Got fed up with all the flicking up and down on Sky recently, so I decided to set up my favourite channels (1st time ever used this!!) I selected channels that I would watch fairly regularly, and the odd ones that might actually have something on every now and again that would be worth watching. I ended up with a total of around 20 !! I don't know the official number of channels on Sky at present, but I think this just sums up the standard of modern TV programming. To be honest, I would love to cancel Sky, but I really need it for the football. If it wasn't for that, Freeview would do me perfectly, asI find that my viewing has definitely gone down over the last few years. So how many channels would you watch regularly?
The wholepoint of multichannel tv is to provide something for everyone even those who have niche interests. Your 20 channels will not be the same as everybody elses, well perhaps some but you get the idea WHen it comes down to it we all have different tastes and for the most part I honestly believe that the BBC1 and ITV1 get good numbers because they have the tradition behined them. Thankfully multichannel TV has been erroding there audience for the last decade proving that more choice is a good thing even if an individual may consider that 90% of the channels are rubbish and no interest to them I have 36 channels listed in Digiguide then add on the movie and sports bundles and then add another couple of dozen of channels that I may only watch 1 program a month from.
6 on a regular basis, plus another 8 once or twice a week. Not necessarily in order of preference:- Regularly Sky One Hallmark Sci Fi ITV3 ITV4 British Europsort Once or Twice a Week Living BBC1 ITV2 Men & Motors Ftn UKTV Drama UK Gold E4
Well you may be in luck come the 2007/08 season as SKY will not have the whole rights packages. There may be enough games on the BBC/ITV,NTL or Setanta to make the SKY offering less important
I think Starburst summed up the situation perfectly. Just ignore the fact that you are paying for 500 plus channels that you never watch. The important thing is whether the dozen or so channels that you do watch are worth the Sky subscription. How much would it cost to attend your desired football matches?
HI, Like others have said, although there are 500 plus channels to choose from, and you may only watch between 10 and 20 of them, it's those 10 or 20 that make the subscription just about palatable! My main ones are, in no particular order of preference: ITV4 ITV3 Sky 1 Sky 3 FX Sci-Fi Hallmark Bravo E4 BBC4 BBC3 Five Artsworld The Musician's Channel The Horror Channel Movies4Men ActionMAX TCM Turner Classic Movies True Life Movies, and The other main 4 terrestrial channels Plus, less frequently: LivingTV Paramount Paramount 2 Men And Motors UK Drama UK Gold Sky News BBC News 24 Radio 1 BBC1 Regional (Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) BBC2 Regional (Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) TVe (? The Spanish channel) TV5 (? The French channel) DW (? The Germain channel) Pooch
I ditched my sky subscription a couple of years ago and have never regretted it. Me and the wife worked out we were paying £480+ a year that could be put to better use: DVD's, Cinema, Broadband etc. The hard part was actually canceling the subscription, but that is another story...
only 5! bbc1 bbc2 itv ch4 five................................................................ hue y on earth am i still paying £40 a month? oh yeah! babecast
I hope NTl get the rights so i can finally get a triple play package from them (tv, broadband and phone). Sat
NTL already show every Premiership game that SKY does both in the standard SKY sports package and NTL's version of Prem+ don't they? Unless you think they will be showing it free of charge
BBC1 BBC2 BBC News 24 UKTV Drama (very occasionally) UKTV Gold (last watched 2003 but I remain hopeful it will one day return to it's former glory)
I know they have Sky Sports but i didnt know that Sports Extra and Premiership Plus are on Ntl. Do you know if the Man U channel is on Ntl? I will have to enquire about Ntl now, last time i looked they only had Sports 1,2 and 3. Sat