SD Sky Discovery (potential) switch-off (technical) - Page 5

muppetman11 · 31-01-2017, 15:51

To be fair the writings on the wall , that article doesn't look positive for those wanting to see the channels remain.

denphone · 31-01-2017, 16:15

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To be fair the writings on the wall , that article doesn't look positive for those wanting to see the channels remain.

Well come the morning Sky viewer's will certainly know their fate.

toady · 31-01-2017, 17:04

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Tiny bit of wrong info there the #keepdiscovery wasn't started to encourage sky and discovery to keep the peace it was infact set up by Discovery to wrongly encourage sky customers to bombard skys customer service with calls.
Discovery are very lucky SKY still wish to hold talks and vice versa too.

Or to get customers miffed with the loss of Discovery channels to contact Sky customer services and let them know how they felt

RichardCoulter · 31-01-2017, 17:07

Those still up will probably see them pulled at midnight; that's when Sky pulled their channels from VM as opposed to the end of the broadcasting day at 5:59:59.

muppetman11 · 31-01-2017, 17:11

Anyone with Sky Q will know pressing the home button lands you on Top Picks , Sky now has a tile titled Umissable documentaries (not one Discovery Communications show listed) they are also repeatedly running an advert for the same content titled unmissable documentaries across all their own channels.

Anyone hopeful these channels will stay it's not looking good in my opinion.

RichardCoulter · 31-01-2017, 17:17

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

Anyone with Sky Q will know pressing the home button lands you on Top Picks , Sky now has a tile titled Umissable documentaries (not one Discovery Communications show listed) they are also repeatedly running an advert for the same content titled unmissable documentaries across all their own channels.

Anyone hopeful these channels will stay it's not looking good in my opinion.

Indeed.

Also, we now know why Sky Sports Mix was created. If you look ahead in the EPG they are showing (repeats) of winter sports to try and emulate Eurosport

This is the memo that Sky have been sending to dealers:

https://mobile.twitter.com/maplefilt...79201162989569

denphone · 31-01-2017, 17:20

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

Anyone with Sky Q will know pressing the home button lands you on Top Picks , Sky now has a tile titled Umissable documentaries (not one Discovery Communications show listed) they are also repeatedly running an advert for the same content titled unmissable documentaries across all their own channels.

Anyone hopeful these channels will stay it's not looking good in my opinion.

yep it is certainly not looking good MM as you so succinctly say.

theone2k10 · 31-01-2017, 17:30

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

Anyone with Sky Q will know pressing the home button lands you on Top Picks , Sky now has a tile titled Umissable documentaries (not one Discovery Communications show listed) they are also repeatedly running an advert for the same content titled unmissable documentaries across all their own channels.

Anyone hopeful these channels will stay it's not looking good in my opinion.

They have this on the sky+hd boxes now too.

muppetman11 · 31-01-2017, 17:50

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yep it is certainly not looking good MM as you so succinctly say.

http://www.cityam.com/258140/city-am...1th-hour-deal?

Who knows ?

denphone · 31-01-2017, 18:01

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http://www.cityam.com/258140/city-am...1th-hour-deal?

Who knows ?

Well we will know quick enough whether it was sabre rattling by both sides or the start of something far more serious and more long term MM.

muppetman11 · 31-01-2017, 18:06

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Well we will know quick enough whether it was sabre rattling by both sides or the start of something far more serious and more long term MM.

All on transfer deadline day

denphone · 31-01-2017, 18:17

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All on transfer deadline day

Good grief you will be burning the midnight oil tonight then MM.

1andrew1 · 31-01-2017, 19:34

All channels staying on Sky!

GOOD NEWS! All our channels are staying on Sky. We can’t thank you enough for your patience & support. Best fans in TV! #KeepDiscovery
https://twitter.com/DiscoveryUK/stat...12462904172544

theone2k10 · 31-01-2017, 19:43

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All on transfer deadline day

Quite ironic really

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All channels staying on Sky!

GOOD NEWS! All our channels are staying on Sky. We can’t thank you enough for your patience & support. Best fans in TV! #KeepDiscovery
https://twitter.com/DiscoveryUK/stat...12462904172544

That's it you've done it now mate, the VM fanboys will be throwing their cornflakes at the cat in rage that VM aren't getting Dmax as a exclusive now.

1andrew1 · 31-01-2017, 19:47

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That's it you've done it now mate, the VM fanboys will be throwing their cornflakes at the cat in rage that VM aren't getting Dmax as a exclusive now.

Maybe as a consolation prize, Discovery can rustle up DMAX +1 as a VM exclusive?

I actually think Sky keeping access to all these channels was important to them. If they hadn't, their base pack would have looked weak and VM could claim to have the better channel line-up. Pleased the situation has been resolved but hope it doesn't lead to more prices rises across all providers.