Sky Satellite Movie Channels

On April 4th 2007, British Sky Broadcasting restructured its movie channels 'to make your life easier', but they have yet to convince some customers that less is more.

The cold hard facts are that viewers have lost 2 channels with the number of movie channels (excluding HD) going from 12 to 10. One channel is the new Sky Premier repeated an hour later so you could argue there's even less. Some customers are also unhappy to see that 2 channels start at 4pm and another 2 at 12pm. That's a cut of total broadcasting time from 304 hours to 216 hours, or if you exclude Sky Premier + 1, 206 hours.

So is less more? Reading online I get the feeling that some customers are welcoming the new movie channel line with themed channels helping making choosing a movie to suit your mood easier. Others are not so happy focusing on the fact there are less channels and less hours broadcast, also arguing that repeating premiere movies everyday and having a +1 hour channel is all negated by Sky+, Sky's hard disk recorder which many customers own.

Me? I prefer the old system, but its early days.

The New Sky Movie Channels lineup

Sky Movies Premiere	301
Sky Movies Premiere +1	302
Sky Movies Comedy	303
Sky Movies Action/Thriller	304
Sky Movies Family	305
Sky Movies Drama	306
Sky Movies Sci-Fi/ Horror	307
Sky Movies Classics	308
Sky Movies Modern Greats	309
Sky Movies Indie	310
Sky Movies HD1	311
Sky Movies HD2	312

Comments (1)

7 Aug 2007 05:58 by kaz

i think sky movies is great you can watch all sorts of fils for the whole family to one person i love it.