Sky removing Discovery Packages

MissChief · 26 Jan 2017 at 18:33

Nat Geo and their relevant channels are staying.

L1ght · 26 Jan 2017 at 18:46

Does this apply to nowtv?

Cosmic182 · 26 Jan 2017 at 18:46

Buckster · 26 Jan 2017 at 20:38

erm I seem to have lost the Discovery channel etc on my Sky Go already ?!

what the heck ??!!!

can anyone else check to see if not just me please

andicole0 · 26 Jan 2017 at 20:43

Buckster said:
erm I seem to have lost the Discovery channel etc on my Sky Go already ?!

what the heck ??!!!

can anyone else check to see if not just me please

Discovery on Sky Go is ok here.
Andi.

Buckster · 26 Jan 2017 at 20:45

sorry - not the live channel

catchup

I was going to go on there and watch what I needed before it was removed but it seems to have gone ??

I can see Nat Geo, and History channel

but no Discovery channel for catchup ?

andicole0 said:
Half way through Curse of Oak Island too!!
Andi.

fear not - just realised Curse of Oak Island is on the History Channel - NOT Discovery History

jpaul · 26 Jan 2017 at 20:55

Eurosport was good for cycling cover, and had purchased monthly online player subscription before having sky - curiously they have a yearly deal offer of £20 running until 31/01 for online player
- will you be able to buy a sub so that the sky channel is unlocked, like for BT sport ?

kayomani · 26 Jan 2017 at 21:05

Discovery is hardly a great loss.

Just people building houses in Alaska and buying storage lots these days.

andicole0 · 26 Jan 2017 at 21:07

Buckster said:
fear not - just realised Curse of Oak Island is on the History Channel - NOT Discovery History

Ah! missed that fact, cheers, I can sleep tonight now.

Andi.

Armageus · 26 Jan 2017 at 21:07

Not had an email yet

Oh well - if true will be time to ring up Sky and renegotiate my discount

Buckster · 26 Jan 2017 at 21:07

bit of fun light watching though.

I've just done some tests in Android app on Tablet and Phone - and I can't see Discovery channel listed at all in catchup section - although if I search say for Wheeler Dealers it does find it - and does allow me to download the episodes to watch

Vertigo · 26 Jan 2017 at 21:21

Armageus said:
Not had an email yet

Oh well - if true will be time to ring up Sky and renegotiate my discount

Just go to sky.com and there's a notice at the top of the screen

Glaucus · 26 Jan 2017 at 21:26

Cosmic182 said:
Yep

well time to cancel that then, no edd Stafford, no money for sky.

rdb2012 · 26 Jan 2017 at 21:26

Wonder if they will invest in other channels/networks possibly ?

robfosters · 26 Jan 2017 at 21:42

arctine said:
Brilliant. The day the German masters starts and the only channel that covers it will be removed.

Eurosport is the only place to watch the majority of snooker and it's the main reason I wanted sky. I will be cancelling my subscription despite having 10 months left if this happens.

Me too. I love their coverage, it's so much better than the beebs and they actually cover pretty much every tourney.

Absolutely gutting. How the hell can I watch it now.

You say Discovery are a shadow of their former selves, I say Sky are as well tbh. It's appalling the amount of programming their losing.

Armadillo · 26 Jan 2017 at 21:49

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Not in contract with Sky. Virgin media still have them right? Any one know how long their contract with Discovery is? If Discovery is being greedy, don't want to possibly switch only for Virgin to lose it as well at some point.

Flibster · 26 Jan 2017 at 22:01

83% increase on cost to have some football.
£4.1 billion for 3 years, or just over £11 million per game..

And Sky are going on about value for money?!

Rroff · 26 Jan 2017 at 22:12

Wow Sky getting a bit of a roasting on social media over it and Discovery channel fuelling the flames with anti-sky ad campaigns, etc. :O (atleast I assume its official rather than someone else using the discovery channel identity).

varkanoid · 26 Jan 2017 at 22:55

Curlyriff said:
Exactly and even then the BT box is not as good as even 5 year old Sky boxes. I am paying a little more at £32.50pm although that also includes Sky Go Extra.

BT boxes are not that bad I take it you havent got one so what do you base your opinion on ? . I've got two and if the kids can use them okay you can !

Vertigo1 said:
There are rumours about a tie-in with BT.

I can see that happening with Eurosport at least - BT buying the rights to bundle it as part of their package, as they did with ESPN, then charging Sky subscribers through the nose for it.

BT already have Eurosport they dont need to buy the rights.

Journey · 26 Jan 2017 at 23:10

Flibster said:
83% increase on cost to have some football.
£4.1 billion for 3 years, or just over £11 million per game..

And Sky are going on about value for money?!

Hit the nail on the head, they have over spent massively on sport to stop BT chomping at their heels and are losing revenue to Netflix and other streaming services. To combat this they are trying to produce original content, but then can no longer afford the channels they already offered.

They need to make a choice what and who the are targeting, no longer can they be the one stop shop they were so used to being.