The British-based broadcaster Sky (with operations in the EU and elsewhere) has decided it doesn't need to keep attaching satellite dishes to the walls of its customers' homes.
The BBC reports:
The pay TV company already offers some programming online on its Sky Go and Now TV* services and through Sky boxes.
Sky said offering the option was a "major development" that would let it enter new markets.
It hopes that making its hundreds of channels more widely available will increase both revenue and profits.
Italy will be its first market to get all Sky channels online, followed by Austria, with the UK expected to follow later this year or in 2019.
Sky is not proposing to stop broadcasting by satellite. The move will allow customers who cannot have a dish or do not want one to get Sky, a spokesperson said. A Sky box will still be required.
The company's move is a response to greater competition from the likes of streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon.
*Now TV is an internet-based, subscriptionless pay-TV service. Established 5 years ago, it's wholly owned by Sky.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Friday January 26 2018, @08:19PM (1 child)
Since you will need an internet connection for your SkyBox, they've successfully externalized a great deal of the cost, and foisted it on the customer. Are they picking up any portion of the customer's internet service? No, I thought not.
Once the internet becomes the dominant portion of their users, their sat service will quietly disappear.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Saturday January 27 2018, @12:38AM
Narp, what are you gibbering on about? What the fuck is a "skybox", and what the fuck makes you think I have one?
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