Yes it's not their core business and all they have to do is offer a discount on the Sky retail price to their customers.
Comcom definitely got the merger decision wrong but that's allowed us to buy up all of these excellent value Sky shares.
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Do you think this "white flag" from Spark is due to Sky now getting in Broadband/Mobile space and Spark is genuinely worried about this.
Nope
Spark would be more worried about the future content cost etc. Sports and media rights are not cheap and i expect that neither lightbox (when spark had them) or sparks sports are running at break even and with everything that has happened this year their break even point has been pushed out by a couple of years.
Sky is like that annoying friend who you can't get rid of because he's your sisters brother in law.
Everybody hates dealing with this company. Even the customers don't like them.
Spark has a lot of grumpy old men who want to watch the rugby. They don't want Netflix and Spark Sport is thin on content. A $20 free Sky Sport subscription is enough to hook them into a $500 per month mobile/broadband family deal. Who would have thought that some sports team dressed in Black has so much appeal...
yes but who would watch it? NZ is use to the free to tv highlights of them or an extra bonus channel or 2 on sky when they are on (included with sports package).
Plus sky normally puts a few sports on prime.
All depends if tvnz ponies up some $$$ with spark to get them. But tvnz is also limited in channels they can spin up.
I am looking forward to early next year when Sky Broadband is released.
I think the market is underestimating how popular this will be with the half a million households that have traditional Sky TV. Average Sky TV satellite spend is about $80/month. Plus then they probably pay $80-$90 per month on 100Mbs Broadband - a total of $160 - $170 per month. .
Sky would be able to offer a 1Gbs 'the works' bundle for around $160 - $170 per month. More content and fibre speeds up to 10x their current setup. Cheaper again for those who only want particular portions of Sky's huge content range
It would not surprise me at all if we started to see more growth in traditional satellite again. A reliable and truly 'live' experience for Sports fans, with competitive pricing.
And then there are the bundle opportunities with Sky GO, NEON and Sky Sport NOW. But I better stop there as I am already getting a woody thinking about it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF_vKXrOtY8
Who keeps micro dumping at 15.3?