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#243583 19-Dec-2018 11:59

Looks like the Grinch is letting the Xmas presents out early for Sky customers.

https://www.sky.co.nz/sky-unlocked

WE’RE UNLOCKING OUR CHANNELS THIS CHRISTMAS!

As a massive thank you and Happy Holidays to all our loyal customers, we’re unlocking SKY’s great channels and access to SKY GO for two whole weeks!

Every adrenaline-charged sports match, every bingeable TV show, every exciting movie, every piece on download to go. All* the channels you don’t subscribe to will be unlocked and available for you to watch on us from 6am Christmas Eve until the 6am 7 January.

So, dive in during the holiday period and explore SKY’s great range of entertainment on us – our top picks are below. Go Large this Summer.

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#2147736 19-Dec-2018 12:23

Wonder how many will cancel channels for the two weeks as:

"No changes will be made to customers subscriptions who already subscribe to unlocked channels (and standard channel charges will continue to apply to those customers during the unlocked period)."

I’m not able to as only put Sports and Movies on Monday (though got movies for $15 a month, max period 3 months until full price) so haven’t had for one month minimum.

Will have a look at SoHo and Rialto during free period, see if anything of interest.

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#2147747 19-Dec-2018 12:35

And there is all the box sets on Soho and movies on Rialto for download. If you havent Game of Throned then theres 6x10 eps to binge over Xmas. More appropriate in snowy climes rather than sunny ones tho.....

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#2147781 19-Dec-2018 13:48

Lol, all i got besides Soho was the Hindi Channel Package and the Filipino Channel.....good times right there!

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#2147782 19-Dec-2018 13:49

Playboy here we come!

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#2147784 19-Dec-2018 13:52

I think its a good move. It can only be about added value, and that will need to be a regular thing. A Fanpass deal this weekend as well

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#2147796 19-Dec-2018 14:07

Coil:
Playboy here we come!

Good to see you bothered with the details. No adult and no PPV. You are out of luck.

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#2154592 4-Jan-2019 21:08

Looked forward to having the movie channel again, however having waited for something good to watch for 12 days, the free deal has had the misfortunate effect of confirming why I dropped it a few years ago. Would have thought Sky might have put on some better quality movies for this promotion than the usual fluff. Just my opinion, understand everyone has their own taste.

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#2154598 4-Jan-2019 21:24

Malpaso: Looked forward to having the movie channel again, however having waited for something good to watch for 12 days, the free deal has had the misfortunate effect of confirming why I dropped it a few years ago. Would have thought Sky might have put on some better quality movies for this promotion than the usual fluff. Just my opinion, understand everyone has their own taste.

Enjoyed Molly's Game and Spiderman Homecoming. Wouldn't have watched as I don't usually have the time for movies but ad-funded television has been even more dreary than I remember over the Xmas break.

A Quiet Place is supposed to be good but didn't have the time. Maybe I will watch tomb raider tomorrow but I suspect the cricket will trump that idea.

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#2154687 5-Jan-2019 08:36

Malpaso: Looked forward to having the movie channel again, however having waited for something good to watch for 12 days, the free deal has had the misfortunate effect of confirming why I dropped it a few years ago. Would have thought Sky might have put on some better quality movies for this promotion than the usual fluff. Just my opinion, understand everyone has their own taste.

Same here. I've been underwhelmed by the veriety. If recorded a couple for my granddaughter so it will be interesting to see if they play after the cutoff.

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#2154700 5-Jan-2019 09:30

I wonder if it's because we have more entertainment options available now, as opposed to "back in the day"?

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#2154704 5-Jan-2019 09:50

Confirmed I'm not missing anything by not having movies.
Nothing to watch and no time to watch it anyway.

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#2154806 5-Jan-2019 11:57

Most block blusters make it to Sky Movies.

Maybe people just don’t like movies in general.

I put it on 2 to 3 months then cancel as have seen most of what want to see, wait another 6 months or so for new content then rinse and repeat.

I enjoyed The Snowman this time around.

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#2154813 5-Jan-2019 12:12

The only thing I actually wanted to watch was on Rialto, and that was "The Death of Stalin" and it wasn't available over the subject period. I had seen half of it on a flight and wanted to see the rest, but not enough to hire it on iTunes.....

Does make me wonder how much Sky makes on the 'extra' channels like Rialto and Rugby. Since I get SoHo as part of the new arrangement from last year, it would be nice if you got either Rialto or Rugby as well as SoHo for having 'The Full Package" (Starter+Entertainment+Sport+Movies).

I guess the plan was for people to see what they were missing. Most will probably say "not much", but they may snag a few increased subscriptions.

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#2156265 8-Jan-2019 11:42

Like others, I found the addition of Movies exciting...until I found little to watch.

I managed to record a couple of movies that were on in the middle of the night, but actually, it confirmed my suspicions that Movies isn't worth paying for...

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#2156395 8-Jan-2019 13:50

We watched a couple of movies, but not enough to justify the monthly cost that goes with it. I'll stick with basic and sport thanks, for now.

But what did disappear rather quietly was the kids channel Disney XD (was for some, on channel 103)

The mister 9 in our house was a bit disappointed by this.

A quick google search came across this from Sky TV

https://skytv.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3988

Effectively, it's been merged with the Disney channel, so there were 3 Disney channels (Disney, Disney XD & Disney Junior) but now there are only 2 (Disney & Disney Junior)

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