Sky finally answers whether they intend to get the Sci Fi channel...

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Kyanar

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#62295 3-Jun-2010 12:06

And the answer is no. I'm really unhappy about that.

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#337756 3-Jun-2010 12:42

That sucks, thats something I would watch.

Primary reasons for having Sky are Cartoon network for the kids and E for the wife. 95% of the time I watch either 2 or 3. The SciFi channel would probably change that!

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#337804 3-Jun-2010 13:44

yeh just made it easier for me to cancel my subscription.

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#337842 3-Jun-2010 14:37

As someone who has daily exposure to the lineup on Syfy I can tell you its really a disappointment. Jump on the Syfy website and check out the quantum of repeats (and repeats of repeats even in the same week!)

I watch more Golf Channel - and I'm not really a fan of golf.

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#337851 3-Jun-2010 14:51

ockel: As someone who has daily exposure to the lineup on Syfy I can tell you its really a disappointment.? Jump on the Syfy website and check out the quantum of repeats (and repeats of repeats even in the same week!)

I watch more Golf Channel - and I'm not really a? fan of golf.

lol yeah but it beats repeats of just one or two Sci Fi shows like we get now. Currently Sky only run Stargate and Atlantis and even then they dont run it in order.

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#337873 3-Jun-2010 15:25

Kyanar: And the answer is no. I'm really unhappy about that.

Most of the good "SyFy" channel content is on bittorrent and video-streaming web sites if you'd like to see them before you die of old age.

The legal risks (if any) are all yours.

I still remember one of the NZ networks sitting on Star Trek: Next Generation for 4 years just to keep the other one from broadcasting it.

My family overseas sent me video tapes.

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#337885 3-Jun-2010 15:46

Or we can wait to the CEO gets more fatter and dies for having to much kfc

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#337891 3-Jun-2010 15:51

I have a feeling that C4 has locked down alot of Sci Fi content, they seem to beat Sky with the new shows (excepting SGU)

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#337992 3-Jun-2010 19:04

Kyanar: And the answer is no. I'm really unhappy about that.

Another good reason for me to ditch Sky when i move house at the end of the month..

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#338057 3-Jun-2010 21:18

Email syfy yourself and ask them to make their full episodes available to New Zealand viewers on their website

http://www.syfy.com/feedback/index.php?_source=Syfy_Global_Footer

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#338073 3-Jun-2010 22:04

I'm sure that answer from Sky has been there a while, I just remember seeing it before (before the petition even)

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#338136 4-Jun-2010 05:47

It's been there for ages, nothing new.

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#338140 4-Jun-2010 06:58

Decisions like this, and their compulsory channels really prevent me from considering Sky.

There is no way I'm paying $0.01 for Fox News.

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#338141 4-Jun-2010 07:28

TBH, Sky is a waste of time now, everything is repeated, No Syfy Channel. With C4 and Prime now available on Freeview, plus the likes of itunes, etc etc on the HTPC, It gives me better things to spend $80 a month on instead of wasting it on Sky TV

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#338148 4-Jun-2010 08:25

markh14: Email syfy yourself and ask them to make their full episodes available to New Zealand viewers on their website

http://www.syfy.com/feedback/index.php?_source=Syfy_Global_Footer

Like that will every happen. You can't even see trailers most of the time. The NZ content providers would do all they can to block it and SyFy would say it's a licensing thing..

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#338156 4-Jun-2010 08:53

Thank God Sky has the wisdom not to show such crap.

Let the whingers whine...................... and cancel their subscriptions. Who is going to care?

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