BT quietly buy more sports rights for their new channel

Hup_73 · 21-10-2012, 18:27

Okay, so they're hardly the most exciting sports rights but it does bode well

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And it has also quietly acquired rights for the U.K. market to the popular soccer leagues in Italy (Serie A), France (Ligue 1), the U.S. (Major League Soccer) and Brazil (Campeonato Brasileiro) starting in 2013.
It is planning to put all the sports on the new channel it will launch next year.

"Effectively, BT's new sports channel is replacing ESPN, and we would expect BT to bid for ESPN's remaining U.K. rights, including the Dutch Eredivisie and Russian Premier League rights that are due for renewal in 2013," UBS analyst Polo Tangsaid in a recent report. "ESPN also has the U.K. rights to the [German] Bundesliga until 2015."

http://m.hollywoodreporter.com/news/...-sports-379569

Hup_73 · 30-10-2012, 13:19

Just a few more details about those extra football rights that BT have bought up.

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BT now has the new football rights for multiple years. The Serie A rights include 380 live matches per season delivered in HD, highlights packages from each match day as well as the weekly preview show Total Italian Football and weekly review Serie A Show. The Ligue 1 rights include 380 live matches per season in HD, a weekly preview show and highlights packages from each match day.

The Brasileiro rights include 100 live matches per season from Campeonato Paulista (Paulista) and Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A (Brasileirão or Brazilian Serie A), weekly highlights shows from both competitions and TV Globo Soccer Magazine show “FootBrazil”. The Major League Soccer Championship rights include 99 matches per season in HD.

mersey70 · 30-10-2012, 13:26

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Originally Posted by Hup_73

Just a few more details about those extra football rights that BT have bought up.

Some pretty good rights there, in my opinion.

I suppose building a portfolio isn't just about headline grabbers like Barclay's Premier League. Let's face it, even Sky Sports broadcasts quite a fair bit of what could be considered more niche.

Very good, i'm impressed.

Hup_73 · 30-10-2012, 13:34

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Originally Posted by mersey70

Some pretty good rights there, in my opinion.

I suppose building a portfolio isn't just about headline grabbers like Barclay's Premier League. Let's face it, even Sky Sports broadcasts quite a fair bit of what could be considered more niche.

Very good, i'm impressed.

Completely agree - it's all about getting enough good content to back up the headline rights and BT seem to be on the right lines with this.

I think the FA Cup rights (if they can negotiate them from ESPN) would be a huge coup!

mersey70 · 30-10-2012, 13:39

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Originally Posted by Hup_73

Completely agree - it's all about getting enough good content to back up the headline rights and BT seem to be on the right lines with this.

I think the FA Cup rights (if they can negotiate them from ESPN) would be a huge coup!

It is certainly beginning to look like ESPN won't have anywhere to broadcast the rights so you never know

stej86 · 30-10-2012, 14:27

BT have now confirmed themselves that they have bought these rights.

http://community.bt.com/t5/BT-Vision...10/td-p/672456

BT has today 29/10 signed the rights to show live top tier football matches from Italy, France, Brazil and the US, as it strengthens its new channel BT Sport.

The live matches from Serie A in Italy, Ligue 1 in France, Brasileiro in Brazil and the Major League Soccer (MLS) in the USA will feature some of the greatest players and some of the top clubs in the world.

BT has the new football rights for multiple years. The Serie A rights include 380 live matches per season delivered in HD, highlights packages from each match day as well as the weekly preview show Total Italian Football and weekly review Serie A Show. The Ligue 1 rights include 380 live matches per season in HD, a weekly preview show and highlights packages from each match day.

The Brasileiro rights include 100 live matches per season from Campeonato Paulista (Paulista) and Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A (Brasileirão or Brazilian Serie A), weekly highlights shows from both competitions and TV Globo Soccer Magazine show “FootBrazil”. The Major League Soccer Championship rights include 99 matches per season in HD.

BT has also revealed that BoxNation founder and ex-Sky Sports veteran Simon Green will head up BT Sport. The company has also hired award-winning match director Grant Best from Sky in an effort to ensure that the new channel is a must-have for sports fans.

stej86 · 30-10-2012, 14:31

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Originally Posted by mersey70

It is certainly beginning to look like ESPN won't have anywhere to broadcast the rights so you never know

I would expect BT to announce a new multi year deal for the FA Cup and Europa League rights that ESPN currently owns shortly. This deal will begin from the start of the 2013/2014 season.

Hup_73 · 12-11-2012, 12:53

Interesting article with BT's chief exec which goes into a bit more detail about their new sports channels

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The newly created BT Sport will host two dedicated sports channels – BT Sport 1, its flagship channel, and BT Sport 2. Its Premier League rights are for Saturday lunchtime, midweek and bank holiday games (and include the first game of the 2013-14 season), so these, along with English rugby games and overseas football leagues, will populate Sport 1.

“It’ll be a must-have channel for sports fans,” says Watson, while Sport 2 will be used for scheduling conflicts.

Other sports are being sought – indeed, announcement of another deal is imminent, “certainly before Christmas”, Watson reveals. Could it be cricket, or Formula One? “Those rights are tied up for years to come,” says Watson. He says he can’t reveal what’s coming because “the ink isn’t dry on the contract yet”. However, market rumour suggests that tennis could be the next sport in the BT stable.

Full article...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...BT-Vision.html

Dingbat · 13-11-2012, 10:22

They've also done a deal with Eurosport to carry the British Eurosport channels over BTVision.

If they add Good Food channel, I can see me ditching Sky once I can get them over BTV, as these are really the only channels we watch on satellite in this house.

promo-only · 13-11-2012, 12:04

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Originally Posted by Dingbat

They've also done a deal with Eurosport to carry the British Eurosport channels over BTVision.

If they add Good Food channel, I can see me ditching Sky once I can get them over BTV, as these are really the only channels we watch on satellite in this house.

It's still not looking great for them while they maintain silence over adding the Sky channels to their IP line-up. As it stands, TalkTalk is still leading the YouView field by a mile. There's even doubt over the Picturebox service now that Sky have got the exclusive rights to the NBC Universal catalogue so BT really need to play Sky on side.

Bangers · 14-11-2012, 11:01

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Originally Posted by Dingbat

They've also done a deal with Eurosport to carry the British Eurosport channels over BTVision.

If they add Good Food channel, I can see me ditching Sky once I can get them over BTV, as these are really the only channels we watch on satellite in this house.

BT did a deal with UKTV earlier in the year, so Good Food will appear at some point.

1andrew1 · 14-11-2012, 13:28

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Originally Posted by promo-only

There's even doubt over the Picturebox service now that Sky have got the exclusive rights to the NBC Universal catalogue so BT really need to play Sky on side.

That's incorrect, there's no doubt over Picturebox. Sky has just renewed its non-exclusive rights to NBC Universal's TV channels like SyFy and E! and also renewed its window to get Universal's films before any other UK platform.
I attribute this to poor wording in the press release and a subsequent misunderstanding by a blogger called A516. More information here.
In fact, the two seem to have a strong relationship. BT and NBC Universal are reported to be discusing collaboration on EPL coverage as NBC Universal has acquired the US rights to the Premiership from 2013.

promo-only · 14-11-2012, 14:03

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

That's incorrect, there's no doubt over Picturebox. Sky has just renewed its non-exclusive rights to NBC Universal's TV channels like SyFy and E! and also renewed its window to get Universal's films before any other UK platform.
I attribute this to poor wording in the press release and a subsequent misunderstanding by a blogger called A516. More information here.
In fact, the two seem to have a strong relationship. BT and NBC Universal are reported to be discusing collaboration on EPL coverage as NBC Universal has acquired the US rights to the Premiership from 2013.

It's got nothing to do with having a 'strong relationship'. NBC are in talks to produce 38 games for BT in the same way IMG and others are. Means nothing to the viewer.

1andrew1 · 14-11-2012, 14:26

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Originally Posted by promo-only

It's got nothing to do with having a 'strong relationship'. NBC are in talks to produce 38 games for BT in the same way IMG and others are. Means nothing to the viewer.

As I understand it, both BT and NBC Universal have EPL broadcast rights in their home countries and both are affiliated to TV platforms (BT Vision and Comcast respectively). It makes commercial sense for them to "partner on production" as Sports Illustrated stated. I read this as partner as oppose to NBC just being the production house for BT. Do you have a less ambiguous source?

promo-only · 14-11-2012, 14:35

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

As I understand it, both BT and NBC Universal have EPL broadcast rights in their home countries and both are affiliated to TV platforms (BT Vision and Comcast respectively). It makes commercial sense for them to collaborate on coverage be it producing it themselves or outsourcing to a production company.
IMG has neither the EPL broadcast rights nor the platform affiliation so in this instance it would be a production company like Endemol.

IMG / PLP already produce the coverage. They don't need broadcast rights or a platform as they work directly for the Premier League.

NBC have had talks to produce the BT games for them. ITV, IMG and others have had the same talks to produce the same games for them.

Whether NBC have indirect platform ties to Comcast is completely irrelevant to the topic of finding a production partner for the 38 matches.

Not quite sure where there's any debate in this. Company (BT) is in talks with multiple other companies to produce its coverage.

jonti007 · 21-12-2012, 15:38

Forgive me for being slow here, But how di I access sport on BTV, which Channel is it and do I need a card????
Jonti

1andrew1 · 21-12-2012, 16:04

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Originally Posted by jonti007

Forgive me for being slow here, But how di I access sport on BTV, which Channel is it and do I need a card????
Jonti

It goes live Summer 2013 and should be on most platforms. In fact, it is already testing on the Sky platform.

arirsole · 21-12-2012, 16:17

Sadly as far as I am concerned BT are putting far too much into paying over the odds for sports programs, and far too little into delivering the service we all pay for..............................All the promises that encouraged me to resign have come to nothing as I am in an area that is not enabled to receive them..........................As this is the case do I have the right to cancel?

VisionMan1 · 21-12-2012, 16:34

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Originally Posted by jonti007

Forgive me for being slow here, But how di I access sport on BTV, which Channel is it and do I need a card????
Jonti

You need to live in an Infinity enabled area to recieve them and yes, you do need a subscription card. They are broadcast on Freeview channels 34 (ESPN), 41 & 42 (SS 1 & 2). Though next year they are expected to be streamed over the Infinity fibre network. To see if you can get them just ring BT.

jonti007 · 21-12-2012, 16:38

Thanks for that information I will contact BT for their info
Thanks

Hup_73 · 11-01-2013, 12:37

BT are due to make an announcement about buying rights to womens tennis (800 hours of live tennis a year).

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...ports-coverage

scotty2808 · 11-01-2013, 12:45

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Originally Posted by Hup_73

BT are due to make an announcement about buying rights to womens tennis (800 hours of live tennis a year).

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...ports-coverage

Here's the press release....

http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/S...7-23BD03C75197

Guardian story confirms a few things already talked about such as there will be 2 Vision Sport channels.

VisionMan1 · 13-01-2013, 19:39

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Originally Posted by scotty2808

Here's the press release....

http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/S...7-23BD03C75197

Guardian story confirms a few things already talked about such as there will be 2 Vision Sport channels.

Heres another one - boxing. (Courtesy of gs1) -

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/g...g-8449350.html

1andrew1 · 13-01-2013, 20:18

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Originally Posted by VisionMan1

Heres another one - boxing. (Courtesy of gs1) -

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/g...g-8449350.html

Interesting story within that Indy article about BT acquiring BoxNation.

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However, I understand they are likely to add the sport [boxing] to a portfolio which already includes 39 Premier League games, tennis and rugby by acquiring BoxNation, the boxing channel set up 18 months ago by backers including promoter Frank Warren and Simon Green, now the head of BT Sport.

VisionMan1 · 13-01-2013, 20:34

@1andrew1

As a side-note, wouldn't the above represent a conflict of interest for Simon Green?

21-10-2012, 18:27	#1
Hup_73 Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 301	BT quietly buy more sports rights for their new channel Okay, so they're hardly the most exciting sports rights but it does bode well Quote: And it has also quietly acquired rights for the U.K. market to the popular soccer leagues in Italy (Serie A), France (Ligue 1), the U.S. (Major League Soccer) and Brazil (Campeonato Brasileiro) starting in 2013. It is planning to put all the sports on the new channel it will launch next year. "Effectively, BT's new sports channel is replacing ESPN, and we would expect BT to bid for ESPN's remaining U.K. rights, including the Dutch Eredivisie and Russian Premier League rights that are due for renewal in 2013," UBS analyst Polo Tangsaid in a recent report. "ESPN also has the U.K. rights to the [German] Bundesliga until 2015." http://m.hollywoodreporter.com/news/...-sports-379569

30-10-2012, 13:19	#2
Hup_73 Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 301	Just a few more details about those extra football rights that BT have bought up. Quote: BT now has the new football rights for multiple years. The Serie A rights include 380 live matches per season delivered in HD, highlights packages from each match day as well as the weekly preview show Total Italian Football and weekly review Serie A Show. The Ligue 1 rights include 380 live matches per season in HD, a weekly preview show and highlights packages from each match day. The Brasileiro rights include 100 live matches per season from Campeonato Paulista (Paulista) and Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A (Brasileirão or Brazilian Serie A), weekly highlights shows from both competitions and TV Globo Soccer Magazine show “FootBrazil”. The Major League Soccer Championship rights include 99 matches per season in HD.

30-10-2012, 13:26	#3
mersey70 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 4,996	Quote: Originally Posted by Hup_73 Just a few more details about those extra football rights that BT have bought up. Some pretty good rights there, in my opinion. I suppose building a portfolio isn't just about headline grabbers like Barclay's Premier League. Let's face it, even Sky Sports broadcasts quite a fair bit of what could be considered more niche. Very good, i'm impressed.

30-10-2012, 13:34	#4
Hup_73 Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 301	Quote: Originally Posted by mersey70 Some pretty good rights there, in my opinion. I suppose building a portfolio isn't just about headline grabbers like Barclay's Premier League. Let's face it, even Sky Sports broadcasts quite a fair bit of what could be considered more niche. Very good, i'm impressed. Completely agree - it's all about getting enough good content to back up the headline rights and BT seem to be on the right lines with this. I think the FA Cup rights (if they can negotiate them from ESPN) would be a huge coup!

30-10-2012, 13:39	#5
mersey70 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 4,996	Quote: Originally Posted by Hup_73 Completely agree - it's all about getting enough good content to back up the headline rights and BT seem to be on the right lines with this. I think the FA Cup rights (if they can negotiate them from ESPN) would be a huge coup! It is certainly beginning to look like ESPN won't have anywhere to broadcast the rights so you never know

30-10-2012, 14:27	#6
stej86 Forum Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 785	BT have now confirmed themselves that they have bought these rights. http://community.bt.com/t5/BT-Vision...10/td-p/672456 BT has today 29/10 signed the rights to show live top tier football matches from Italy, France, Brazil and the US, as it strengthens its new channel BT Sport. The live matches from Serie A in Italy, Ligue 1 in France, Brasileiro in Brazil and the Major League Soccer (MLS) in the USA will feature some of the greatest players and some of the top clubs in the world. BT has the new football rights for multiple years. The Serie A rights include 380 live matches per season delivered in HD, highlights packages from each match day as well as the weekly preview show Total Italian Football and weekly review Serie A Show. The Ligue 1 rights include 380 live matches per season in HD, a weekly preview show and highlights packages from each match day. The Brasileiro rights include 100 live matches per season from Campeonato Paulista (Paulista) and Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A (Brasileirão or Brazilian Serie A), weekly highlights shows from both competitions and TV Globo Soccer Magazine show “FootBrazil”. The Major League Soccer Championship rights include 99 matches per season in HD. BT has also revealed that BoxNation founder and ex-Sky Sports veteran Simon Green will head up BT Sport. The company has also hired award-winning match director Grant Best from Sky in an effort to ensure that the new channel is a must-have for sports fans.

30-10-2012, 14:31	#7
stej86 Forum Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 785	Quote: Originally Posted by mersey70 It is certainly beginning to look like ESPN won't have anywhere to broadcast the rights so you never know I would expect BT to announce a new multi year deal for the FA Cup and Europa League rights that ESPN currently owns shortly. This deal will begin from the start of the 2013/2014 season.

12-11-2012, 12:53	#8
Hup_73 Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 301	Interesting article with BT's chief exec which goes into a bit more detail about their new sports channels Quote: The newly created BT Sport will host two dedicated sports channels – BT Sport 1, its flagship channel, and BT Sport 2. Its Premier League rights are for Saturday lunchtime, midweek and bank holiday games (and include the first game of the 2013-14 season), so these, along with English rugby games and overseas football leagues, will populate Sport 1. “It’ll be a must-have channel for sports fans,” says Watson, while Sport 2 will be used for scheduling conflicts. Other sports are being sought – indeed, announcement of another deal is imminent, “certainly before Christmas”, Watson reveals. Could it be cricket, or Formula One? “Those rights are tied up for years to come,” says Watson. He says he can’t reveal what’s coming because “the ink isn’t dry on the contract yet”. However, market rumour suggests that tennis could be the next sport in the BT stable. Full article... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...BT-Vision.html

13-11-2012, 10:22	#9
Dingbat Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham, UK Posts: 1,064	They've also done a deal with Eurosport to carry the British Eurosport channels over BTVision. If they add Good Food channel, I can see me ditching Sky once I can get them over BTV, as these are really the only channels we watch on satellite in this house.

13-11-2012, 12:04	#10
promo-only Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Liverpool Posts: 2,935	Quote: Originally Posted by Dingbat They've also done a deal with Eurosport to carry the British Eurosport channels over BTVision. If they add Good Food channel, I can see me ditching Sky once I can get them over BTV, as these are really the only channels we watch on satellite in this house. It's still not looking great for them while they maintain silence over adding the Sky channels to their IP line-up. As it stands, TalkTalk is still leading the YouView field by a mile. There's even doubt over the Picturebox service now that Sky have got the exclusive rights to the NBC Universal catalogue so BT really need to play Sky on side.

14-11-2012, 11:01	#11
Bangers Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 2,924	Quote: Originally Posted by Dingbat They've also done a deal with Eurosport to carry the British Eurosport channels over BTVision. If they add Good Food channel, I can see me ditching Sky once I can get them over BTV, as these are really the only channels we watch on satellite in this house. BT did a deal with UKTV earlier in the year, so Good Food will appear at some point.

14-11-2012, 13:28	#12
1andrew1 Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 3,981	Quote: Originally Posted by promo-only There's even doubt over the Picturebox service now that Sky have got the exclusive rights to the NBC Universal catalogue so BT really need to play Sky on side. That's incorrect, there's no doubt over Picturebox. Sky has just renewed its non-exclusive rights to NBC Universal's TV channels like SyFy and E! and also renewed its window to get Universal's films before any other UK platform. I attribute this to poor wording in the press release and a subsequent misunderstanding by a blogger called A516. More information here. In fact, the two seem to have a strong relationship. BT and NBC Universal are reported to be discusing collaboration on EPL coverage as NBC Universal has acquired the US rights to the Premiership from 2013.

14-11-2012, 14:03	#13
promo-only Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Liverpool Posts: 2,935	Quote: Originally Posted by 1andrew1 That's incorrect, there's no doubt over Picturebox. Sky has just renewed its non-exclusive rights to NBC Universal's TV channels like SyFy and E! and also renewed its window to get Universal's films before any other UK platform. I attribute this to poor wording in the press release and a subsequent misunderstanding by a blogger called A516. More information here. In fact, the two seem to have a strong relationship. BT and NBC Universal are reported to be discusing collaboration on EPL coverage as NBC Universal has acquired the US rights to the Premiership from 2013. It's got nothing to do with having a 'strong relationship'. NBC are in talks to produce 38 games for BT in the same way IMG and others are. Means nothing to the viewer.

14-11-2012, 14:26	#14
1andrew1 Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 3,981	Quote: Originally Posted by promo-only It's got nothing to do with having a 'strong relationship'. NBC are in talks to produce 38 games for BT in the same way IMG and others are. Means nothing to the viewer. As I understand it, both BT and NBC Universal have EPL broadcast rights in their home countries and both are affiliated to TV platforms (BT Vision and Comcast respectively). It makes commercial sense for them to "partner on production" as Sports Illustrated stated. I read this as partner as oppose to NBC just being the production house for BT. Do you have a less ambiguous source?

14-11-2012, 14:35	#15
promo-only Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Liverpool Posts: 2,935	Quote: Originally Posted by 1andrew1 As I understand it, both BT and NBC Universal have EPL broadcast rights in their home countries and both are affiliated to TV platforms (BT Vision and Comcast respectively). It makes commercial sense for them to collaborate on coverage be it producing it themselves or outsourcing to a production company. IMG has neither the EPL broadcast rights nor the platform affiliation so in this instance it would be a production company like Endemol. IMG / PLP already produce the coverage. They don't need broadcast rights or a platform as they work directly for the Premier League. NBC have had talks to produce the BT games for them. ITV, IMG and others have had the same talks to produce the same games for them. Whether NBC have indirect platform ties to Comcast is completely irrelevant to the topic of finding a production partner for the 38 matches. Not quite sure where there's any debate in this. Company (BT) is in talks with multiple other companies to produce its coverage.

21-12-2012, 15:38	#16
jonti007 Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8	Forgive me for being slow here, But how di I access sport on BTV, which Channel is it and do I need a card???? Jonti

21-12-2012, 16:04	#17
1andrew1 Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 3,981	Quote: Originally Posted by jonti007 Forgive me for being slow here, But how di I access sport on BTV, which Channel is it and do I need a card???? Jonti It goes live Summer 2013 and should be on most platforms. In fact, it is already testing on the Sky platform.

21-12-2012, 16:17	#18
arirsole Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 68	Sadly as far as I am concerned BT are putting far too much into paying over the odds for sports programs, and far too little into delivering the service we all pay for..............................All the promises that encouraged me to resign have come to nothing as I am in an area that is not enabled to receive them..........................As this is the case do I have the right to cancel?

21-12-2012, 16:34	#19
VisionMan1 Inactive Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 2,107	Quote: Originally Posted by jonti007 Forgive me for being slow here, But how di I access sport on BTV, which Channel is it and do I need a card???? Jonti You need to live in an Infinity enabled area to recieve them and yes, you do need a subscription card. They are broadcast on Freeview channels 34 (ESPN), 41 & 42 (SS 1 & 2). Though next year they are expected to be streamed over the Infinity fibre network. To see if you can get them just ring BT.

21-12-2012, 16:38	#20
jonti007 Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8	Thanks for that information I will contact BT for their info Thanks

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Hup_73 Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 301	BT are due to make an announcement about buying rights to womens tennis (800 hours of live tennis a year). http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...ports-coverage

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11-01-2013, 12:45	#22
scotty2808 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 435	Quote: Originally Posted by Hup_73 BT are due to make an announcement about buying rights to womens tennis (800 hours of live tennis a year). http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...ports-coverage Here's the press release.... http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/S...7-23BD03C75197 Guardian story confirms a few things already talked about such as there will be 2 Vision Sport channels.

13-01-2013, 19:39	#23
VisionMan1 Inactive Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 2,107	Quote: Originally Posted by scotty2808 Here's the press release.... http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/S...7-23BD03C75197 Guardian story confirms a few things already talked about such as there will be 2 Vision Sport channels. Heres another one - boxing. (Courtesy of gs1) - http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/g...g-8449350.html

13-01-2013, 20:18	#24
1andrew1 Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 3,981	Quote: Originally Posted by VisionMan1 Heres another one - boxing. (Courtesy of gs1) - http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/g...g-8449350.html Interesting story within that Indy article about BT acquiring BoxNation. Quote: However, I understand they are likely to add the sport [boxing] to a portfolio which already includes 39 Premier League games, tennis and rugby by acquiring BoxNation, the boxing channel set up 18 months ago by backers including promoter Frank Warren and Simon Green, now the head of BT Sport.

13-01-2013, 20:34	#25
VisionMan1 Inactive Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 2,107	@1andrew1 As a side-note, wouldn't the above represent a conflict of interest for Simon Green?