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#2283472 25-Jul-2019 14:30

Sky have today announced major changes/additions to their sports steaming services. I wonder if they’re looking at a further streaming app for ‘general’ Sky programming following the recently-cancelled puck - i.e. are the sports streaming changes announced today the end of their IPTV aspirations?

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#2283479 25-Jul-2019 14:56

Hopefully this is just Phase 1 (or 2 if you count fanpass) and another app is in the works for all their channels

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#2283525 25-Jul-2019 15:10

eracode: Sky have today announced major changes/additions to their sports steaming services. I wonder if they’re looking at a further streaming app for ‘general’ Sky programming following the recently-cancelled puck - i.e. are the sports streaming changes announced today the end of their IPTV aspirations?

To me, they have to be. The sports will see a good number downgrade to that, but a much larger number jump back to Sky Sports at $40 pm.

If they do this with general programming at a reduced price (MySky drops off at least) then they will see some downgrades but probably a number of returning subscribers. Its only ever been about price

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#2283531 25-Jul-2019 15:24

The press release doesn't mention anything about streaming. I would assume that they are talking about the satellite service

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#2283533 25-Jul-2019 15:25

larknz: The press release doesn't mention anything about streaming. I would assume that they are talking about the satellite service

Two different media releases:

https://www.sky.co.nz/-/mk_pressrelease_2507-1

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#2283535 25-Jul-2019 15:32

SSN via streaming, 14 August

Via Satellite in the normal Sky Sports bundle, 1 August

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#2283563 25-Jul-2019 16:04

On demand sports is the key for me with my use case (putting kids to bed during game times etc). I’m glad to see that being available.

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#2283642 25-Jul-2019 18:03

SheriffNZ: On demand sports is the key for me with my use case (putting kids to bed during game times etc). I’m glad to see that being available.

Nailed it. Its all about recording. If you can't record, we need OD. OD is "streaming recording" All sports events need to be OD for a week. Ideally any news type content is OD for a week. Key events should be more than a week. If its not that good but close enough, that's ok

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#2283695 25-Jul-2019 21:03

tdgeek:
eracode: Sky have today announced major changes/additions to their sports steaming services. I wonder if they’re looking at a further streaming app for ‘general’ Sky programming following the recently-cancelled puck - i.e. are the sports streaming changes announced today the end of their IPTV aspirations?

To me, they have to be. The sports will see a good number downgrade to that, but a much larger number jump back to Sky Sports at $40 pm.

If they do this with general programming at a reduced price (MySky drops off at least) then they will see some downgrades but probably a number of returning subscribers. Its only ever been about price

Sorry - maybe it’s just me but I find your comment difficult to understand - seems somewhat ambiguous to me. Any chance you could expand on what you’re saying because I’m genuinely interested in all this.

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#2283698 25-Jul-2019 21:13

evilonenz:
larknz: The press release doesn't mention anything about streaming. I would assume that they are talking about the satellite service

Two different media releases:

https://www.sky.co.nz/-/mk_pressrelease_2507-1

The link does not work.
I thought the sky website was skytv.co.nz, not sky.co.nz., or is this an alternative they use

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#2283766 25-Jul-2019 22:26

Rikkitic:
The only time I now use my other alternatives at all (aerial and satellite) are when I want to see something on Prime or Choice, neither of which offer streaming services. That isn't very often with all the other options out there.

Choice stream some shows via their website On demand (they’re restricted by their licenses)

Prime shows can be viewed through SkyGo - no sky subscription required.

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#2283776 25-Jul-2019 23:13

The latest @Apsattv playlist update has IPTV streams for both Prime and Choice so no longer an issue.

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#2283811 26-Jul-2019 07:18

eracode:
tdgeek:

eracode: Sky have today announced major changes/additions to their sports steaming services. I wonder if they’re looking at a further streaming app for ‘general’ Sky programming following the recently-cancelled puck - i.e. are the sports streaming changes announced today the end of their IPTV aspirations?

To me, they have to be. The sports will see a good number downgrade to that, but a much larger number jump back to Sky Sports at $40 pm.

If they do this with general programming at a reduced price (MySky drops off at least) then they will see some downgrades but probably a number of returning subscribers. Its only ever been about price

Sorry - maybe it’s just me but I find your comment difficult to understand - seems somewhat ambiguous to me. Any chance you could expand on what you’re saying because I’m genuinely interested in all this.

Probably me

The issue is price. Sky is seen as too expensive. But if they drop the price the profit plummets. They only make about $8 per subscriber per month, or it was that at least

So, if the $40 Sky Sport Now suited me, I will drop my $95 sub for a $40 sub. Ouch. But they may pickup 3 new SkySportNow subscribers. ARPU (average revenue per unit)will drop but overall revenue will increase

Similarly, if they provide a full internet app for the Basic and Starter, some will downgrade from MySky to that and lose revenue, but a lot more might get Sky back as they can do that cheaper now as SVOD Sky should be a lower cost. Again, churn some revenue but get more returning

They could have done this earlier, with unknown results, but they have really upped the ante, 12 sport channels, home grown sports news, its quite a change. They have improved the price but also added more value

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#2284016 26-Jul-2019 10:41

larknz:
evilonenz:
larknz: The press release doesn't mention anything about streaming. I would assume that they are talking about the satellite service

Two different media releases:

https://www.sky.co.nz/-/mk_pressrelease_2507-1

The link does not work.
I thought the sky website was skytv.co.nz, not sky.co.nz., or is this an alternative they use

The link works for me. Sky are migrating from skytv to just sky. If you hit skytv.co.nz you will end up on sky.co.nz.

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#2284162 26-Jul-2019 12:24

tdgeek:
eracode:
tdgeek:

eracode: Sky have today announced major changes/additions to their sports steaming services. I wonder if they’re looking at a further streaming app for ‘general’ Sky programming following the recently-cancelled puck - i.e. are the sports streaming changes announced today the end of their IPTV aspirations?

To me, they have to be. The sports will see a good number downgrade to that, but a much larger number jump back to Sky Sports at $40 pm.

If they do this with general programming at a reduced price (MySky drops off at least) then they will see some downgrades but probably a number of returning subscribers. Its only ever been about price

Sorry - maybe it’s just me but I find your comment difficult to understand - seems somewhat ambiguous to me. Any chance you could expand on what you’re saying because I’m genuinely interested in all this.

Probably me

The issue is price. Sky is seen as too expensive. But if they drop the price the profit plummets. They only make about $8 per subscriber per month, or it was that at least

So, if the $40 Sky Sport Now suited me, I will drop my $95 sub for a $40 sub. Ouch. But they may pickup 3 new SkySportNow subscribers. ARPU (average revenue per unit)will drop but overall revenue will increase

Similarly, if they provide a full internet app for the Basic and Starter, some will downgrade from MySky to that and lose revenue, but a lot more might get Sky back as they can do that cheaper now as SVOD Sky should be a lower cost. Again, churn some revenue but get more returning

They could have done this earlier, with unknown results, but they have really upped the ante, 12 sport channels, home grown sports news, its quite a change. They have improved the price but also added more value

Got you now - thanks.

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