http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/opinion-foxtel-halves-its-subscription-cost-but-is-it-a-case-of-too-little-too-late-20140909-10e1mf.html
Wouldn't it be nice if Sky halved the cost of their baisc package.
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trig42: I was reading this on Gizmodo last week.
I think, whilst they have brought down the price of their basic package, they have taken a few things out of it. I think things like the lifestyle channels and kids channels are no longer part of Basic (as they are with Sky). Maybe they were always like that?
I did read though, that the total price if you take the lot (sports/movies etc.) hasn't changed - it looks like Marketing fugue to me.
What would be great here is if Sky did the same, and you could choose whether you wanted Kids, or the Discovery/Nat Geo channels, or the Food/Living channels. Say $20 for basic, $10 each for those other channel sets etc.etc.
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trig42: II think, whilst they have brought down the price of their basic package, they have taken a few things out of it. I think things like the lifestyle channels and kids channels are no longer part of Basic (as they are with Sky). Maybe they were always like that?
I haven't lived there for a while but, yes, Foxtel's basic package used to be a lot more limited than SKY's
ZollyMonsta: Projected population of Australia is currently over 23 million, vs the approx 4 million population of New Zealand.
A population that size means Foxtel can drop the price - they have. more subscribers than Sky would ever have.
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ZollyMonsta: Projected population of Australia is currently over 23 million, vs the approx 4 million population of New Zealand.
A population that size means Foxtel can drop the price - they have. more subscribers than Sky would ever have.
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