With the new pricing tier, a sports fan could save $25 by switching to the stripped back basic tier option. The company said current Sky subscribers will have no change to the cost of their current package. Sky's sports content is accessible either through the Sky sport package, which can currently be tagged onto the basic package for an additional $30 (Sky also offers a Platinum Sport package for $38.71). This means sports fans were required to pay a minimum of $80 for a subscription that included Sky Sport. With the new pricing tier, a sports fan could save $25 by switching to the stripped back basic tier option.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 27, 2018 20:03 UTC