No I'm not; I'm referring to the silly idea that if you think something is too expensive or not worth the asking price, you are entitled to steal it.

I don't disagree with any of your analysis by the way - he's an odious individual - but so are plenty of business owners; I don't like Mike Ashley for example, but I don't help myself to the latest Nike trainers from Sports Direct as a form of protest.

Seems like these changes are imminent, coming into effect from July 18th.
The promo piece from Sky has the RL down on either Sky Sports Action or Sky Sports Arena. Right now it doesn't specify which, so my guess is they will be clever with it and will alternate which channels the RL matches are on thereby forcing us to subscribe to both channels rather than just one of them.
Still no details of prices.

£18 per month for a single channel. £22 for two, £26 for three £27.50 for all sports is reported in the press. It doesn't make it clear if this will be the same for virgin customers.

From what I can see, it is going to work out dearer for me. I currently get Sky Sports for £18 because of the discount you get when you have movies. What i'll end up with is 2 sports channels for an extra £4. Doesn't look great to me.

I don't understand this (taken from the Sky Sports website):

"A new Main Event channel dedicated to the biggest live events from across our channels - available to customers with the full range of Sky Sports channels"

If I've got the full range of Sky Sport channels, why would I need a Main Event channel dedicated to the biggest live events from those channels, unless some events are going to be exclusive to the Main Event channel ?

Well - at worst it could mean, for example, that the Super League rounds are on Sky Sports Action / Arena, but they only put the SL Play Offs / Grand Final on the Main Event channel......

Agreed. My thinking is very simple - if you can afford something then you can buy it, if you can't afford it then you can't. I would like a new Aston Martin, but I can't afford it/choose not to want to spend that amount on one. Do I a) accept it and buy something different; b) Complain that Astons are too expensive and they should be cheaper so I can buy one, or c) Go and steal one?! The logic of some on here hovers between complaining they are too expensive and going out and stealing one! There are always some people that, just because others can afford something, think that they should also be entitled to have it too. 'I can't afford it, so I'll steal it instead' - great mentality that!

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That thought had crossed my mind too. To be honest, it won't effect me as I have all channels currently and have no intention of changing. However, if they do that then I do think it would be a bad move on SKY's part

The commercial reality is that it's highly unluckiest Sky will be making these changes to reduce the amount being paid for their packages.
Sure they'll have lots of spin on how it's good for their customers, and there'll be pockets of examples where certain individuals will save - but ultimately, they'll have crunched the numbers and will know if the customer base remains as is, they'll earn more.
At absolute best there might be a short term reduction, but they'll be working on a longer term plan that will see profits rise - they're a business after all.

just had to renew my streaming.. £60 for the year.. £5 a month...all channels.

How much if that money you pay goes back into the sports that you watch ?

How much of that money you pay goes back into the sports that you watch ?

Echo .....