 

Amazon have big ambitions for their sports offering , I wonder if that also will end up on prime instead of the BT sport's channels

Jenni_D

Hopefully, as I have Prime - initially for the delivery aspect so Prime Video etc. was a free (to me) bonus.

When I renegotiated my BT contract back in January I removed Sport and TV as they were wanting silly money for them; they wouldn't entertain (pun intended) a deal anywhere near what I previously had.

brewerdave

Browntoa said:

And BT sport is still quietly for sale (and retained its content by default as the premier League renewed without a bidding war this time round at the same price as last time ) 

Amazon have big ambitions for their sports offering , I wonder if that also will end up on prime instead of the BT sport's channels

IF Amazon gets BT Sports offerings ,I suspect that there will be a new subscription model, ie Prime Plus ,costing a fair bit more than £79.99 pa !!