Sky looking at up to 10% price increases in September
 

Wouldn't be surprised if VM, BT etc follow suite

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1834022

Re: Sky looking at up to 10% price increases in September
 

:Yikes:

I ditched pay-TV years ago and have never looked back. In fact my eyes water at the very thought of paying that much a month just for telly. You surely can't watch enough TV in a day to get value out of that sort of payment.

Re: Sky looking at up to 10% price increases in September
 

Absolutely inevitable.

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l suppose it depends on what way you look at Chris as some people spend quite a amount on alcohol and tobacco and other things so some people who don't spend their money on that obviously see premium TV as reasonably good value each month.

Re: Sky looking at up to 10% price increases in September
 

Actually I suspect people are generally fooled by the sales pitch employed by all the pay-TV operators, over many years, which sells 'value' based on the quantity available, rather than the actual amount any one household can consume.

We woke up and made that calculation years ago and were astonished at how much one episode of Stargate SG1 was costing us. We cancelled shortly thereafter. ;)

Re: Sky looking at up to 10% price increases in September
 

If it's going up we'll probably ditch it at the end of our contract and go back to freeview!

Re: Sky looking at up to 10% price increases in September
 

Same here Planning to go freeview

Re: Sky looking at up to 10% price increases in September
 

A rise above inflation usually gets you out of a contract I believe

Re: Sky looking at up to 10% price increases in September
 

contracts up this month anyway think i will cancel and get one of the 1 month rolling bb deals for a bit to see if anyone offers a really good deal or we miss something too much lol

Re: Sky looking at up to 10% price increases in September
 

Depends what the contract is for - generally it gets you out of the bit of the contract that has the rise

Re: Sky looking at up to 10% price increases in September
 

Ouch, up to 10% is a sore one. Not sure how it'll impact me being on a 50% off deal however my contract is up in December anyway.

I'll be keeping a close eye on deals from BT and Virgin over the next 6 months. Suddenly BT broadband, with free BT Sports, becomes more appealing than before.

Re: Sky looking at up to 10% price increases in September
 

not interested in sports but there are a few series that we like to watch but the savings would make buying box sets a winner ;)

Re: Sky looking at up to 10% price increases in September
 

Of course any increases will also be added to virgin customers

Re: Sky looking at up to 10% price increases in September
 

If its really 10% and VM reflect that in our prices then its good bye to the movies and sport and hello to increased media centre usage and a large increase in my newsgroup subscription usage.

Re: Sky looking at up to 10% price increases in September
 

Whilst I'm on a 50% off deal with SKY, this runs out in December. I'm already thinking about my options. Do I drop SKY Sports? Do I drop SKY Movies? Do I drop SKY HD? Do I drop multiroom? Do I drop them all? Do I return to Virgin with the first 6 months half price?

The price of TV, broadband and telephone is getting ridiculous. I can see the VIP package, and SKY's equivalent, costing about £130.00 per month within the next 24 months, if recent price increases are anything to go by. £1560 per year is a lot of money. At this rate it's going to become cheaper to go out than what it is to stay in and enjoy the telly!

Re: Sky looking at up to 10% price increases in September
 

Well the sports/movies increases will be passed to virgin. So VIP will cost nearly £120. if BT sport is offered it could cost OVER £130