Very unfortunate circumstances, Anyone from ozbargain get burnt? Lifetime subscription yeah right!
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/digital-life/computers/gadge…
Online TV Guide IceTV Put into Voluntary Administration
Chef-Johnson on 08/10/2015 - 14:17
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The ICE Tv Guide is probably the best around
I use it on my TV Stick and its so accurate and updates in seconds when a change is made.The Skippa was a great idea, but it seems the manufacturer is to blame for ICE tV's undoing it seems, demanding full payment when original agreement was signed saying protracted payments would occur.
I have five years owing to me - I somewhat doubt I'll be getting the service for another five years. It has been absolutely brilliant. I didn't buy the Skippa, but I would have in the future if it had turned out to be as good as they spruiked it. I was hesitant to jump on board until it was a proven success.
Oh shit, is this for real :(
Yes, it all went down yesterday. But apparently they started the process on 30th September. There are lots of discussions going on in the Whirlpool forums.
I got burnt with the Skippa. I am hoping the Credit card protection will cover a refund.
I have been a big supporter of IceTV and their service is worth paying for as it does work better than the free services.
Will be interesting to see what happens to the company and whether they can get out of this hole.
Email received today :( …..
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"Dear IceTV subscribers,
We, Amanda Lott and Tim Heesh were appointed Voluntary Administrators of the Company on 6 October 2015.
The following request has been written by the Director to the company Mr Colin O'Brien. We as administrators have continued to maintain the ICE TV service to the subscriber base since we were appointed on the 6th October 2015. We know that the service will need to be sold or licensed to another provider for it to remain operable as the company in voluntary administration cannot continue to provide the service indefinitely. Mr O'Brien, in attempting to assist the Voluntary Administrators in finding an alternative service provider, would like to know how many of the current subscribers would immediately renew their subscriptions and pay a new monthly fee if the ICE TV service was to continue. Your immediate response, by midday Tuesday 13 October 2015, will be of assistance in determining whether that service can continue to be provided.
Although we, as Voluntary Administrators are forwarding this email to you as written by Mr O'Brien, we do not express a view as to some of the personal sentiments he conveys in the message.
"To say we are sorry for the mess that has ensued is trite in the extreme but nevertheless I hope you can believe how saddened we are by the events of the past week. Our Skippa project is defunct but it may be possible to licence our complete IceTV EPG and Smart Recording service to a new party. Before we can go ahead with discussions about saving that business we must know how many current subscribers would be prepared to re-subscribe to maintain their enjoyment of the ease of use that it brings to managing TV recording. Unfortunately I must state that your current subscription value is lost although you may he able to recover the unused proportion if you used a credit provider.
Our proposal is for a monthly subscription of $7:99.
We believe our 24/7 accurate EPG data, produced in-house, and integrated smartphone apps, website and PVR hardware for just $2/week represents extremely good value.
If you would subscribe to this service we believe we can get it running so that your current EPG data and PC/Smartphone functionality will not be interrupted.
Colin."
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It's sad the business is closing, but offering a TV guide for $8 p/m when for about the same price I can subscribe to Netflix or Presto or whatever.
I voted no. I've been very happy with the service, but no point in flogging a dead horse. Sad day for me and my Humax :(.
I voted no too. I've paid enough, and there's no way I'm paying more.
yeah fair enough
I was hoping the Skippa was going to rise from the ashes like Jesus.
From the email above (which i am yet to receive) it seems that all hope is lost for the Skippa.Looks like i will be sticking with Humax and the free to air TV guide.
Anyone with Fetch TV experience?
Dont think many round here would pay for tv guide mate