20-07-2022, 12:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 20-07-2022, 12:28 PM by London Lite.)
(18-07-2022, 01:31 AM)Mouseboy33 Wrote: Im not sure what equivalent services are offered in the UK. Most of these LIVE TV streaming services offer varying DVR capacities for recording or pausing live. YouTubeTV offers unlimited recording. And one of big attractions is that these services can be canceled at anytime and are contractless and you dont need any rented decoder boxes or such equipment. These are the biggest differences with traditional paytv. And they started out very cheap because they trired to get around the bundled channel nightmare but the content providers have started put a stop to that forcing up the cost.
The closest to what the US restreaming services offer is NOW, which offers a VOD and live tv service on a PAYG basis using memberships, there's no DVR and Sky Glass. TVPlayer used to be a rival, but it has lost the majority of their channels and has become more of a VOD service as it's owned by a company that has the rights to numerous documentaries. (Sky have SkyGo for customers of their satellite and IPTV Glass service).
Unlike the US, the UK has pretty decent reception of antenna services for free and pay tv although expensive is still within those with disposable income, plus Sky and Virgin offer heavy retention deals to reduce churn. (Even NOW, a Sky owned product offers retention deals).