The Future of Sky Box Office
JVD
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I guess with them promoting such things like Sky Store , Sky Go alot recently It's made think that Sky are beginning to slowly phase out the Sky Box Office channels , im pretty sure they used to have 60 screen's one time now they're down to less than 32 they closed down about 20 of them before the Olympics came to free up EPG space for the BBC Olympics channels and never returned and another 5 went a few months ago too.
How long do you think Sky Box Office has left til they close the entire lot ?
and not to mention there's alot of rivals out there now too such as Lovefilm and Netflix and other video on demand services.
There was a time we had other Pay per view channels like Premiership+ which was a PPV sports channel and closed a few years ago also Sky Box Office had a rival service called u>direct films which eventually ceased in the end.
How long do you think Sky Box Office has left til they close the entire lot ?
and not to mention there's alot of rivals out there now too such as Lovefilm and Netflix and other video on demand services.
There was a time we had other Pay per view channels like Premiership+ which was a PPV sports channel and closed a few years ago also Sky Box Office had a rival service called u>direct films which eventually ceased in the end.
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I wonder how long it will be before they do away with +1 channels and put all that content up on on demand only?
The Sky movies channels are a farce as they just repeate the same films for a while anyways, so replacing them with on deman only would be good! Instead of the Sky movies sub giving you access to movies channels, you could just get access to a bigger range of movies at the Sky Store for a monthy fee!
The Box Office live "sport" is pretty limited this days with a WWE event every few months and a couple of boxing shows a year.
The other one I don't know why they bother is the Primetime PPV channel. They keep it going with a few hours of repeats a day, as an SD slot is still worth money, but it's ages since they had any PPV on it. The boxing seems to have moved to subscription on Box Nation.
Given Primetime have a streaming option, they should just sell the Sky channel.
I guess that must be sign that the only people using it are those without Sky Store boxes!
I'd wager that people are more likely to sit through adverts when watching +1 channels as compared to when watching on-demand, so they may try and keep those going. I wonder if it would be possible to provide the +1 channels over IP alongside the regular channels on the EPG?
Intersting idea having the +1s as IP channels it fits with what I said here: http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showpost.php?p=67675544&postcount=43 in the freeview formums. They could be combined so only one source is used for both Dsat and DTT.
Sky Sports Box Office will survive because Pay Per View Sport/Events will always have more Demand rather than Sky Movies Box Office due to Sky Go . Sky Store and other rivals..
There's more 'pushed' content than ever before, even with programmes from third party channels like ITV and C4
I expect it will be like that on older sky boxes too eventually, but just in HD when Sky finally ditch SD only subscriptions.
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showpost.php?p=82855326&postcount=25
No they will keep the SD channels going so they can use their EPG slots should they want to launch a new channel
I have always thought they should use the "Sky Box Office" branding for the on demand section too rather than "Sky Store" just seems a better name.
I would a large part of the audience for Sky Box Office now is those who still have SD boxes so cannot access the on-demand Sky Movies service.
But as rating for SD simulcast channels reveal, the majority of people do not seem too fussed either way.
So yes I think Sky Box Office will be phased out.
No, because it is still used for Sky Store. Scrapping SBO though would mean they could get rid of the first screen where you have to pick between Sky Store and Sky Box Office
Yes I was forgetting that it links to Sky Store. But if SBO went then I can't see Sky replacing all our remotes so it reads Sky Store instead of Sky Box Office!
I've never bought a PPV film in the twenty odd years I've been with Sky. Much rather wait a couple of months and get all the films for less than a tenner a month, than pay six quid for one.
Indeed, it is like you say about the Interactive button which now should really be labelled "Support."