I wonder if the toxic culture was an import from the new CEO :p
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I wonder if the toxic culture was an import from the new CEO :p
It is being capped at 0.16 I not think we will see this fly. The offer must be around .20/.30
Once we know that if true then this will jump to that price. Like most takeovers/ mergers.
What has happened to this thread, has it been overtaken by children? Can you sort them out Vince, all these silly gifs etc do not belong on this site.
Had a bit more back and forth via email with the chap who showcased the new STB to me.
The new box primarily focussed with NETFLIX-style OnDemand...it will have User Profiles and also the ability to customise your Home Page to make it either sport or entertainment focussed.
It does still cater for linear TV though, and has access to the TV guide where you can channel surf, record programs etc (new box will have 4x storage space than the standard MySky box).
So I got to thinking, if we want the best of both worlds why not introduce OnDemand elements there too? So if I can see a show I want to watch is on in an hour, why should I have to record it and watch it later? Why couldn't I just watch it now? The only time this would not work would be if it is a premier and Sky only have the rights to show it at a specific time (like when new episodes of GoT were released...). But apart from that, all other content could be consumed right away.
Or if a show is part way through that I like, why could I not have an option to start from the beginning or watch 'live'?
So I went back to the guy thinking I was a genius...AAAAANNNND...
Turns out the boys and girls at Sky already thought about all of this. This is exactly how the new TV guide will work. And in that sense, I think they really are developing a STB that does have the best of both worlds.
I have been very sceptical about the need to spend money on a new box, and still believe that the future of growth will be from streaming apps (including a more comprehensive SKY TV app that has their bundles). At the same time I am very impressed with this box, and I think the targets they put for 'new box' subs by 2024 (100K I think?) is very conservative. A lot more existing subs will transfer over I reckon, and the new box could be appealing to more new customers than I gave it credit for.
I phoned up to cancel my Sky the other day, the last straw was losing the champions league to spark sport, so anyway, I get through, and am immediately offered a 25% discount for the next Twelve Months, I was still saying I wanted to go, and the woman on the other end started saying there were some very exciting developments happening soon. In the end she persuaded me to just lose sport and Soho. With the 25% reduction am now only giving sky 35 a month instead of 85.
Remains to be seen what these exciting developments are, as she would not elaborate, probably this box you speak of.
They are also working on a major overhaul of their bundles and pricing according to the guy I looked at the new STB with.
He is a consultant to Sky and is working with then on both the box and a wider piece on packages and pricing. Will include bundles with NETFLIX etc.
Watch this space.
Login to each service must be super easy. It's one of my angry face moments when I'm force to login again on a service, from which I have completely forgotten the blinking password. Freeview twice, TVNZ a number of times, and Three Now as well. Oh and also Netflix twice come to think of it. It would be so much easier with one Sky login... Hey does the new remote have a mini keyboard?? And can it play games.... Dam that would be next gen if they signed up a game streaming service too, with that shiny new UFB service. This is currently not available in NZ.
No keyboard on remote. That kind of feature only works well when you have an app and your smartphone effectively becomes the remote.
They do have a button that activates voice search though. And, being Google, the voice search works well.
The cross-platform search will be handy on the new STB whereby you can execute a search and it will tell you where you can find it (Sky, Netflix, Disney etc).
Did Ogg get banned again? Or did he volunteer to leave the forum finally lol.
Seems ratkin got his wish and all of ogg’s posts have disappeared into thin year
Seems he’s not the only one:
https://imgur.com/a/zoFHwi4
https://imgur.com/a/rGXtLAy
https://imgur.com/a/LBYyDlm
The lawsuit from Nicolas Cage finally landed on Vince's desk? Or did Sky complain that they were losing too many subscriptions to those subscribed to this alternative channel for 'entertainment value'? I must admit Ogg's post were all of crazy, irrelevant, irreverent and occasionally brilliant. But always entertaining. An antidote to the seriousness of the forum in other places. I do hope Ogg eventually does OK out of his SKT shares!
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P.S. I don't think I will ever be able to watch a Nicolas Cage film again without anticipating he will break out into laughter at any minute!