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Same in my household as well - plus a few childrens movies.
Have watched F1 in Aus as well not live and as you say ads all the time
So all looks good for Chorus then
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All this fuss over twenty-two men kicking a bag of wind, who after 90 minutes of effort may well have not have scored a single 'goal'.
Now, Aussie Rules Football, there is a game that I miss.
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Paper Tiger
So that's what we all want ultra-fast broadband for! And we've been kidding ourselves that it will lead to more efficiency and productivity!
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But seriously, I'll miss EPL, one of the reasons I subscribed to SKY originally. And MySky has been a boon in helping to avoid those irritating ads. As for investing in SKT, I'll be surprised if it doesn't have a significant adverse effect on their profitability.
Your missing the pointt, the new guys dont care about NZ ,small population, few hundred thousand subscribers at best. They after the asian market, indonesia etc where they football crazy.
All us kiwis will sign up only to discover that our third world infrastructure means we hsave to watch blocky,jerky pictures rather than the high quality hd that the asians with there faster internet will enjoy.
The site owners wont care as we will already paid our 150 bucks. While we will end up not bothering to watch as it will be more ttrouble than its worth
Ah, but we are talking about the people who have bought the broadcast rights for NZ, and they paid money for it, and they will want to recover that and make a profit.
And as somebody who has lived in various parts of Asia over the last few years (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and currently Indonesia) then I can tell you that it is a wonderfully diverse region and that in a lot of it the Internet is slow, unreliable and by local wages, expensive.
Of course with it being a three year deal then if you get bad service you won't renew your subscription and they will go phut!
The Asians do like soccer though.
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Paper Tiger
Sparky The Clown Have fibre in the street but connection is over two years away. So it would not be any help if I wanted to view the football.
You've got it in one.
Remember: The quick eat the slow. In this game it is often the incumbent who is unseated by new technologies or the emergence of markets that they never saw coming. Some of these emerging competitors are already securing deals to commission new original content with popular studios, e.g. The Netflix & Dreamworks deal.
Even the Government can see this coming - that's the reason why the official UFB build guides encourage at least two RG6 coax and plenty of CAT6 network cable outlets situated next to the optical network termination point in the home.
It's not necessarily doom and gloom for Sky though. There are immense profitable opportunities ahead for them, but they need to immediately capitalise on the new delivery technologies and ensure that previously loyal subscribers don't stray.