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sdh2903

posted on 26/1/17 at 05:47 PM Reply With Quote
Sky TV and discovery

For sky TV customers who watch discovery. They are about to plug the plug at the end of the month due to sky being too obsessed with paying ludicrous amounts to overpaid footballers to care. Having just spoken to sky to voice my opinion they inform me that customers won't be getting a reduction. Disgraceful.

Any sky customers make your voice heard and tell the robbing bstards!!

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chris

posted on 26/1/17 at 05:54 PM Reply With Quote
I have never had sky TV and never will to many adverts why pay a subscription to watch 20 minutes of adverts every hour and every so often they switch all the good programmes over to another channel so you have to pay even more to receive the new channel
Rant over

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Mash

posted on 26/1/17 at 05:58 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by chris
I have never had sky TV and never will to many adverts why pay a subscription to watch 20 minutes of adverts every hour and every so often they switch all the good programmes over to another channel so you have to pay even more to receive the new channel
Rant over


I'm with you Chris, never have had it, never will!

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sdh2903

posted on 26/1/17 at 06:01 PM Reply With Quote
Well I enjoy watching TV that I can't get for free including HD sport and discovery so am happy to pay for it. But when they take it away I'm not so happy
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big_wasa

posted on 26/1/17 at 06:31 PM Reply With Quote
Looks like I will be cancelling next week then. I have the family package mainly for Discovery shows. Fast n loud, wheeler dealers and a few more.

Any other ways to watch the above ?

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sdh2903

posted on 26/1/17 at 06:35 PM Reply With Quote
Bt TV or Virgin.
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loggyboy

posted on 26/1/17 at 07:00 PM Reply With Quote
I have sky, mainly for boxsets and Atlantic and recording function. Just got a great deal on latest Q box with full sports and movies for less than i was paying for normal box and medium channel package.
Sadly the only 2 channels I watch on discovery set is turbo and eurosport, and i watch so rarely i wont miss them. Its a shame they wont stick them on free to air for those who do watch them. Sadly they simply arent desirable enough to be on pay networks only.





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minitici

posted on 26/1/17 at 07:48 PM Reply With Quote
If Discovery channels go - so will I.
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Ugg10

posted on 26/1/17 at 07:56 PM Reply With Quote
I am with virgin media, hoping the new boss of F1, who also owns VM, will put it on his own platform sometime soon.





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David Jenkins

posted on 26/1/17 at 08:00 PM Reply With Quote
I gave up on Sky a few years ago - I didn't see the point in paying for 150-odd channels I didn't watch, so now I use Freeview/Freesat for free and get 50-odd channels I don't watch...






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Talon Motorsport

posted on 26/1/17 at 08:27 PM Reply With Quote
Amazon fire tv stick get some one who knows how to hack in to it and watch almost every tv program ever made for free.
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loggyboy

posted on 26/1/17 at 08:46 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by Talon Motorsport
Amazon fire tv stick get some one who knows how to hack in to it and watch almost every tv program ever made for free.


Indeed. You add Kodi to it (or any pc) and install exodus to that and you can do just that.

[Edited on 26-1-17 by loggyboy]





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chillis

posted on 26/1/17 at 09:51 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by sdh2903
For sky TV customers who watch discovery. They are about to plug the plug at the end of the month due to sky being too obsessed with paying ludicrous amounts to overpaid footballers to care. Having just spoken to sky to voice my opinion they inform me that customers won't be getting a reduction. Disgraceful.

Any sky customers make your voice heard and tell the robbing bstards!!


I believe its Discovery who are demanding too much and Sky ain't gonna pay. Discovery content has got a bit pants in recent years.

Discovery is still on Virgin but they are even more expensive than Sky for comparable packages

Would go freeview but they just don't have hardly any of the channels I watch





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chris

posted on 27/1/17 at 12:21 AM Reply With Quote
I have a Kodi box great bit of kit everything for free well nearly everything
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posted on 27/1/17 at 12:08 PM Reply With Quote
damn, i watch discovery for goldrush - i'm sick of the other car programmes.

and for those wondering, using kodi to bypass payed subscription isn't definitely legal and there are a few court cases going through right now.

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MattD

posted on 27/1/17 at 12:20 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by MikeR
damn, i watch discovery for goldrush - i'm sick of the other car programmes.

and for those wondering, using kodi to bypass payed subscription isn't definitely legal and there are a few court cases going through right now.


A guy in the Stoke area got done for 4 years yesterday for selling commerically (was on the radio news), and it is now illegal to sell devices with the software programme uploaded on them.
Usual followup mention of of ISPs having to write to users by passing subscription services to say that's illegal to watch too (which it isnt, yet).

SKY announced yesterday they are going to offer a "dish free" subscription service in the near future to compete with the fibre based mainstream offerings.

[Edited on 27/1/17 by MattD]


Now corrected to match what I've just read here:-
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/when-using-kodi-illegal-sky-12491422

[Edited on 27/1/17 by MattD]

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