Paid Members Benno Posted June 29, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted June 29, 2017 Sky Sports are separating out to cheaper standalone channels. You will be able to get a Football channel (similar to what they do with F1) for £18. WWE has been grouped with Rugby and Tennis. Wonder if that'll be any cheaper. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jun/27/sky-sports-channels-prices-football-golf-cricket http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/sky-sports-revamp-football-tv-10700561  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members garynysmon Posted June 29, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted June 29, 2017 (edited) Interesting. I wonder, with the network and all, how many will opt not to bother with SS Arena? WWE and Tennis doesn't share a similar demographic.  As little knowledge/interest as I have in current day WWE, I could never justify subscribing to anything but the footie channels tbh. I get all the (classic) wrestling I could ever watch from the Network and Impact on free tv. Edited June 29, 2017 by garynysmon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 If it's grouped with Rugby League, I'd think about it for when the new season starts next year (current season finishes in October) especially if Sky end up getting the NRL coverage too, which is up for renegotiation after this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members TheBurningRed Posted June 29, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted June 29, 2017 I'd hope they would put darts in SS Arena. Would justify getting it, because besides football and wrestling, darts is the only other thing I watch on sky sports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieg1980 Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 5 hours ago, garynysmon said: WWE and Tennis doesn't share a similar demographic.   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted June 29, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted June 29, 2017 classic ^ if they lumped wrestling, football and boxing together i'd happily pay a cheap monthly fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted June 29, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted June 29, 2017 Tremendous news. I only keep Sky Sports for the football and Raw/Smackdown, and to be honest I can fuck the latter off (considering I fast forward all of it) and just watch those abridged versions on YouTube instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WeeAl Posted June 30, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted June 30, 2017 (edited) I'm the same, that's all I kept it for, and never considered not having it due to wanting to watch Raw/Smackdown, but I sacked it off a little while ago as I'm content to watch Raw and Smackdown on Daily Motion/Youtube now in full and then watch the PPV's on the Network. I might have to consider getting Sky Sports again for the start of the Premier League season, but it's harder to justify now with BT having quite a bit of the football as well. Edited June 30, 2017 by WeeAl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted June 30, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted June 30, 2017 That's a good point. I've never got BT because I can't justify spending ANOTHER tenner (is it still £10?) on TV subs. However, if the cheapest Sky Sports package will be £18 (and let's say that's for the football), why on earth am I going to pay for that over a £10 sub that includes Champions League and Europa, which Sky don't have? For the odd game on Sky I want to watch, I might as well stream the fucker. It's extortionate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members garynysmon Posted June 30, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted June 30, 2017 (edited) 23 hours ago, stevieg1980 said: Haha brilliant! Should also have remembered about Corny of course. Edited June 30, 2017 by garynysmon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted June 30, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted June 30, 2017 12 hours ago, PunkStep said: That's a good point. I've never got BT because I can't justify spending ANOTHER tenner (is it still £10?) on TV subs. However, if the cheapest Sky Sports package will be £18 (and let's say that's for the football), why on earth am I going to pay for that over a £10 sub that includes Champions League and Europa, which Sky don't have? For the odd game on Sky I want to watch, I might as well stream the fucker. It's extortionate. Or just grab a Now TV day pass, assuming they'll still be available with this new set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted June 30, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted June 30, 2017 (edited) Everything I've read so far says that the cheapest package will be £18. There's no way that's going to be the football package (2 channels). Sky will fuck football fans over on this. Those channels alone will likely be only marginally cheaper than the current full Sports package. Edited June 30, 2017 by Arch Stanton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCW Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 They've added something like 10,000 subscribers this year compared to 50,000 for same period last year. They are getting spanked by Kodi and general illegal online streaming of football, which unlike previous card sharing and chipped box piracy in the past, is far more widespread and very hard to police. They need to lower the price significantly to entice people into the habit of paying for subs, or risk losing a whole generation of younger subscribers altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted July 1, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted July 1, 2017 (edited) On 6/29/2017 at 6:02 PM, stevieg1980 said: Fuck, "The Model" should have been bigger than he was. Surely IC belt level at this time. Edited July 1, 2017 by bAzTNM#1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon-Carr_92 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Who's ever had a football player gimmick? Soccer obviously. I know hooligan firms have inspired a few gimmicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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