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RE: Sky Mix - interestednovice - 21-10-2023
(21-10-2023, 10:50 PM)WillPS Wrote: There was also the third purpose in the Sky Travel/early Sky Three era, of selling package holidays...
I view that as an extension of purpose two (monetise the channel, without cannibalising other Sky services).
RE: Sky Mix - Rex - 26-10-2023
(18-10-2023, 11:45 AM)rick Wrote: The DOG staying on is an odd choice. Sky Arts is FTA and they don't keep the DOG on constantly for that. Unless that's about to change too?Well since then - Sky Mix now has the DOG disappearing like most of Sky's channels. So that definitely won't be changing.
RE: Sky Mix - Stuart - 26-10-2023
(26-10-2023, 09:16 AM)Rex Wrote: Well since then - Sky Mix now has the DOG disappearing like most of Sky's channels. So that definitely won't be changing.I suspected that was always going to be the case after a short while. I think it was just to emphasise the change of for the first few weeks for people channel surfing.
RE: Sky Mix - CCFG - 27-10-2023
Sky Mix SD at 12070 H (Ireland) and 12148 H (United Kingdom) has ended. Sky Mix now only in HD on and off the EPG on satellite.
https://rxtvinfo.com/2023/sky-turns-off-sky-mix-sd-satellite-signal/
RE: Sky Mix - frasergj - 27-10-2023
(27-10-2023, 10:04 AM)CCFG Wrote: Sky Mix SD at 12070 H (Ireland) and 12148 H (United Kingdom) has ended. Sky Mix now only in HD on and off the EPG on satellite.
https://rxtvinfo.com/2023/sky-turns-off-sky-mix-sd-satellite-signal/
Don't seem to have ended quite yet, got the Ireland version on right now via Manual Tuning on My Q box...
RE: Sky Mix - Stuart - 27-10-2023
(27-10-2023, 11:17 AM)frasergj Wrote: Don't seem to have ended quite yet, got the Ireland version on right now via Manual Tuning on My Q box...The article does say they re-uplinked it the following day, but it remains off the EPG on DSat in the UK/RoI. Apparently it's easy to pick up across Europe, whereas the HD version is in the UK/RoI spotbeam.
RE: Sky Mix - frasergj - 27-10-2023
(27-10-2023, 04:30 PM)Stuart Wrote: The article does say they re-uplinked it the following day, but it remains off the EPG on DSat in the UK/RoI. Apparently it's easy to pick up across Europe, whereas the HD version is in the UK/RoI spotbeam.
Yeah looks like the article has been updated since I read it earlier. Either the original removal was premature or something still needed it (it isn't being picked up and rebroadcast on Freeview or something?)
RE: Sky Mix - mixchris - 30-10-2023
(26-10-2023, 09:16 AM)Rex Wrote: Well since then - Sky Mix now has the DOG disappearing like most of Sky's channels. So that definitely won't be changing.
I find it odd that Sky have this practice, I would've thought in this multi-channel / digital / streaming age that they'd keep the DOG on their channels on permanently like Sky Sports & Sky News.
RE: Sky Mix - WillPS - 30-10-2023
(30-10-2023, 11:22 AM)mixchris Wrote: I find it odd that Sky have this practice, I would've thought in this multi-channel / digital / streaming age that they'd keep the DOG on their channels on permanently like Sky Sports & Sky News.
I think the idea is that they don't give viewers of entertainment content a worse picture than what they'd get via streaming (via Sky or elsewhere).
Of course, there's still the small matter of advert breaks which continue to worsen the experience... guess that's a harder problem to solve.
On live content it's pretty normal for the screen to be covered in stuff so it'd be a bit weird if they didn't add a logo to it.
RE: Sky Mix - mixchris - 30-10-2023
(30-10-2023, 11:29 AM)WillPS Wrote: I think the idea is that they don't give viewers of entertainment content a worse picture than what they'd get via streaming (via Sky or elsewhere).
Of course, there's still the small matter of advert breaks which continue to worsen the experience... guess that's a harder problem to solve.
On live content it's pretty normal for the screen to be covered in stuff so it'd be a bit weird if they didn't add a logo to it.
Considering how small Sky have made their DOGs, I can't see how it'd worsen the entertainment offering. They keep them alive on Challenge and formerly Pick. Sky's ad breaks have got to be the worst.