Multiple Tivo boxes - able to watch SKY Sports on all boxes?
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Hi. I am a broadband and phone customer of VM. Have been a SKY customer for TV for quite a few years, and am looking at going with one of the VM bundles for TV, broadband and phone. I have been given a quote of £98 a month by VM, based on having three Tivo boxes, 152mb broadband, and home phone talk unlimited.
I rang SKY to cancel my TV package with them, and they told me that if I were to have three Tivo boxes with VM, I would only be able to watch SKY Sports on one of the boxes. This would be a problem for me, as it is mainly the football that I watch. One of my bugbears has been having to pay for BT Sport when it is free with VM.
Is what the SKY guy said true??? I rang VM straight afterwards and they said it was not the case. My strong suspicion is that SKY are lying to me. SKY offered me a discount to try to keep my business, but it's fair to say I'm far from pleased with them.
I rang SKY to cancel my TV package with them, and they told me that if I were to have three Tivo boxes with VM, I would only be able to watch SKY Sports on one of the boxes. This would be a problem for me, as it is mainly the football that I watch. One of my bugbears has been having to pay for BT Sport when it is free with VM.
Is what the SKY guy said true??? I rang VM straight afterwards and they said it was not the case. My strong suspicion is that SKY are lying to me. SKY offered me a discount to try to keep my business, but it's fair to say I'm far from pleased with them.
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Sky were telling porkies and VM were not.
Thanks. As I suspected. Really poor on their part. I think they're possibly having to resort to such underhand tactics, as VM are offering much better-value packages at the moment.
1. Will VM definitely be having Sky Sports 5 HD from August onwards? SKY seem to be saying this isn't the case, but I'm sure that I have read that they will.
2. How much longer will BT Sport be free on VM? I had believed it to be for two years initially, and that was a year ago.
Thanks.
Sky have "previous" for this sort of thing.
Back at the time when plans were in motion to switch off analogue terrestrial broadcasts there were loads of stories floating about that Sky would set up stalls in shopping malls and the like saying that after analogue switch off the only way to get telly would be by taking out Sky!
Not sure how true this was though.
Sky Sports 5 and 5 HD will be available from launch next month.
The BT Sports deal with Virgin Media signed last year was a three year deal. So the current channels will remain part of the XL package.
What BT Sports will do once they have the Champions League no-one knows.