quiet_riot said:pee dubya said:quiet_riot said:pee dubya said:This is very bad news, competition is a good thing.
But when you have to pay Sky anyway in order to get Setanta, what's the point? It just means the consumer is paying more for a product (football viewing) than having a clear 'choice', seeing as they don;t show the same games anyway.
We don't, get it on Virgin. Plus the competition is good for the clubs as well, not necessarily the just the customers.
So you pay Virgin first before you can pay Setanta.
Besides, it's not competition like 'oh which chocolate bar do I buy to taste chocolate' ...if you want to watch every possible game, you have to have both subscriptions, therefore paying more than we were before.
Daft in my opinion.
Well if sky have a complete monopoly over Premierleague football that everyone wants to watch, they basically have the license to shaft their customers. If people still want to watch they'll have to pay the price sky charge. At least the fact that Setanta offer an altertative means that they have to keep their prices reasonable.
I don't know how much the different subscriptions are, we get Setanta included in our Virgin package and pay extra for skysports.