ESPN - anyone gonna get it?

Headshot

ESPN has a new customer here

haven't watch Bundesliga for along time

cant wait

Eire-Dearg

Just rang into Setanta there, saying what they're offering for the price isn't a good deal - and that we're going to get ESPN in.

So she gave me deal of €10 a month for three months, so I suppose it'll do for now. As soon as the three months are up it's bye-bye. I think I'm getting 3/4 Liverpool games within that period at least, so ain't too bad.

EDIT: Their first game is Man City - Blackurn - Noooooo!

Unearthly

You know the way there are 2 Setanta channels on Sky Digital still alive. Setanta Ireland and Setanta Sports 1. I have Setanta Ireland on NTL and was just wondering will all the 3pm games be on that channel or will they lash a few games on the channel you need to be a setanta subscriber to get?

Zonda999

Unearthly wrote: »

You know the way there are 2 Setanta channels on Sky Digital still alive. Setanta Ireland and Setanta Sports 1. I have Setanta Ireland on NTL and was just wondering will all the 3pm games be on that channel or will they lash a few games on the channel you need to be a setanta subscriber to get?

Nope, they cant as far as i know. It is ILLEGAL to show those 3pm games live in the UK. They have to be on the Ireland-exclusive channel.

Mossy Monk

During the Celtic game the other day a graphic said all Liverpool and Manchester United games announced so far will be on Setanta Sports 1.

Zonda999 wrote: »

Nope, they cant as far as i know. It is ILLEGAL to show those 3pm games live in the UK. They have to be on the Ireland-exclusive channel.

Both channels are exclusive to Ireland. Any Premier League will simply be blocked in Northern Ireland.

Eire-Dearg

What's the # for ESPN? Can't find it anywhere....

Mossy Monk

417

Headshot

Eire-Dearg wrote: »

What's the # for ESPN? Can't find it anywhere....

hope you didnt miss the Wolfsburg v Stuttgart match

right good match I thought

I know why Edin Dzeko interested AC Milan during the summer,top player

Eire-Dearg

Mossy Monk wrote: »

417

No, I meant the number to subscribe - figured out it was through Sky after a while :rolleyes:

No, Headshot, only got it there now.

Headshot

Eire-Dearg wrote: »

No, I meant the number to subscribe - figured out it was through Sky after a while :rolleyes:

No, Headshot, only got it there now.

did you get the fiver discount ?

Eire-Dearg

Headshot wrote: »

did you get the fiver discount ?

I don't know, I wasn't the one that rang.

What's the fiver discount off of?

Mossy Monk

Eire-Dearg wrote: »

I don't know, I wasn't the one that rang.

What's the fiver discount off of?

Order online and you get €7 off your first month.

Headshot

Eire-Dearg wrote: »

I don't know, I wasn't the one that rang.

What's the fiver discount off of?

btw i ment 7 euro,sorry
ill be paying 12 euro per month ,my first bill will be 5 euro thou

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Order online and you get €7 off your first month.

I did it over the phone

Eire-Dearg

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Order online and you get €7 off your first month.

Now's ye tell me - we rang in. :pac:

Mossy Monk

Headshot wrote: »

I did it over the phone

Some folks asked on the phone and got it too.

Headshot

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Some folks asked on the phone and got it too.

I was very surprised how quickly it came on

usually they take a while for the signal to come through

Eire-Dearg

Real Madrid vs Toronto later anyone? Pointless friendly, but hey!

Can't believe all the football ESPN are providing, this can't be good for me in my LC year.

Unearthly

Mossy Monk wrote: »

During the Celtic game the other day a graphic said all Liverpool and Manchester United games announced so far will be on Setanta Sports 1.



Both channels are exclusive to Ireland. Any Premier League will simply be blocked in Northern Ireland.

Thought just as much. I hate them for it but the most sensible option for them to do.

Eire-Dearg

who's the second commentator on the Inter/Lazio game? Sounds Irish...

eirebhoy

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Order online and you get €7 off your first month.

Can you subscribe online from Ireland? Seems you need a UK postcode.

Mossy Monk

Use the Irish Sky site.

cruiserweight

Ordered it online and got the £5 discount. Did not get it in time for the Wolfsburg game, but got to see Hoffenheim vs Bayern tonight

eirebhoy

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Use the Irish Sky site.

Cheers I was trying to go through the ESPN site.

Liam O

Can somebody confirm that you get ESPN America within the package?

koHd

So you can't get ESPN on NTL?

That's a load of nollysense.

Sir Oxman

Liam O wrote: »

Can somebody confirm that you get ESPN America within the package?

Yes:

ESPN (SD and HD)
ESPN Classic
ESPN America

Have to say, I'm delighted with the Bundesliga, Serie A, Dutch and Portuguese leagues too (don't know if the lsat two are carrying live games, I'm sure they will)

And US Soccer too.

Mossy Monk

gambiaman wrote: »

Yes:

ESPN (SD and HD)
ESPN Classic
ESPN America

Have to say, I'm delighted with the Bundesliga, Serie A, Dutch and Portuguese leagues too (don't know if the lsat two are carrying live games, I'm sure they will)

And US Soccer too.

ESPN Classic isn't part of the ESPN package funnily enough. That is News & Events.

Sir Oxman

Mossy Monk wrote: »

ESPN Classic isn't part of the ESPN package funnily enough. That is News & Events.

So it is, like SSNews..

Headshot

watching DC v R.madrid

alonso is playing

but the screen is 4:3,very strange wonder why that is ?

Eire-Dearg

Must be the maximum resolution FSC offer.

Alonso is having a nightmare. At Liverpool it was Pepe > Defender > Alonso. Real are either keeping it in defense and going wide, or bypassing Xabi altogether.

So at the moment he's just a big bag of £30m standing in to fill the XI. I'd suspect they won't use him to his strenghts next season.

Im_No_Superman

koHd wrote: »

So you can't get ESPN on NTL?

That's a load of nollysense.

Is this true? That would suck!

Headshot

that was a classy goal by Robben

Warper

Eire-Dearg wrote: »

Must be the maximum resolution FSC offer.

Alonso is having a nightmare. At Liverpool it was Pepe > Defender > Alonso. Real are either keeping it in defense and going wide, or bypassing Xabi altogether.

So at the moment he's just a big bag of £30m standing in to fill the XI. I'd suspect they won't use him to his strenghts next season.

In fairness, @ 30m Alonso has to be the worst signing of the season. How they paid such a crazy amount is beyond me. His assist and goal ratio is average at best - total waste of money.

Robben is a fantastic player and was Madrid's best player last year. Van der Vaart and Sneijder are also better players than Alonso. Ronaldo @ 80m and Kaka @ 55m - fine but Alonso @ 30m is a joke.

Headshot

has anybody watched Live Russian Premier League on ESPN yet

the league is on atm so i havent seen a match on ESPN

Eire-Dearg

Headshot wrote: »

has anybody watched Live Russian Premier League on ESPN yet

the league is on atm so i havent seen a match on ESPN

No games since I've subscribed.

Headshot

For anyone interested russia v argentina on espn at 4.00

We'll see how maradona ****s them up today

Vokes

Ooooh, that should be good. Hope Pogrebnyak is playing.

Karmafaerie

Yes you will be able to get ESPN on UPC (Chorus/NTL).
They'll be launching it before the weekend.
They had to wait until they had arranged a deal with Setanta first, as they had a special arangement with them.

They've announced no prices yet, but it will be available.

Eire-Dearg

Any linkage Karma?

Good news for UPCers.

Karmafaerie

Eire-Dearg wrote: »

Any linkage Karma?

Good news for UPCers.

It's not officially announced so there's no links TBH.
I just kinda work in the industry.
I was talking to somebody about it the other day.
He works in TV schedualing so had an inside track so to speak.

I rang up UPC to check, as I have them myself, and was told the same as my friend told me.
(Although I think it's fair to say their agents know nothing about it!!!)

I know that UPC had a partnership with Setanta, hence the Setanta Ireland channel, and the cheaper rates than Sky.

Also, when Setanta went tits up, Liberty Global (They're the American company that own UPC) wanted to buy Setanta Ireland to practically make it into UPC Sports 1.

They had to wait to make sure that the Setanta deal wasn't going to go ahead until they entered proper talks with ESPN.

They're also about to launch their HD service, so I'm sure ESPN HD is coming into the talks too.

Board@Work

I signed up for Espn last night. it took three phone calls to sky before I got the correct prices and was able to order. So beware. Not to sound sexist but it wasn't until a spoke to a bloke who obviously watches football until I got the correct information.

For the summer I just get the basic sky variety package.
So the following is my new monthly bill
Basic variety tv package -€20.50
For Skysport 1 Only - €20.50
Espn- €12
thanks to a previous poster I said I wanted the €7 first month discount. He said you have to 'try' online before he could applied it. I assured him I had indeed 'tried' the website....

Last year I had Setanta and I called to cancel the service. They offered to reduce the monthly charge to €5 of r6 months. I continued my subscription.

Villain

ESPN matches in HD! Thank feck for that Setanta picture was awful

therecklessone

ESPN now on channel 407 on UPC in Dublin anyway.

Karmafaerie

It'll be broadcasting tomorrow.
SD and HD.

I've been told (but don't hold me to it) that it's €10 if you have Sky sports or Setanta through UPC.
And €15.00 if you don't.

~Marky~

Espn classic is on UPC now on channel 409 they are showing a old England V Holland match from 1988.

Stargate

Espn classic is on Chorus in cork tonight

Stargate

Fromvert

Karmafaerie wrote: »

It'll be broadcasting tomorrow.
SD and HD.

I've been told (but don't hold me to it) that it's €10 if you have Sky sports or Setanta through UPC.
And €15.00 if you don't.

This is true.

angel01

I would like to but I really can't afford it so will have to give it a miss

Kev_ps3

Trying all day to sign up but phone and website is jammed:rolleyes:

saltie

Got it this morning on UPC for €10 because i have sky sports already. €15 if you dont have sky sports. I couldnt hold out - come on the toffees!