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Sky prices going up on sept 1st (merged)
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looks like sky packages are going to increase on sept 1st 2005 with most packages going up.
the price increase is gaurenteed on 01/09/2005 but how much they go up is not yet.
It looks like the family package will change to £21.50 and Sky world pacakge will go up to around £43 or £44.
there is better news though as they plan to change the family package at the same time and give you a choice on the channels you want.
the price increase is gaurenteed on 01/09/2005 but how much they go up is not yet.
It looks like the family package will change to £21.50 and Sky world pacakge will go up to around £43 or £44.
there is better news though as they plan to change the family package at the same time and give you a choice on the channels you want.
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To be honest though - its expected. If it is then its definately 100% bye bye SKY. £21.50 for the family pack is unreal!
James
But you get the same movies , how can the ones at blockbuster not be c**p and repeated when Sky source the exact same material.
At least you get a wider choice of movies and access to films you might never have bothered to order from Blockbuster because they don't promote older/foreign films as much compared to 'blockbusters'.
If you read the posters words carefully £21.50 is for all the family pack channels , but there may well be an element of being able to chose what channels you want in order to create a lesser bill for the family pack channels you want.
Of course premium channels will come on top of this still with a nice big price tag. To the poster who moaned about no increase in football you have an extra 22 games for free from Sky Sports , and extra £1 or £2 or like 5p-10p increase for each 1 of these games, hardly breaking the bank compared to buying tickets to see all of these games in person is it. :rolleyes:
Or are they creating packages cheaper than the family pack of say 10 channels of your choice?
It is unreal because E4 just announced that they are staying subscription on satellite to please Sky and yet Sky are getting away without paying them any subscription fees - why is this saving not passed on to the consumer or why not let E4 go to Freesat?
It's disgusting.
I would opt for Freeview if anything now. At least you get half decent channels like UKTV History, ABC1 and a coouple of others.
Freeview is looking more and more better as an alternative to Sky Freesat.
£21.50 for the family pack? Jebus, how can they get away with it? :rolleyes:
How much was Family Pack 4 years ago?
it will be like 6 different packages within the one family package
this, imo, is one of the reasons prices have been increased. sky bidded a ridiculous amount for the premiership tv rights and now its customers who end up paying for it all
:mad:
From the premiership , last year it went up from 66 games to 88 , so if the package goes up a £1 or £2 that is about 5p-10p extra for each extra game out of the 22 extra games (not including the current 66).
Can you get into a premiership ground for 10p?
they are defintley saying its more than last season
true, you also have to remember that there hasnt been a major change on sky packages since 2003, that was the last time the family package went up, so thats one increase in 2 years on that package.
Less of course, E4, Men & Motors,
So fewer channels and still an increase
but they are changing the style of the family pack so the increase maybe worth it.
Will getting rid of the movie channels effect the price of my two mirror subs?
extra subs mirror the primary card.
You can have a mirror sub for just the base family pack so I doubt it