newpersn Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 Sky viewers are set to lose 12 channels including TLC, Eurosport and Animal Planet in just days amid a fierce row with Discovery over a new deal Read more: Sky viewers are set to lose 12 channels over Discovery row | Daily Mail Online 1
DJ-1701 Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 (edited) 'Sky viewers also won't be able to see Tattoo Girls from next Wednesday'. Rubbish, there are loads of them in town... 'The following Discovery channels will vanish from Sky from February 1: Discovery HD Discovery History Discovery Home & Health Discovery Science Discovery Shed Discovery Turbo DMAX Eurosport1 Eurosport2 Investigation Discovery Quest TLC Animal Planet' Ouch... some of them are good stations. Edited January 26, 2017 by DJ-1701 Fixed Daily Mail typo of the word 'Health' (it was missing the second h). 1
DalekSec Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 No Wheeler Dealers? BOOO NOT COOL O wait i have Freeview! #Winning
Boredguy Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 No Gold Rush... just when the end of the season was getting good. 2
sted Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 No Wheeler Dealers? BOOO NOT COOL O wait i have Freeview! #Winning arnt the episodes on quest donkeys years old still?
Boredguy Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 arnt the episodes on quest donkeys years old still? Yes they are old, but the ones on Discovery HD are the new ones (but not quite as good as the earlier ones)
DalekSec Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 Earlier ones are better anyway (he says not seeing any of the new ones)
sted Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 Yes they are old, but the ones on Discovery HD are the new ones (but not quite as good as the earlier ones) diddnt think discovery was on freeview just paid for youview? if its on freeview normally it may be time to kill my tv subscription as that and aussie supercars are about all i watch these days thats behind a paywall (and not much moerethats on fta tbh)
robsonma Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 Goodbye Sky When are they planning on telling us Customers?
DJ-1701 Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 Goodbye Sky When are they planning on telling us Customers? I believe the time of their offical anouncement will be half past never, 26/01/3017. 1
altecsole Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 Goodbye Sky When are they planning on telling us Customers? They do have information on their site for customers - https://www.sky.com/help/articles/changes-to-sky-channels?DCMP=snt-skycom:ec_channel_changes God knows how my wife will cope without 'Yes to the dress'! On a plus point; I think I'll cope quite well 1
3s-gtech Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 Quest is on Freeview, that's how I catch WD.
jdoldridge Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 The only programs I actually watch are Gold Rush, Insane Pools and Tanked all of which are on Discovery or Animal Planet! I think I will cancel the Sky subscription unless they sort that out 1
AJWhite1970 Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 Another Gold Rush fan here, gutted if it goes off air. How will I cope without Todd, Parker and Tony? 1
newpersn Posted January 26, 2017 Author Posted January 26, 2017 The downside is that I haven't got a Ariel. (New build house) I watch quest, turbo and dmax. Will be sad but will be looking at moving away from sky once movies half price offer is over.
DalekSec Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 90% Of TV i watch anyway is available online! Netflix mainly plus iPlayer. I only really watch TV on a TV when i have my dinner! and even then i just watch whatever is on, which is normally Wheeler Dealers on Quest
2ilent8cho Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 Sky was great for years, but now? I cancelled it back in 2013, i had seen almost everything, the repeats became silly, then a +1 hour incase you wanted to watch a repeat of the repeat. Which was repeated the day before anyway. Freesat or Freeview, with iPlayer, 4OD , Netflix and maybe Amazon prime is more than enough for my needs now and cheaper than having Sky, and with Netflix and iPlayer no adverts YEY!
XiJ Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 The only thing I really wanted sky for F1. We do watch a lot of box sets but can get that elsewhere. Gonna cancel next month - they can offer me a great deal or I'll leave. It's quite a nice position to be in
mikeprice Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 I was wondering about switcheding - but they were the channels I wanted Guess I will just ring Virgin up and see if I can get them to drop my price
dblight Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 Ideal, will hopefully bin it next month then!!
newpersn Posted January 26, 2017 Author Posted January 26, 2017 http://www.hotukdeals.com/misc/sky-tv-offer-satellite-free-tv-packages-discovery-removing-s-13-channels-changes-2607469 Can I leave Sky because of this? As this is such a big change to subscribers, it could mean you could get out of your contract, due to it not being what you signed up to. I'll keep an eye out for any announcements. Usually Ofcom will have some input regarding these sort of things [/Quote]
newpersn Posted January 31, 2017 Author Posted January 31, 2017 (edited) Well. That was lived: Even more to enjoy with Sky Great news, we can confirm that Sky will continue to carry the Discovery and Eurosport channels. This means you can still watch channels including: Animal Planet, Discovery HD, Discovery History, Discovery Home & Health, Discovery Science, Discovery Shed, Discovery Turbo, DMAX, Eurosport1, Eurosport2, Investigation Discovery, TLC and Quest. We are also delighted to announce a new deal with PBS America that will bring the best of PBS's factual programming to Sky, covering history, science, current affairs, arts and culture. We are adding over 1,000 hours of programming to our On Demand service from channels like History and National Geographic. This means our customers can enjoy the very best factual programming available.[/quotE] http://www.sky.com/discoveringmore O well got sky q discounted for little fuss. Edited February 1, 2017 by elsiegee40 3
crc-ict Posted February 1, 2017 Posted February 1, 2017 Earlier ones are better anyway (he says not seeing any of the new ones) Definitely. Season 12 onwards is part in the US, part in the UK and I don't enjoy it so much like that. American cars just don't interest me that much - don't know why really, but it seems to lose appeal a bit when they are working on car models you've never heard of. I like the nuts and bolts mechanical stuff in the earlier series' too - too much of the later ones is just doing resprays etc! Style over substance.
Boredguy Posted February 1, 2017 Posted February 1, 2017 Ah well at least I can watch the end of the current series of Gold Rush now that Sky and Discovery made a deal.
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