For the land and buildings Id agree with your sentiment - not for the whole company lol
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Tested the new Sky Set Top Box today.
New box looks very good. Not Nvidia Shield (as was reported in an article a while back) but is an Android Box.
Modern NETFLIX-style UI...and has an OnDemand focus, with linear viewing as a secondary option. Satellite + Streaming so arguably has the best of both worlds. Had a good robust conversation with the chap who was taking me through it and I was satisfied that Sky are on the right track with their plans in this area (new STB for retention, plans for standlone app for growth, changes to bundles etc).
The Android search capability is very good (as you would expect from Google). There are limitations on how much content from other OTT providers they can surface (due to restrictions made by the OTT owners, like NETFLIX). However, if you search for a show or actor etc on the new STB...it will search across Sky content and any services you subscribe to (NETFLIX, Amazon, Disney etc) to show you where you can find it. I think that is going to be a very helpful feature.
The addition of User Profiles is going to be very useful to.
I put my critic hat on and was pretty frank in my observations, but overall I think it will be good as part of the retention strategy.
How do I get one of these new boxes to test?
I was invited as part of being on Sky Nation.
Just went to do some testing, look at other prototypes and give feedback, answer questions etc.
New STB will be released to Sky staff early next year. Followed soon by some Sky customers for final testing (I have requested to be part of this group). And then the wider rollout (2nd quarter of next year).
It does look like it is all but happening. Hopefully not another Infratil type playout....
Good find Ogg - how you have time to search all the time is crazy but I do appreciate it.
Who was the international Comcast person that you found... Have you been waiting at the airport or tracking any corp sort of arrivals. I assume any deal would be done in person rather than on Zoom but we now live in a Covid world and Sky is chump change to these sort of players.
Crikey Ogg, you crazy genius
Well better buy my shares back tomorrow morning
Well good thing I purchased a few more shares this morning. Let's see what is to come of this.