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Media Boy UK 17-01-2023 17:50
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36143828)
WBD has plenty of brands so I could see Eurosport and BT Sport being replaced by "Discovery Sport" and maybe "Discovery Sport Premium" for some of the former BT Sport channels in the future.
I has been thinking that way too but with no channel closing.

With maybe Eurosport 1 becoming Discovery Sports Mix or even Quest Sport - and also launching on Freeview with WBD reusing Really or Quest +1 slots on Freeview for it.

Inactive Digital 17-01-2023 18:10
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Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36143823)
Sorry don't read it like that, sky integrated in to package ( so costs no more) virgin is a bolt on i e cost s more . Looked at sky and it is in the lower packages at no extra cost , not saying that package costs more ,haven't checked but it is in all packages I looked at:dozey:
They might market it as one package, but the customer still pays for it.

Paul 17-01-2023 21:27
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Originally Posted by Inactive Digital (Post 36143830)
They might market it as one package, but the customer still pays for it.
Looking at your attachment, since when has Sky Signature been £15 a month ?

Inactive Digital 17-01-2023 22:31
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Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36143841)
Looking at your attachment, since when has Sky Signature been £15 a month ?
I'm on a retention deal ;)

Media Boy UK 17-01-2023 23:12
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Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k (Post 36143779)
Discovery+ takeup has been a disaster they are talking with vm, netgem, talktalk and some isps.
Just open some PM from over the past weekend and a Media Boy source also told me a same thing - sent to me on Saturday.

vincerooney 18-01-2023 02:10
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...al_programming i wonder why the discovery + take up has been so slow

OLD BOY 18-01-2023 07:51
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Originally Posted by vincerooney (Post 36143853)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...al_programming i wonder why the discovery + take up has been so slow
Because the documentaries are not much good on the whole, with one or two exceptions, and it seems to be mainly reality TV. Things may change when it gets the dramas put on there with the recent merger with Warner Bros, but until that happens, I don’t think the take-up will be huge.

Aguero9320 18-01-2023 09:39
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36143855)
Because the documentaries are not much good on the whole, with one or two exceptions, and it seems to be mainly reality TV. Things may change when it gets the dramas put on there with the recent merger with Warner Bros, but until that happens, I don’t think the take-up will be huge.
Discovery+ has content from A&E, Lifetime etc. in North America. I've recently noticed content is arriving on Disney+ next month, just to expand its reach.

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36143828)
WBD has plenty of brands so I could see Eurosport and BT Sport being replaced by "Discovery Sport" and maybe "Discovery Sport Premium" for some of the former BT Sport channels in the future.
Discovery Sports is most likely. I also wouldn't rule out a slot (Quest+1, maybe) being reused for a Freeview-exclusive channel to showcase WBD's sports portfolio.

Legendkiller2k 18-01-2023 11:56
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Originally Posted by vincerooney (Post 36143853)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...al_programming i wonder why the discovery + take up has been so slow
On the US side some is backash on all the WBDiscovery cancellations people don't want endless unscripted shows they want quality dramas etc.

1andrew1 18-01-2023 13:18
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Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k (Post 36143875)
On the US side some is backash on all the WBDiscovery cancellations people don't want endless unscripted shows they want quality dramas etc.
Shouldn't be a surprise for people as they know what the Discovery channel is.

Inactive Digital 18-01-2023 13:36
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Discovery+ was a late contender in an increasingly crowded marketplace. WBD has a lot of work to do.

Itshim 18-01-2023 14:39
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Originally Posted by Inactive Digital (Post 36143830)
They might market it as one package, but the customer still pays for it.
Didn't say it cost less, however for me , virgin is well over a similar package on sky giving me a saving ( on list price) with Atlantic , discovery+ and Netflix . . :erm:

Legendkiller2k 18-01-2023 16:14
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36143881)
Shouldn't be a surprise for people as they know what the Discovery channel is.
It's what they are doing to HBOMAX that's the issue.

Inactive Digital 18-01-2023 16:53
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Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36143902)
Didn't say it cost less, however for me , virgin is well over a similar package on sky giving me a saving ( on list price) with Atlantic , discovery+ and Netflix . . :erm:
I probably misunderstood your original question, I thought you were asking whether Netflix is free on Sky. I agree Virgin is expensive for TV and I pay less by not bundling all my services together. Virgin's Stream does seem better value then V6/360, though there are some big differences in functionality.

Itshim 18-01-2023 17:37
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Originally Posted by Inactive Digital (Post 36143911)
I probably misunderstood your original question, I thought you were asking whether Netflix is free on Sky. I agree Virgin is expensive for TV and I pay less by not bundling all my services together. Virgin's Stream does seem better value then V6/360, though there are some big differences in functionality.
No problem , thought you were saying that Netflix was not a bolt on but part of a package . Couldn't find it !!! And am I out of contact, so looking around .


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