I think Sky is less likely to go after A-League rights if they already have the EPL. That way they get football fans subscribing without paying for rights to both. They do a similar thing with cricket.
Sky are tightening their belt and dropping sports, axing channels, reducing the number of new movies on their movie channels (with a ridiculous number of repeats) etc. due to the huge expense of their Optus D2 satellite prematurely going out of service in May next year. On top of that, the replacement Optus D11 satellite is way behind schedule in construction, meaning Sky will have to fork out lots of dollars for temporary use of another satellite. Two changes of satellite = big financial hit to Sky. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/sky-tv-forced-to-move-to-new-satellite-option-sooner-after-supply-issue/ZKN3OZABPNAHVLHF25UIGUTHYI/ Technicians may have to adjust some customers' dishes early next year: https://www.thepress.co.nz/business/350383092/unexpected-satellite-issues-main-risk-brighter-sky-tv-outlook "Sky had been planning to migrate customers to a new, more capable satellite, Optus 11, late next year, but the launch of that satellite has been delayed until at least 2027 due to manufacturing issues.
The developments mean Sky will need to change satellites twice in just a few years.
Moloney said it was possible its technicians would need to visit a small number of homes early next year and adjust satellite dishes to ensure they could get a sufficiently strong signal after Optus D-2 was turned off.
One of the options Sky was looking at might mean it needed to make more use of software compression to deliver some programming, she said.
Sky might not need to visit any homes, depending on the outcome of tests, Moloney said. “We'll know more on that in the coming couple of months.”
Sky are tightening their belt and dropping sports, axing channels, reducing the number of new movies on their movie channels (with a ridiculous number of repeats) etc. due to the huge expense of their Optus D2 satellite prematurely going out of service in May next year. On top of that, the replacement Optus D11 satellite is way behind schedule in construction, meaning Sky will have to fork out lots of dollars for temporary use of another satellite. Two changes of satellite = big financial hit to Sky. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/sky-tv-forced-to-move-to-new-satellite-option-sooner-after-supply-issue/ZKN3OZABPNAHVLHF25UIGUTHYI/ Technicians may have to adjust some customers' dishes early next year: https://www.thepress.co.nz/business/350383092/unexpected-satellite-issues-main-risk-brighter-sky-tv-outlook "Sky had been planning to migrate customers to a new, more capable satellite, Optus 11, late next year, but the launch of that satellite has been delayed until at least 2027 due to manufacturing issues.
The developments mean Sky will need to change satellites twice in just a few years.
Moloney said it was possible its technicians would need to visit a small number of homes early next year and adjust satellite dishes to ensure they could get a sufficiently strong signal after Optus D-2 was turned off.
One of the options Sky was looking at might mean it needed to make more use of software compression to deliver some programming, she said.
Sky might not need to visit any homes, depending on the outcome of tests, Moloney said. “We'll know more on that in the coming couple of months.”
Thing is, now Discovery are showing a lot of their programmes on TV 3, TVNZ & TV3 have better programmes on their on demand service than they show on TV. Sky are really determined to lose customers aside from this satellite issue. They have milked it for all it's worth for the last 20 years and now cry the pauper. Perhaps the rather large investment they agreed with the NZRFU could've helped ($400 Mill?). Meanwhile, They generously try and skimp on their A League input with a minimal amount. (<5 Mill?) My figures might be wrong but the point is that right now the chickens are coming home to roost. The still ongoing issues with their "new" white box that no one is interested in etc.