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Old 29-08-2015, 08:29
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Wow its got content on it. That's actually fairly amazing. Let's hope it continues as anything is better than nothing.
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Old 29-08-2015, 08:45
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That's not technically true. People report BTs SD and HD is a higher bitrate than skys.

Also much is down to broadcaster, like Motors TV on Freeview looks better than the sky version, so must be slightly higher bit rate.
Or a better coder .......
In AV. Toolkit switching can be optimised..... And multi pass coding can help things quite a bit.

And even in the days if early MPEG 2 say 15 + years ago there were very siginifant differences between Coders
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Old 02-09-2015, 15:06
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The programme guide is now showing:
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31/08/2015 21:00 to 22:30 Fear the Walking Dead
Originally Posted by ds
The UK series opener of Fear the Walking Dead saw 211,000 UK viewers tuning in to new channel AMC UK last night (August 31).
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s135/...es-opener.html

85,100 of them watched on BT Showcase according to somebody in the comments.

I wonder how long AMC will stay a BT exclusive? It doesn't look like it's worth their while unless BT are paying them excessive amounts of cash.
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Old 03-09-2015, 22:54
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The first CL group stage game on 'Showcase':

Roma v Barcelona, UCL MD1, Wednesday 16th September, 7.30pm
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Old 04-09-2015, 09:08
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Not a bad one in fairness.
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Old 15-09-2015, 11:21
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The guide now shows:
16/09/2015 19:00 19:15 Football Tonight - Sneak Peek
16/09/2015 19:15 22:00 Live UEFA Champions League - AS Roma v Barcelona
17/09/2015 20:00 22:00 Live UEFA Europa League Football - Anderlecht v Monaco
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Old 16-09-2015, 20:32
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I only tuned-in tonight to see if it was true!
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Old 16-09-2015, 21:50
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I only tuned-in tonight to see if it was true!
It was a good free game.
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Old 18-09-2015, 22:41
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So when does this launch as a proper linear schedule? Thought they were adding extra sport?
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Old 18-09-2015, 22:42
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Plus still not on Sky or cable
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Old 18-09-2015, 22:44
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Plus still not on Sky...
It's not going to be.
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Old 18-09-2015, 22:46
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It's not going to be.
Yes I wonder how they got around buying up FTA rights and distributing them via one platform only?

BT would have been better putting some games on ITV. Not everyone gets a Freeview signal.
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Old 18-09-2015, 22:47
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Plus still not on Sky or cable
There's a channel on cable to show the free games as required but it doesn't carry the promo/advertising junk content.
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Old 18-09-2015, 22:52
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Yes I wonder how they got around buying up FTA rights and distributing them via one platform only?
They "got around" it by not actually buying any FTA rights.

BT would have been better putting some games on ITV. Not everyone gets a Freeview signal.
Well, no, because BT want people to subscribe. They're not going to give their content away easily.
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Old 19-09-2015, 02:17
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They "got around" it by not actually buying any FTA rights.


Well, no, because BT want people to subscribe. They're not going to give their content away easily.
But if you take BT broadband you get BT sports 1 free? Not bad but I guess the catch is not everybody will go with BT.
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Old 19-09-2015, 02:33
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But if you take BT broadband you get BT sports 1 free?
Only if you have access to BT Sports on some platform or other which has to be paid for separately. If you only have access to Freeview then the offer is completely worthless.

As for being "free" there have been sharp increases in BT's charges for other services recently which have to paid for whether you want or are able to receive BT Sports or not.
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Old 19-09-2015, 02:41
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Only if you have access to BT Sports on some platform or other which has to be paid for separately. If you only have access to Freeview then the offer is completely worthless.

As for being "free" there have been sharp increases in BT's charges for other services recently which have to paid for whether you want or are able to receive BT Sports or not.
Could take a BT Vision box but if you had a decent PVR it would have to be used as a spare.

Can get it on Freesat from Sky if you have that aswell?
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Old 19-09-2015, 02:41
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Course no HD free despite ultra HD being an extra.
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Old 28-09-2015, 21:15
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30 Sep 19:00 to 21:00 Borussia Munchengladbach v Man City

1 Oct 18:00 to 20:00 Lazio v St Ettienne
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Old 30-09-2015, 22:02
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30 Sep 19:00 to 21:00 Borussia Munchengladbach v Man City

1 Oct 18:00 to 20:00 Lazio v St Ettienne
Thank you for that information - much appreciated.
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Old 01-10-2015, 09:32
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Can we not just have a sticky thread with the details of actual upcoming sporting events and no chatter?
It's a bit pointless as there is far more sport, aka football, on ITV than there ever will be on this channel.
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Old 01-10-2015, 14:06
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My thread working well.Cant wait for the next live sports on this channel.
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Old 12-10-2015, 18:05
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16/10/2015 Fri 19:00 to 22:00 Live Premiership Rugby Union Worcester Warriors v Northampton Saints
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Old 13-10-2015, 16:22
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16/10/2015 Fri 19:00 to 22:00 Live Premiership Rugby Union Worcester Warriors v Northampton Saints
http://sport.bt.com/rugby-union-hub/...11364009097113

Not a bad selection.
Saints v Saracens.
Leicester v Bath.

Now if BT just let people know if happening.
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Old 16-10-2015, 15:04
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Wednesday CL PSG v Real Madrid 20.00
Thursday EL Schalke v Sparta Praque 18.00

So in group stage CL still no Arsenal or Chelsea, any 2 days from match days 4,5 and 6.
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