SKT Sky Network Television Limited.

[ratkin]

I am tech savvie, but still have sky. Also watch netflix, and tvMucho, so do not really need sky, but like Alphas father find it easy and can’t be bothered to get rid of it.

[Joshuatree]

im still with SKY too for a bunch of things including the CNBC 24 hour Business channel.

[daveypnz]

"Despite the rapid decline in customer numbers since the proliferation of its streaming video rivals, Sky has a core group of loyal customers as 70% of its 567,000 Sky Box customers have been with the company for more than five years. Go back four years, and just 55% had been with the firm for five years or more." - https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/t...roadband-offer

[LaserEyeKiwi]

im still with SKY too for a bunch of things including the CNBC 24 hour Business channel.

BloombergTV is free (via streaming app or website) and a lot better than CNBC in my opinion.

[mistaTea]

Just spoke to my father he is paying well over 100 for his sky. I briefly mentioned I could help out with reducing the costs (not in our interests as shareholders) but in his.

Dads response was don’t touch it as it all works and I don’t care what I am paying. For some with money and there is a few out there with plenty of disposable income. He doesn’t give a rats ass how much it is costing. All he wants is it to work. He has not changed to Spark for any of there offering due to not being tech savvy.

It is odd as this is the same man that growing up was telling me to turn of the lights to save electricity.

I guess now he is old has money and doesn’t care as long as his RV works and is easy.

I mentioned to my parents (who subscribe to Sky as STB customers) that they will have an opportunity to save some money soon when Sky launches broadband. Save money and get faster internet to boot!

My mom flat out told me she wouldn’t switch from Spark because she has her landline with them.

Wtf, she uses her cellphone 99% of the time for calling when she isn’t on Facebook (which is defo an old persons platform now).

[LaserEyeKiwi]

"Despite the rapid decline in customer numbers since the proliferation of its streaming video rivals, Sky has a core group of loyal customers as 70% of its 567,000 Sky Box customers have been with the company for more than five years. Go back four years, and just 55% had been with the firm for five years or more." - https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/t...roadband-offer

In 2016 sky had 860,000 box customers. 55% of that = 473,000 customers that were 5+ years.
In 2021 sky has 567,000 box customers. 70% of that = 396,900 customers that were 5+ years.

So that's a massive drop in long term 5+ years customers.

[mistaTea]

In 2016 sky had 860,000 box customers. 55% of that = 473,000 customers that were 5+ years.
In 2021 sky has 567,000 box customers. 70% of that = 396,900 customers that were 5+ years.

So that's a massive drop in long term 5+ years customers.

Yes in absolute terms that is correct.

But what the stats provided don’t show is how many of those ‘lost’ STB subscribers are still in fact loyal sky customers using different services.

I used to have MySky until 2017 when we moved house into a fibre-only suburb. I decided I didn’t want a satellite dish on my new house and have streamed Sky’s content since.

I currently count as three streaming subs.

[daveypnz]

In 2016 sky had 860,000 box customers. 55% of that = 473,000 customers that were 5+ years.
In 2021 sky has 567,000 box customers. 70% of that = 396,900 customers that were 5+ years.

So that's a massive drop in long term 5+ years customers.

Yes and SP obviously reflects the massive loss in box subs the past 5 years, but it backs up the talk that box subs are 'stabilising'.

[bottomfeeder]

TAKEOVER ALERT....



New Job listing 5 days ago at Discovery Asia Pacific headquaters.

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You have been on about an impending takeover of Sky for months and months. The joke is wearing a bit thin now. Why would anyone takeover a dinosaur. Easy entry in the future ie streaming TV. Why buy old technology.

[Benny1]

I have sky for CNBC and from next week I will add sport for the league and then ditch sport again after Bathurst if it is on this year.
I like the simplicity of the sky box, have tried alternatives in the past but found there is always some sort draw back with them.
I think around $100 p/m is expensive and may look at what options there are when sky launches broadband but the hassle of changing email addresses and passwords that use that email address will probably be too much of a pain in the arse.