Sky Sports

[Captainron]

So how many of us on here are subscribers to sky sports.

Simple yes or no to see what sort of percentage of folk on here have it.

You don't have to justify your purchase or reasons for not having it if you don't want to.

Personally, I love it! Some of the best £70 odd quid (we have a fairly robust package) I spend each month. As I have said previously, a night out usually sets me back around £100 (taxi, drink and a bit of kebab) so I don't begrudge the spend at all.

I watch lots of golf, cricket and rugby so ticks a load of boxes for me.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

I have it - have no choice if I want to watch sport

 

[Pin-seeker]

Yes

 

[JT77]

most of the stuff I watch on tv is sport, we have 3 children and dont go out too ofter, so I dont mind paying a bit for tv channels that I actually watch

 

[gmhubble]

Yes

Also espn for the baseball

 

[drewster]

Yep, i've got it although not sure for how much longer. Really not sure if i'm getting VFM at the moment in terms of not actually watching that much TV at the moment,

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Yes

 

[Deleted member 21258]

Nope, never had it. Could afford it but tbh its too much for the amount of sport I would watch to justify having it. Shame as love tennis and golf(don't ever watch football)

 

[BristolMike]

I manage to get friends and family discount so only play half price for everything. I would pay full price if I needed to but quite lucky.

 

[drdel]

Not much choice ! - getting expensive.

 

[GG26]

Yes, primarily for the sport.

 

[Val]

Yes, watch plenty sport and use sky go a lot when I'm away with work

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

No, I cancelled mine when the renewal came through the door and my package went up to £130.

 

[Slab]

I have the regional equivalent (SuperSport)

Had the full sky for many years & did try surviving without paid sports channels when I moved but had to concede with online streaming being so unreliable at key moments in the programmes

Its used for golf and more golf

Maybe the odd major event in other sports like tennis or F1, TdF etc but mostly just golf

 

[Twire]

No

I have a now TV box, I buy a pass when needed. This week cost me £10.99 for 7 days, I watched The Players, F1 and football, not bad value. I won't buy another pass until something decent is on.

 

[Hobbit]

I resisted SkySports for a few years but when the Test Cricket moved to Sky I succumbed. At about £3 per day I think its good value. Yesterday we watched 2 football matches and HID put the Players on... We have 3 boxes, 2 downstairs and one in the bedroom. All 3 are on pretty much every day at sometime. The thought of missing Sky to watch one of the terrestrial channels sends a shudder...

 

[Robster59]

I have it because I have to if I want to watch any sport as Sky have basically bought all the popular sport. They had a plan to monopolise the market and have achieved that objective. I'd love to be able to watch Rugby League, The Open, MotoGP etc. on terrestrial but Sky and BT have effectively priced everyone else out of the market.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Every 6 months my wife asks if we need Sky Sports. I rarely answer now, I just stare at her until she agrees to get on the phone and argue for a reduced rate again.

The big issue for Sky is that their whole business plan is tied to the sport. Without the sport, football in particular, the whole company collapses. That means they absolutely can not afford to lose the football. If anyone serious comes in for that it will terrify them.

 

[Imurg]

Can't justify the expense for the amount of watch. We have Virgin and get most of the channels we need.
I use Now TV through The Boy's old Xbox and buy a pass when I need it.
It would be nice to have a choice but that's not going to happen.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Thinking of dumping it...

Other than a bit of golf I hardly ever watch