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BT set to charge for CL games
DavidT
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http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-3112773/BT-prepares-charge-customers-watch-Uefa-Champions-League-games.html a bit vague and what other premium sports services at likely to be included or moved from the existing channels.
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How I read that was that BT is to charge BT Internet customers £5 rather than give them it free which it was.
Considering the post didn't mention anything about BT Broadband or its customers, it's not misleading at all.
Pricing should be announced on Tuesday but the new 'BT Sport Europe' service looks like it's going to be an additional bolt-on for an extra £5 or so a month.
When you over pay someone cops it. The customers.....
Then the OP says BT havent charged before well they have as they are a subscription channel and it was only ever free to BT customers.
So is this thread aimed at BT customers or all ?
I suggest you re read the piece
Until now BT has given away its sports channels – which include Premier League football and Aviva Premiership rugby – for free to broadband customers.
I'm not referring to the link, I'm referring to the OP. Absolutely nothing wrong with the post.
And to clear it up for you, BT Sport 1, 2 and ESPN are expected to remain 'free' and it's just BT Sport Europe that will carry the additional charge.
To be fair though, £5 extra for BT customers isn't much at all considering they're not effectively charged for the channels anyway. The place it will be noticeable is via Sky. Your normal Sky sub + BT sub + BT bolt-on for Champions League & Europa League.
But the post IS that link. The OP posts the link as his opening gambit so reading it is part of the post. Or am I being thick in actually thinking that the story he posted has nothing to do with his post ?
No, you're just finding issue with something for no reason. Don't half miss that roll eyes smiley at times like this...
That's because it's not misleading at all. The link clearly says:
And then continues:
It couldn't be any clearer!
Make up your mind will you ? You say the post has nothing to do with BT Internet and now you are quoting where it says that
I dont have BT Internet and never will have as it is impossible to get where I am so this certainly isn't applicable to me but reading the heading it is quite safe to assume the thread title means a charge for ALL watching it
It isn't even in the right forum for a start, should be in BT or Broadcasting.
For heavens sak grow up. Weak to then fall bsck on the "its it the wrong section" excuse. You got it wrong. I can't help I if you can't comphrend it.
Sound the forum police klaxon! It's about European football. It's in a football thread.
So you don't even have BT Broadband and yet you're accusing the OP of being misleading over whether BT BB customers will be charged £5?
FFS, the thread title says EXACTLY what they're going to do!!
Ok then please clarify this for me and i will bugger off
Is the charge for all BT customers or just those who get it free with BT Broadband ?
I feel it was valid to start a new thread on this rather than mix with the other BT Sports discussions.
The problem is you have more and more idiots on these forums who are just looking to troll and pick a fight with everyone. Is why the BBC licence fee threads are such a nightmare. There also seems to be very little moderation of absusive posts these days.
On to the issue of charging it's the fault of the sports pushing up rights and the EU saying you have to have competition.
Either you have a regulated monopoly so only one pay option so no Sky vs BT bidding up prices, but the rights holders don't want.
Or do as you see in some countries insist the same rights are sold to each platform.
Therefore Virgin have football rights to sell to cable, Sky on satellite and BT via YouView their broadband, same with TalkTalk and Sky etc.
Then they are are looking to keep prices down as genuine competition as no one has the exclusive.
It was pretty obvious from their initial comments that charges would be introduced at some level. Anyone who thought it would be given away free was being very naive in my opinion.
I will be interested to see how they are going to show several matches at once and what method they are going to introduce for the promised "free" games .
Thanks for sharing the link
Don't forget all of those who are not current subscribers, take your subscription via a cashback site such as Quidco and you will get well over the equivalent of 2 years of the propsed £5 bolt on in cash. Win Win !