Sky prosecutes nearly 50 licensees
11-Sep-2007
With only a month of the football season gone 46 licensees have already been hauled before the courts for showing soccer on Sky without the use of a...
29-Aug-2007
Sky is doubling the number of people employed to investigate pubs that show football using domestic packages. The number of its "policing officers"...
12-Jul-2007 By Ewan Turney
Trade leaders have reacted with anger at Sky's inflation-busting 11% average increase in its basic subscription charge for next year. In April, Sky...
Enough is enough, say Sky customers
12-Jul-2007 By James Wilmore
Furious licensees and pub industry groups have rounded on Sky over its latest 11 per cent price hike - which is three times the rate of inflation....
10-Jul-2007 By Iain O'Neil
ALMR reacts with "frustration and irritation" at 11% price hike.
Personal licence lost in illegal Sky case
25-May-2007 By James Wilmore
A landmark legal case has seen a licensee stripped of his personal licence for showing Sky without a commercial contract. It is the first time a...
25-May-2007 By John Harrington
Hampshire licensee first to be stripped of his personal licence for showing football using a Sky domestic card.
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24-May-2007
Right to air sporting events QThere has been a lot of press about the illegality of showing Premiership football other than through Sky, as the...
26-Apr-2007 By John Harrington
Licensees left to ponder whether to jump in now or wait for next season's basic service costs to be announced
13-Apr-2007
A Dudley licensee has been prosecuted for the second time in six months for showing Sky Sports in his pub using a domestic viewing card. John...
Pubs urged to act over Ofcom investigation
20-Mar-2007 By James Wilmore
MP John Grogan is urging licensees to write to media regulator Ofcom about Sky's pricing policy, following an announcement that it will investigate...
02-Mar-2007
FACT says a total of around 600 prosecutions have been brought for using Sky domestic contract to screen football in pubs.
13-Feb-2007
Licensee gets 100 hours for showing on a domestic card.
LETTERs
08-Feb-2007
Rent hikes thin end of wedge There has been a lot of talk about the proposed hike in annual licence fees, not least in the pages of MA (Fees hike...
Pie in the sky TV deals costly
08-Feb-2007
It is quite unnerving to find so many licensees still prepared to risk large sums of money to install foreign decoders when they have been told...
22-Jun-2006 By Andrew Pring
Arrogant. Insulting. Heavy-handed. And greedy. Just some of the politer comments from readers when they learnt Sky's charges will rise by 13% next...
Call for pubs to kick out Sky
22-Jun-2006 By James Wilmore
Disgruntled licensees are urging pubs to kick out Sky - as a response to the satellite operators latest price hike. Licensees have contacted The...
20-Jun-2006
Since news broke of Sky's 13% subscription rise from next season, licensees have been contacting Morning Advertiser in their droves to say they will...
19-Jun-2006 By Tony Halstead
Trade groups and licensees have condemned Sky's latest subscription hike which will see charges rise by more than 13% from next August. NEW COMMENT
15-Jun-2006
We've had a huge response from licensees up and down the country over Sky's price increases - click here to see more and add your comments.
Fury at Sky price rises
15-Jun-2006 By James Wilmore
Licensees have been left outraged by the latest hike in price for an annual Sky subscription. On top of previous inflation-busting rises, pubs face...
01-Jun-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Wolves reportedly planning to halve its subscriptions because of Sky's prices. NEW COMMENT
04-May-2006 By John Harrington
The FA Premier League has held a summit meeting with trade bodies as it bids to stamp out illegal football screening in pubs. The meeting, at Premier...
02-May-2006 By John Harrington
The trade is hopeful the cost of screening live Premiership football could fall as the FA Premier League hands out its packages for 2007. Sky secured...
Sky heading for footy defeat
27-Oct-2005
Sky looks set to lose its monopoly on Premier League football as the European Commission (EC) considers new plans for the division of TV rights. The...
Sky faces challenge to dominance of sport
13-Oct-2005
Sky is facing a trio of challenges to its domination of sport on television.It is widely rumoured that the European Commission could be about to act...
Sky 'alternatives' are not legal
08-Sep-2005
I make no apologies for returning to the subject of pub screenings of Premiership football and the like, because my postbag is still full of...
All these licences are a major drain on cash flow
18-Aug-2005
I have been a licensee for more than 16 years two years as a manager, 11 as a tenant, and the rest as freehold owner of my pub. Every week the cost...
Sky, damned Sky and its football spend statistics
11-Aug-2005
Last year, Sky charged me £16 per game for PremPlus. I paid this, not because I thought there would be a good audience for football at Saturday...
Hosts swamp FACT over Sky
04-Aug-2005
Around 25 licensees a week have been contacting the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) with enquiries about firms that offer cheap...
TV footy crackdown as rival offers cheap deal
28-Jul-2005
by John Harrington Licensees are being warned of another crackdown on those showing Premiership football illegally this season. It comes as another...
Sky charges need revision
21-Jul-2005
The poet Thomas Stearns Eliot once described April as the cruellest month 'mixing memory with desire. If he had decided to open a pub rather than...
Uproar as Sky fees jump 12%
14-Jul-2005
by Graham Ridout Licensees have reacted angrily to the news that Sky subscription rates are to rise 12% more than four times the rate of inflation....
Trade message to Sky: 'please show restraint'
23-Jun-2005
by Ewan Turney Licensees and pubcos have urged Sky to show restraint when it unveils new subscription rates later this year. For many licensees,...
Sky looks to tighten loophole
22-Jun-2005
Sky is acting to close a loophole after a licensee was repeatedly allowed to cancel his subscription and then renew it over a six-year period.Tim...
Exploding the myths on TV soccer
05-May-2005
I need to set the record straight once again on the question of screening football matches in the bar. This is because two separate issues are being...
Prem Plus fixtures are just getting worse'
11-Nov-2004
Further to the debate on Sky's pricing ("Reaching for the Sky", Morning Advertiser, 4 November) I have seen my Sky subscription bill rise from...
Sky: shop pubs that show sport illegally
04-Nov-2004
Broadcaster opts for pint-glass bug by Tony Halstead Sky is encouraging licensees to shop other pubs that show sport illegally. The satellite...
Reaching for the Sky
04-Nov-2004
Sky enraged pub subscribers during the summer by increasing the cost of its standard package by 18% and Prem Plus by 300%. The PMA Team meets its...
Has Sky reached its limit?
04-Nov-2004
Howls of protest greeted increased Sky subscriptions during the summer. The Morning Advertiser news desk had never received so many angry phone...
Sky airs signal to catch illegal broadcasters
02-Nov-2004
Sky has revealed the new technology it is using in the hunt for licensees who illegally televise Premier League football.From now on licensees who...
Sky gets tough on law-breakers
27-Oct-2004
Sky is preparing to unleash a new weapon on licensees using illegal decoders.The broadcaster is currently testing new technology that will be used to...
Sky kicks back
21-Oct-2004
Every year hoards of outraged licensees contact The Publican declaring they are cancelling their Sky contract because of price hikes. This year they...
Premiership preview: Time for kick-off
30-Jul-2004
Euro 2004 showed that people will abandon the sofa for football in the pub if the beer, service and atmosphere are good. Are you ready for the new...
Licensees in uproar over Sky Premiership Plus price hike
02-Jul-2004
Licensees are in uproar as Sky has hiked the price of its pay-per-view football channel Premiership Plus.The Publican has been inundated with calls...
Foul play from Sky
23-Jun-2004
Due to hiked up prices, some licensees are unable to keep their Sky subscriptions and lack of football is causing custom to drop. Tom Sandham takes a...
Outrage over Sky fee rise
21-Jun-2004
Sky is set to cause outrage among licensees by hiking its annual subscription charge for Premiership football by 18 per cent. The move by the...
Sky crackdown angers licensee
16-Apr-2004
A licensee says Sky TV has accused him of dishonesty by asking him to sign a declaration that he will not show the satellite TV service in his...
OFT closes case on Sky
02-Apr-2004
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has closed its investigation into Sky's pricing policy in a move which has outraged licensees and pub operators.The...
Record fine for hosts for illegal Sky screening
26-Feb-2004
by MA Reporter Sky has obtained a record criminal fine against a pub for illegally showing programmes without a business subscription, as part of its...
