BT Sport Shambles (Showcase) - BT shafts Sky/Virgin viewers
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I thought this deserved a thread of its own.
As we already knew, BT Sport Showcase is only available on Freeview, so viewers who watch TV via Sky/Virgin who don't have an aerial (and therefore don't have Freeview) will be unable to receive the channel.
So it would be reasonable to expect that BT would unencrypt their BT Sport Europe channel during the free matches so that those viewers can access them. However, BT have confirmed today that this will NOT happen, so those viewers will be left with no free Champions League football. It's all rather petty and typical of BT.
As we already knew, BT Sport Showcase is only available on Freeview, so viewers who watch TV via Sky/Virgin who don't have an aerial (and therefore don't have Freeview) will be unable to receive the channel.
So it would be reasonable to expect that BT would unencrypt their BT Sport Europe channel during the free matches so that those viewers can access them. However, BT have confirmed today that this will NOT happen, so those viewers will be left with no free Champions League football. It's all rather petty and typical of BT.
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Where has BT said it will never come to VM or Sky?
There is a match tonight. BT Sport Showcase isn't on Sky. As far as I'm aware it's Freeview only as BT have stated themselves.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/how-watch-manchester-united-v-9930918
So BT just punishing Sky subscribers.
....and Freeview viewers who aren't on a main transmitter and Freesat.
I hope EUFA and its sponsors are aware that many aren't getting the FTA matches, including the final, which I read are part of the exclusive deal.
If people really want to watch it they'd would have got a aerial by now how long ago was it announced that bt won CL and EL and they would be shown on bt sport on freeview
I don't get the point that you are making. BT Showcase is only available from main transmitters so even having Freeview in some areas will not get you the channel.
It's a reasonable assumption that either the channel will be available OR BT Sport Europe will be unencrypted.
Is this just an example of the problem of subscription TV ?
Sky plonks its top TV progs on Atlantic which isn't available to BT subscribers.
Don't subscribers to Sky own TV's with Freeview?
I don't see how it can be regarded as a shambles.
My TV is very capable of recieveing Freeview however, as has been pointed out more than once, unless you are receiving Freeview from a main transmitter and not a smaller relay, then you will be unable to receive this channel.
http://www.sky.com/shop/freesat/home/
It's not on Freesat.
Meanwhile, the Pope is still Catholic and the sun rises in the east.
Hope BT put a channel on Freesat (no sign so far). Quite surprised that they haven't decrypted the SD channel at least for Sky customers.
(If you MUST do business with Sky, don't expect much sympathy....)
The issue of whether or not commercial mux operators should be forced to invest in improving transmitter coverage is another matter.
I do wonder.
I did post an update about Virgin.
Luckily I can get it through Chromecast but it was regularly buffering on last nights game so I don't hold out much hope for a flawless experience tonight.
Why should a commercial broadcaster have to make the signal available to everyone and on every platform ....
If you do not have the FTA ability you can buy the service ... ,!!!