SKY have announced that their subscribers can pause subscription payments as a consequence of the coronavirus effectively wiping out their sports schedules. That of course includes last Sunday’s Glasgow Derby at Ibrox when Celtic were looking on delivering yet another win at the stadium Charles Green bought from the old club’s administrators before it headed to the liquidation grave-yard back in 2012.
So Coronavirus deprived us of another Beautiful Sunday win which would have opened up a 16 point lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership and many thousands of Celtic fans were left feeling short changed paying for an expensive subscription service in order to watch the team play.
And as most Celtic Supporters were excluded from their ground after being accused of over-celebrating a series of humiliating defeats inflicted since they first entered the top division back in summer 2016, the numbers planning to watch that match on Sky were significant to say the least. That season was bookmarked with two 5-1 wins for Celtic firstly at Celtic Park when Moussa Dembele scored a famous hat-trick and then the unforgettable 5-1 win at Ibrox in April 2017 as Celtic were heading to an Invincible treble – Matt Corr’s new book covers this season in such detail that you would simply not believe.
One of Celtic’s best ever seasons deserves one of Celtic’s best ever books and Matt Corr has delivered that and more – what a read it is!
Now the UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has said it will allow both residential and commercial customers to freeze their subscriptions amid the dearth of live sport on its schedules due to Covid-19.
The pay-television operator currently offers its ‘Complete Sports’ package to new subscribers for £23 (€24.69/$27.17) per month for the first 18 months (and then £30 per month).
Sky has said it will allow residential customers to pause their subscriptions free of charge, but their request to do so via the phone, rather than online, has led to criticism with subscribers last night reporting long waiting times to connect with helplines.
Sky said: “While we expect that many of the recently postponed sports events will eventually go ahead, if you wish to pause your sports subscription in the meantime you will not be charged a fee to do so or be held to any notice period. Meanwhile we continue to provide high quality content across all of our 11 sports channels.”
Sky’s pay-television rival, BT Sport, has yet to commit to a similar stance although that is expected soon. Both broadcasters have said they will allow commercial clients to pause their subscriptions, which will be some comfort to anyone running a pub, given the current Government restrictions.
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