Sky TV boss more worried about pirates than streamingCHRIS SKELTON/STUFF Sky CEO John Fellet is more worried about piracy than streaming services, after the company loses 30,000 subscribers. READ MORE:* Sky-Vodafone merger canned but businesses will keep working together* Sky TV loses 33,880 satellite subscribers* Sky Television puts price of satellite service on pause* OPINION: Sky TV needs to make grand gestureIts latest profit is down 20 percent, and 30,000 subscribers have abandoned ship for the likes of Netflix, Lightbox and Freeview. Sky, like nearly all media companies, is under siege from the disruptors, and the normally good natured Fellet has come out swinging. The media companies claim they are entitled to use the video clips under the "fair dealing" provision of the copyright act. Many companies, including media companies, have felt the blowtorch of newspaper criticism.

Source: Stuff August 22, 2017 21:33 UTC