Great to see this deal is done and dusted - looking forward to the HY results next week. I am sure Martin will have more to say about what to expect.
I came across an interesting interview with the CEO today, which may be of interest to others: https://thespinoff.co.nz/business/03-02-2020/sky-tvs-new-ceo-has-a-bold-rescue-plan-can-he-pull-it-off/
Broadly speaking, Martin and I seem to be on the same page in terms of the types of services they need to move to.
I outlined earlier the four key services I think they need to transition to (and do it quickly):
1. Sky Sport NOW - for the fans that love Sky's sport offering, but are quite happy with Netflix etc for their other entertainment
2. New significantly enhanced SVOD service (the merged NEON and Lightbox) - for those that enjoy Sky's Movies and SOHO content, but aren't interested in sport
3. RugbyPass - for the international rugby fans. As much as I disagree with the practice, Nzers can also access this service if they just want rugby by using a VPN.
4. Updated and Enhanced SkyGO as a standalone with appropriate pricing for multiple simultaneous streams - for people like myself who enjoy both Sky's sport and entertainment offerings, want it all on one user friendly platform...but has to be a reasonable price.
Personally, I would be interested in option 4 if I could get it at a reasonable price. I enjoy both Sky's entertainment and sport offerings...so a larger bundle which would allow me to consume all of the content on a single, user-friendly platform would be ideal.
I don't think I am alone in this desire either, and the more fragmentation we see in the market the more appealing reasonably priced comprehensive bundles appear to me.
It's just that right now Sky's satellite bundles are very expensive (relative to streaming services) and MySky has really outdated UX. I tried to navigate the OnDemand menu of my sister's MySky a couple of weeks ago - Christ it was difficult compared to the streaming services I am accustomed to now!
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