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m419 · 08-02-2009, 20:34

Hmmmm, Wasnt it the Cable companies that attracted people to the pay-tv market??? As I rightly remember Sky Analogue was terrible, when you changed the channel it would say 'please wait channel loading' and would take ages sometimes!

Cable TV was the one that did all the work! Without the Cable companies, Sky wouldnt exist! Most people subscribed to Cable in the 90's and meant that Sky depended on the Cable companies to carry Sky channels for advertising revenue. Without cable, they would have been stuck with fewer than 500,000 customers.

Also, in 1993, Sky no longer offered a free service, Sky channels were made part of subscription package otherwise you would have had to have a Cable subscription.

So it was the Cable companies that have helped Sky.

Sky caused a lot of havoc in 2007 when they removed Sky channels from Freeview and Virgin TV but lost so much advertising revenue and returned the channels.

08-02-2009, 20:34	#4
m419 cf.mega poster Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: London Services: Virgin XL TV, 20MB Broadband,Virgin XL Phone,Hutchison 3G Pay Monthly Posts: 1,250	Re: Sky is 20.. Hmmmm, Wasnt it the Cable companies that attracted people to the pay-tv market??? As I rightly remember Sky Analogue was terrible, when you changed the channel it would say 'please wait channel loading' and would take ages sometimes! Cable TV was the one that did all the work! Without the Cable companies, Sky wouldnt exist! Most people subscribed to Cable in the 90's and meant that Sky depended on the Cable companies to carry Sky channels for advertising revenue. Without cable, they would have been stuck with fewer than 500,000 customers. Also, in 1993, Sky no longer offered a free service, Sky channels were made part of subscription package otherwise you would have had to have a Cable subscription. So it was the Cable companies that have helped Sky. Sky caused a lot of havoc in 2007 when they removed Sky channels from Freeview and Virgin TV but lost so much advertising revenue and returned the channels.