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Will espn be cheaper next season
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Will espn be cheaper next season due to the fact there will be less appeal for it as it will only have 23 premership games compared to the 46 of this season?
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Nope, as has been said before ESPN isnt just a Premiership football channel, its a sport channel.
Where is your evidence that no one watches it?
Of course people watch it and people enjoy watching the other sports they show.
Not everyone is getting it free for 4 months only some.
If you dont want to pay £9 a month then dont, its your choice.
I think they have a pretty reasonable programme lineup as it is...
would you prefer going back to the days of PPV and Premiership Plus? I know I wouldnt!!!!!
It was great having the FA Cup entirely on FTA and in HD this season, but would I subscribe to ESPN to watch it?
That would be a resounding NO!
I agree - premplus was much better value if you only wanted footie.
I'm ringing up to cancel it today - if it weren't for the rugby union arriving next season I wouldn't bother to renew in August - not for 23 2nd-rate premier matches.
Thats fair enough, id do the same if I only had it for the football...
I just think that ESPN are filling the gaps and is currently worth keeping... I like the fact that I can watch the europeans leagues when theres nowt else on... handy for having a football marathon on a sunday!!!
No seriously, you make your own choice based on your viewing pleasure. I was asked about the cricket and golf when I cancelled, though I like to watch both sports, they are all day events and I have to work so I was not missing anything other than a few highlights. 20 20 is a nice spectical but comes to a climax as I switch the sports back on for the footy season.
With the world cup on this year, wimbledon and the open golf, I think i will have used all my sports credit with the wife without the need for pay channels.
Will I take ESPN in August, probably not, maybe the same as this year, take the half price for 3 month offer at the climax to next season. dont forget you are not tied into a 12 month sub, switch it on or off as the scedule suits you.
Nobody watches the other sports? Or you don't? Big difference. There's demand for a lot of ESPN's non-Premier League content.
I follow the SPL mainly and also the EPL.
HUGE bonus for me is the US sports , I follow the NHL & NFL big time.
With the news that ESPN HD (also 417) will show Monday night football -NFL it's an exciting time for me.
SPL , EPL although greatly reduced games next season , NFL , NHL , European football , college American football ... £9 for all that is great value in my book.
so , £2:25 per week for upto 7(or more) NHL games , a few SPL games , 3 or 4 College football , NFL , Dutch league is good to watch plus the odd NBA.
Works out to be pennie's per game. Plus If I threaten to cancel and get a few months free LOL then even better value :cool:
Expect lots more 3 months for £4.50 deals.
The actual price is to stay the same. £9/£12 with no Sky Sports.
The majority of these sports channels, past and present, would have started their existence relying on coverage of popular alternative sports, (eg. U.S. Sports) alongside the staple diet of football from Italy, Spain, etc.
We would have got a taste of these from their coverage on the public service channels. These would have been brought to us through affordable rights deals, which eventually funded the larger deals that saw the Premier League, Premiership Rugby, Cricket and more extensive coverage of the NFL for example.
The trick these days is for the public service channels, Sky, ESPN, Eurosport (part ESPN owned?!), etc. is to strike a balance of what their viewers/subscribers demand, the range of events they can show on their channels, and the sports rights worth chasing or keeping.
Did Setanta suffer because they didn't get the balance right?!
i agree, it was great watching all 3 or 4 matches over a weekend - free on itv / HD. & free on the net
Makes a change from having half on free channels & half on subscr channels.
Next season i'd be happy going back to seeing half of the live games, but with highlights of the rest.
I know I would!!!! There was lots of football on Sky for general viewing but if a match came on paper view that I really wanted to watch it was a one off fee - brilliant.
HAHA i've just tried this and, and got it free for 4 months!!
Why? What has the ofcom rule got to do with ESPN?
Sky have no control about what ESPN charge for their channels.
Maybe not, however:-
sky could put pressure on espn to give same terms as virgin custs with threat to drop espn .... or
sky could absorb some of the cost themselves - say for sky world custs (Ipresume they have some agreement with espn for all the 4mths free espn offers currently about)
Most viewers have it for the Premier League coverage, even if they don't they should ring up and cancel as ESPN are offering the service free for up to 6 months.
Do you have evidence of this?