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#2576 |
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I wonder if BT would be allowed to package the free games as "BT Sport on x" with a broadcast partner using their studio, their panel and their commentators.
STV for example use BT analysts when they deviate from ITV coverage introducing them as "BT Sport's (name)". |
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#2577 |
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Be prepared to start paying for BT sports very soon..... As I am a BT broadband subscriber they were charging me for their channels when it should have been free... |
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#2578 |
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I have both BT and Sky but find Sky far superior. Everything from the pundits to the presentation is so much better on Sky. I'm a BT Broadband customer but expect to start having to pay subs soon although maybe BB customers will get a small discount, who knows? I don't think this is good news at all and the football is the staple for Sky and to start losing some of the main competitions is disastrous
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#2579 |
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Be prepared to start paying for BT sports very soon..... As I am a BT broadband subscriber they were charging me for their channels when it should have been free...The billing system is now very flexible. PS. If you need to call them call bang on 8am and you get straight through to a human being. |
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#2580 |
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I had doubts to be honest about BT being a serious player in the sports field (still thought it was too ESPN/Setanta) Now it pretty obvious they mean serious business
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I had doubts to be honest about BT being a serious player in the sports field (still thought it was too ESPN/Setanta) Now it pretty obvious they mean serious business
Shame in many ways, I'll miss Sky build up. I usually only tune into BT sport for the main events so far. Even during the coverage over use of that mini box look at players managers, annoys me alot. |
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#2582 |
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Man City v Hull - 303,000 Man City v Everton - 377,000 [ (***) Worth just focussing on those Man City ratings for a minute: - Last season, as reigning PL champions, Man City provided ESPN with all of its 3 lowest ratings of the season up to this point . - This season, Man City provide BT Sport with their 2nd and 3rd lowest ratings of the season up to this point. Unless Hull City fans are that gullible they take out a SKY BT Sport subscription for one game so far this season. Would be cheaper to actually go to the away game than pay for BT for a year. Explains the 50-60 K less viewers than the other City games on BT quoted above |
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#2583 |
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ALL UK rights! That is massive!
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Think its great news. I find SKY can sometimes be very smug.
Its a real kick up their arse and delighted. |
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Holy crap! This is massive!!!!!
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Wish I was back in UK to see the faces on the SSN presenters just now and the Soccer Saturday crowd.
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Wish I was back in UK to see the faces on the SSN presenters just now and the Soccer Saturday crowd.
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BT say every English team will be shown free at least once - surely to guarantee that - must mean 1 game per week is shown free?
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BT Sport announce the news on their website: Quote:
BT Sport wins all live UK TV rights to Champions League and Europa League BT Sport announce the acquisition of exclusive live rights to all 350 matches a season for three years from 2015/16. Both finals to be free on BT Sport, as well as top matches from earlier rounds. BT Sport will be the new UK home of UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League football, following a tender process in which BT won the exclusive live broadcast rights to all 350 matches from both tournaments. The rights run for three seasons from 2015/16.
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http://sport.bt.com/sportfootball/fo...11363847946944 |
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BT say every English team will be shown free at least once - surely to guarantee that - must mean 1 game per week is shown free?
Champions League final Europa League final Champios League qualifiers (one leg of English 4th team and one of Scottish champions) 3 x CL group games 1 x EL group game |
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#2591 |
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BT say every English team will be shown free at least once - surely to guarantee that - must mean 1 game per week is shown free?
What's very unclear at the moment, is whether all this is tokenism - i.e. show potentially meaningless group games free, but keep more attractive group games and the knockout phase (barring final) for subscribers, or will the free / subscriber balance be more like it is now? As an aside on something I'm not clear on, do we yet know the details of the BBC / BT FA Cup deal, as I don't recall anywhere seeing the split of which picks those broadcasters got in each round. Last edited by mattw : 09-11-2013 at 10:52. Reason: factual correction |
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There an opportunity here for BT to make a real positive PR move by airing two games FTA every week, thus meaning there is actually an increase on the amount of FTA coverage. They wouldn't even need to be showing the first pick on both nights - if it were the second pick on one night and the third pick (ie. top non-British game) on the other night then it would serve as a good PR move without losing the carrot of both first picks behind the pay wall.
Can anyone clarify the FTA level of BT Sport? What is it's total reach? And when will they likely start charging for BT Sport for broadband customers? Is there a chance that a charge could be coming this summer? |
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Bloody hell, I just channel-hopped to BT Sport for no more than 15 seconds and even in that short time the smugness emanating from Darrell Currie about the CL rights deal was overpowering.
Goodness knows what it must have been like on BT Sports Panel earlier on; were Lovejoy and his guests sipping from champagne glasses as the show went on? |
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Bloody hell, I just channel-hopped to BT Sport for no more than 15 seconds and even in that short time the smugness emanating from Darrell Currie about the CL rights deal was overpowering.
Goodness knows what it must have been like on BT Sports Panel earlier on; were Lovejoy and his guests sipping from champagne glasses as the show went on? |
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Goodness knows what it must have been like on BT Sports Panel earlier on; were Lovejoy and his guests sipping from champagne glasses as the show went on?
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What else were you expecting - Currie to announce the news being disappointed that the channel has picked up a significant amount of matches?
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They were excited, as they have every right to be, but it was definitely in proportion (the wine tasting was unrelated!).
By the way Sky tries to make out that every game on super Sunday is the greatest sporting event ever, if it was them making the announcement they would have probably had fireworks!!!! |
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Think its great news. I find SKY can sometimes be very smug.
Its a real kick up their arse and delighted. Odd how Champions League rights can be sold to a single bidder yet the same cannot be done for the Premier League. |
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#2599 |
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Can anyone clarify the FTA level of BT Sport? What is it's total reach?
And when will they likely start charging for BT Sport for broadband customers? Is there a chance that a charge could be coming this summer? I think BT only have to put a down payment now, and the bulk of the payments don't start till 2015. I think they'll stay free for BT broadband customers to build up subscriptions until 2015, I wouldn't be surprised if a small fee comes in then though, maybe bundled in with HD (esp if they retain Premier league rights) |
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I have both BT and Sky but find Sky far superior. Everything from the pundits to the presentation is so much better on Sky. I'm a BT Broadband customer but expect to start having to pay subs soon although maybe BB customers will get a small discount, who knows? I don't think this is good news at all and the football is the staple for Sky and to start losing some of the main competitions is disastrous
Needless to say I won't be joining you in shedding any tears over this news. Whilst they may have successfully convinced a gullible few that they are the best thing since sliced bread, Sky had become disturbingly dominant and complacency has crept in. Some of their pricing is also outrageous and basically daylight robbery (i.e. £9.99 for one day of Sky Sports access via "Now TV"). Time to let someone else have a go. I'd also like to see a shakeup in the pay TV movies sector as I don't feel the virtual monopoly which Sky have here is healthy either. |
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