CW
I think more likely to close is it's sister channel Sky Living It.
I wonder if these closures may in part be a side effect of the (expensive) Premier League deal.
Charlie Wells
Moderator
I wouldn't be surprised if Sky Living It shuts too.
I think more likely to close is it's sister channel Sky Living It.
I wonder if these closures may in part be a side effect of the (expensive) Premier League deal.
IS
I'd imagine the distribution costs that would be saved by closing two channels are minimal. Closing 3D is a no-brainer, as is focusing Sky Arts for all the reasons the controller mentions in the Digital Spy article.
If they really wanted to save on linear, closing or downsizing their Box Office is a better move, I think that will happen soon
Though Sky are cost-cutting in other areas.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/apr/29/sky-redundancies-production-services-arm
I wonder if the closure of 3D and Sky Arts 2 is to cut costs on linear distribution?
I'd imagine the distribution costs that would be saved by closing two channels are minimal. Closing 3D is a no-brainer, as is focusing Sky Arts for all the reasons the controller mentions in the Digital Spy article.
If they really wanted to save on linear, closing or downsizing their Box Office is a better move, I think that will happen soon
Though Sky are cost-cutting in other areas.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/apr/29/sky-redundancies-production-services-arm
CW
Charlie Wells
Moderator
Interestingly on the original Guardian article about Sky Arts http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/apr/29/sky-arts-channels-in-shakeup it mentions that the single 'super channel' will move up the EPG to occupy the space currently held by Sky 2. I wonder if this means Sky 2 could be closing, or just moving down the EPG.
GO
As I said before the reason Sky2 and Living It exists is purely to make money out of archive.
There is not really a need for Sky2 with the On Demand service.
As I said before the reason Sky2 and Living It exists is purely to make money out of archive.
KE
As I said before the reason Sky2 and Living It exists is purely to make money out of archive.
There's also a number of customers (not sure how many, but could be quite a lot) who will still have older set top boxes which don't have broadband connections, and therefore don't have access to on demand.
There is not really a need for Sky2 with the On Demand service.
As I said before the reason Sky2 and Living It exists is purely to make money out of archive.
There's also a number of customers (not sure how many, but could be quite a lot) who will still have older set top boxes which don't have broadband connections, and therefore don't have access to on demand.
LL
As I said before the reason Sky2 and Living It exists is purely to make money out of archive.
There's also a number of customers (not sure how many, but could be quite a lot) who will still have older set top boxes which don't have broadband connections, and therefore don't have access to on demand.
Nor have fast enough broadband connections to stream on demand in the first place.
London Lite
Founding member
There is not really a need for Sky2 with the On Demand service.
As I said before the reason Sky2 and Living It exists is purely to make money out of archive.
There's also a number of customers (not sure how many, but could be quite a lot) who will still have older set top boxes which don't have broadband connections, and therefore don't have access to on demand.
Nor have fast enough broadband connections to stream on demand in the first place.
DV
I'll believe Sky want to seriously save funds when they reduce significantly their enormous advertising spend and/or become more amenable to reselling their channels to other platforms.
IN
As I said before the reason Sky2 and Living It exists is purely to make money out of archive.
There's also a number of customers (not sure how many, but could be quite a lot) who will still have older set top boxes which don't have broadband connections, and therefore don't have access to on demand.
Nor have fast enough broadband connections to stream on demand in the first place.
How slow would that have to be? My connection averages around 4Mbps and I never have to wait more than a few seconds for SD content to buffer.
Even with a sub-2Mbps connection the user would be able to download content to play later.
There is not really a need for Sky2 with the On Demand service.
As I said before the reason Sky2 and Living It exists is purely to make money out of archive.
There's also a number of customers (not sure how many, but could be quite a lot) who will still have older set top boxes which don't have broadband connections, and therefore don't have access to on demand.
Nor have fast enough broadband connections to stream on demand in the first place.
How slow would that have to be? My connection averages around 4Mbps and I never have to wait more than a few seconds for SD content to buffer.
Even with a sub-2Mbps connection the user would be able to download content to play later.
NJ
As I said before the reason Sky2 and Living It exists is purely to make money out of archive.
There's also a number of customers (not sure how many, but could be quite a lot) who will still have older set top boxes which don't have broadband connections, and therefore don't have access to on demand.
Nor have fast enough broadband connections to stream on demand in the first place.
Sky doesn't stream on demand at all. It downloads to the box and plays from there. The speed of the broadband is only relevant to the point where the text on the Planner turns from Downloading to Available.
Neil Jones
Founding member
There is not really a need for Sky2 with the On Demand service.
As I said before the reason Sky2 and Living It exists is purely to make money out of archive.
There's also a number of customers (not sure how many, but could be quite a lot) who will still have older set top boxes which don't have broadband connections, and therefore don't have access to on demand.
Nor have fast enough broadband connections to stream on demand in the first place.
Sky doesn't stream on demand at all. It downloads to the box and plays from there. The speed of the broadband is only relevant to the point where the text on the Planner turns from Downloading to Available.