SD Sky Sports for free? - Page 3

gus0898uk · 16-01-2017, 19:27

I just received the email this evening but it is still greyed out even in SD, I will switch off and reboot and see if this does the trick.
I wonder if the powers that be can see from my Tivo box that I watch Sky Sports News a lot. Also about a year ago I had SS for 30 days over Christmas and New Year.
Anyway Thanks, I just hope this is a free lunch full stop.

spiderplant · 16-01-2017, 19:33

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Originally Posted by gus0898uk

I just received the email this evening but it is still greyed out even in SD,

Give Faults a call.

wrlfc · 16-01-2017, 21:18

Received the email today, Sky sports free for six weeks. Only in SD.
Won't be subscribing through.

16-01-2017, 22:09

Got the email today and Watching SKY sports, quick questions what was the criteria of choosing certain customers for this promotion?

therock247uk · 16-01-2017, 22:14

Any official word from Virgin yet? No Sky here on the HD XL package and been a customer since the old NTL days.

gus0898uk · 16-01-2017, 23:19

spider
Thanks for the heads up, I am still greyed out, if no SS in the morning I will ring faults.

Mad Max · 17-01-2017, 00:19

I'm gobsmacked by this offer from Virgin, really am, so in effect people like me and thousands of others who pay through the nose for the sports pack, are basically subsidising others who don't have it, and Virgin are dressing this up as a sweetener to entice new customers into taking the Sky sports pack, unbelievable!

andrewbrown · 17-01-2017, 07:34

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Originally Posted by Mad Max

I'm gobsmacked by this offer from Virgin, really am, so in effect people like me and thousands of others who pay through the nose for the sports pack, are basically subsidising others who don't have it, and Virgin are dressing this up as a sweetener to entice new customers into taking the Sky sports pack, unbelievable!

How do you know it's not a Sky offer?

17-01-2017, 08:33

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Originally Posted by Mad Max

I'm gobsmacked by this offer from Virgin, really am, so in effect people like me and thousands of others who pay through the nose for the sports pack, are basically subsidising others who don't have it, and Virgin are dressing this up as a sweetener to entice new customers into taking the Sky sports pack, unbelievable!

For the record I had SKY for years with VM before I dropped it because of cost. I recently had multiple offers from Now TV for their sports pack so I think it is completely a marketing drive from SKY themselves through VM!

I suppose they are giving this offer to customers who are on the highest bundle that does not include SKY Sports!

mike_gain · 17-01-2017, 08:37

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Originally Posted by Mad Max

I'm gobsmacked by this offer from Virgin, really am, so in effect people like me and thousands of others who pay through the nose for the sports pack, are basically subsidising others who don't have it, and Virgin are dressing this up as a sweetener to entice new customers into taking the Sky sports pack, unbelievable!

If it's any consolation, I'm unlikely to make use of this offer. For example me and my boys will be taking in some delightful Scottish Cup action this weekend, watching Stenhousemuir get pumped at McDiarmid.

But whoever has been the brains behind this offer (let's be honest it'll be Sky) really should have thought about their existing customers as well. They are maybe relying a bit too much on people retaining Sky Sports without stopping to think about it.

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Originally Posted by mhatter67

I suppose they are giving this offer to customers who are on the highest bundle that does not include SKY Sports!

Not sure it's that, I'm only on the Mix bundle. But I have subscribed to Sky Sports in the past (we're talking about maybe 4 years or so ago) so perhaps this is a drive to win back previous subscribers.

bennyhill · 17-01-2017, 11:41

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Originally Posted by gus0898uk

I just received the email this evening but it is still greyed out even in SD, I will switch off and reboot and see if this does the trick.

Mine was greyed out too, so I did this (from VM Help site: Missing Channels)...

Press Home on your remote
Select Help & Settings
Select Help
Select TV Care from the top bar
Select Missing channels
Select Refresh my channel list to check for missing channels, and to get your TiVo box automatically updated if they are missing.

...and they showed up.

muppetman11 · 17-01-2017, 11:57

Interesting read

https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/art...its-grip-on-tv

Media Boy UK · 18-01-2017, 14:27

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Originally Posted by Mad Max

I'm gobsmacked by this offer from Virgin, really am, so in effect people like me and thousands of others who pay through the nose for the sports pack, are basically subsidising others who don't have it, and Virgin are dressing this up as a sweetener to entice new customers into taking the Sky sports pack, unbelievable!

18-01-2017, 16:27

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

Interesting read

https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/art...its-grip-on-tv

Indeed it is, if anybody thinks I am going to pay thirty odd quid a month plus the HD charge for sky sports they are barking, sky sports is simply pricing itself out of the market on VM at around £450 a year just for the sport including HD.

muppetman11 · 18-01-2017, 17:18

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Originally Posted by richard1960

Indeed it is, if anybody thinks I am going to pay thirty odd quid a month plus the HD charge for sky sports they are barking, sky sports is simply pricing itself out of the market on VM at around £450 a year just for the sport including HD.

According to Denphone its got plenty of scope to increase.