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#2148351 20-Dec-2018 13:08

Goosey:

It says "for sky direct customers".

I got the email, but charge through VF.

hmmmmmmm

I'm in the same situation, but I wonder if that clause is more for VF TV customers who get their channels delivered over Fibre, whereas Sky control the entitlements on the smart card?

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#2148367 20-Dec-2018 13:32

JonnyCam:
Goosey:

It says "for sky direct customers".

I got the email, but charge through VF.

hmmmmmmm

I'm in the same situation, but I wonder if that clause is more for VF TV customers who get their channels delivered over Fibre, whereas Sky control the entitlements on the smart card?

True. My mother has vf tv (old box), somwoll check if she starts to get free stuff next week. I note she didn’t get the email.

Whereas for myself, I have a sky box but charge through VF.

Hmm. Pondering.

Wonder if the VF guy here can shed light?
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#2148370 20-Dec-2018 13:36

Goosey:
JonnyCam:

Goosey:

It says "for sky direct customers".

I got the email, but charge through VF.

hmmmmmmm

It said and I quote "and a SKY box" so that ties in with the ability to provision via the card, and cannot via Sky using another solution

I'm in the same situation, but I wonder if that clause is more for VF TV customers who get their channels delivered over Fibre, whereas Sky control the entitlements on the smart card?

True. My mother has vf tv (old box), somwoll check if she starts to get free stuff next week. I note she didn’t get the email.

Whereas for myself, I have a sky box but charge through VF.

Hmm. Pondering.

Wonder if the VF guy here can shed light?
@someone !

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#2148385 20-Dec-2018 13:50

Oops

I missed out the terms say "and Sky box" whuich ties oin with needing a Sky box to provision the changes, as compared to VF over IP which cannot be done that way. I'd ask Sky if you can call in to get a manual free set of the channels for the 14 days

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#2148467 20-Dec-2018 16:27

VF can play nice and provide the unblocked SKY channels over Vodafone TV all they need to do is turn off the encryption

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#2148591 20-Dec-2018 22:40

In reality, my wife summed it up. If they are genuine and want to give their valued clients a Christmas treat, that fine. But in reality they hope you like the channels they show you, and you will sign up for them.
No problem here, sensible marketing. But make sure you send the email to people that are entitled to it, other wise you are p...sing people off. My wife said she didn’t care anyway. Not really interested in sports, and already seen all the movies they have...
But we will see come Monday morning.

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#2148660 21-Dec-2018 07:18

Beavis: In reality, my wife summed it up. If they are genuine and want to give their valued clients a Christmas treat, that fine. But in reality they hope you like the channels they show you, and you will sign up for them.
No problem here, sensible marketing. But make sure you send the email to people that are entitled to it, other wise you are p...sing people off. My wife said she didn’t care anyway. Not really interested in sports, and already seen all the movies they have...
But we will see come Monday morning.

I doubt its about getting new subs for some channels. We already know the other channels and we dont subscribe, seeing any free for two weeks wont change that. I feel its about added value on a regular basis to combat Spark Sports. If we know we will get freebies every now and then, we might hang on

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#2148693 21-Dec-2018 09:56

Goosey:
JonnyCam:

Goosey:

It says "for sky direct customers".

I got the email, but charge through VF.

hmmmmmmm

I'm in the same situation, but I wonder if that clause is more for VF TV customers who get their channels delivered over Fibre, whereas Sky control the entitlements on the smart card?

True. My mother has vf tv (old box), somwoll check if she starts to get free stuff next week. I note she didn’t get the email.

Whereas for myself, I have a sky box but charge through VF.

Hmm. Pondering.

Wonder if the VF guy here can shed light?
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#2148699 21-Dec-2018 10:12

ZollyMonsta:

Silver Box (ADB) or Black Box (T-Box)?

Sky says "Sky Box", so I take that as MySky. If the freebie applied to any box used by Sky or VF, it would not mention Sky box or any box IMHO

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#2148935 21-Dec-2018 15:45

Ease up on the quotes, people.

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#2149908 24-Dec-2018 09:42

Monday morning has arrived and all my channels are unlocked. So the fine print wasn’t quite right. Got 2 weeks to see what I’ve been missing!

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#2150322 25-Dec-2018 01:03

Beavis: Monday morning has arrived and all my channels are unlocked. So the fine print wasn’t quite right. Got 2 weeks to see what I’ve been missing!

Yes, they seem to be doing the unlocking by sending out new authorisations to all the cards. It takes many hours to do that, so they had to start early to finish by 18:00, so a lot of people have got a few hours extra. Mine started working at about 06:05 on the 24th.

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#2151231 27-Dec-2018 19:33

Telemarketing number is getting the chop end of year so if you want to get in your days are running out.

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#2151257 27-Dec-2018 21:22

Morozov: Telemarketing number is getting the chop end of year so if you want to get in your days are running out.

Gee. I would have thought they'd sort out their SVoD/IPTV solution before cutting this offer off. From next month, the cheapest Sport in HD option will be $64.71 per month ($24.91 Starter + $29.90 + $9.90 HD ticket)

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#2151259 27-Dec-2018 21:34

Tbf most people don't know about these deals so that price above is a lot cheaper than many have been accustomed to over the years.

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