AkydefGoldberg wrote:SortaCreative wrote:AkydefGoldberg wrote:Have to say completely agree Sky's point of view and it's a BIG oversight by the WWE really.
I wouldn't agree with Sky. Sky are really anti competition when it comes to contracting sporting events and entertainment. It's only been recently that BT Sport has been able to make a dent in their total monopoly of everything sporting related in the country. Or atleast Football and Rugby related.
Why the hell would you want to agree with Sky holding exclusivity over everything, when competition (in theory) would benefit us as consumers. Imagine if Virgin, BT and Sky all had to compete to get your hard earned money for the sports you like to watch.
Agree with their POV in terms of flagging this up and trying to fight for the money they've paid for the WWE broadcasting, wasn't agreeing with their domination of the market..
BT have only been in play for a season in relation to PL league rights, still a long way to go before they can be classed as a real, long-term challenge to Sky but nabbing the CL rights is another positive but as a BT customer, won't be long before they hike up prices for line rental but expected.
No, I know. I was just following the thread through and talking about why they have such a claim. It's bullshit.
Twister wrote:Oh and Sky suck. I flat out refuse to pay their ridiculous prices for their TV packages, it's the reason why I haven't watched wwe on a regular basis for going on 10 years now.
Exactly.
VM and BT have better quality products in some aspects. Cable is much more stable than satellite TV. Plus, BT and Virgin offer better internet packages. Sky are still in 2001 with their ADSL lines charging people 20 quid a month. I pay a little more for almost 10 times the speed with VM.Sky have been untouched for so long that now they can charge what they want, block what they want, screw over the other two companies and punish consumers for not signing up with them and their extortionate rates.
We have VM and I ordered Summerslam assuming it would be in HD. Cos, you know, it's 2014. Why wouldn't it be in HD? But it wasn't. Sky don't allow VM customers to use their HD feeds just the SD ones. Now if they didn't have exclusive rights to WWE PPV in the UK, I wouldn't have been burned 15 quid. I could barely watch it on my big screen, looked like an illegal stream.
It's probably not the end of the WWE in the UK. Customers are fickle. When/if it launches, they'll prolly get some people jumping on to it. What'll be more interesting is if they start to edit out the chants they'll get in freaking Liverpool next week.
Why would you pull the Network then go to Liverpool. It's as bad as going to NYC or Chicago.
Beginning of the end of the Network perhaps.
