No TUF 10 in Ireland

stevemc01 · 11-09-2009 10:25pm

This is a complete and utter cock up, absolutely ridiculous if ESPN dont show TUF 10.

DrPhilG · 11-09-2009 11:20pm

I have been in touch with UFC employees through the Fight Club, and this is their response...

http://uk.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=22359

So in other words, we're no further ahead. It's on Setanta Ireland, still no word on whether we have to pay or not.

Ed_ · 12-09-2009 11:04am

DrPhilG wrote: »

So in other words, we're no further ahead. It's on Setanta Ireland, still no word on whether we have to pay or not.

Why wouldn't we have to pay? Setanta Ireland is a subscription channel on satellite.

Exclamation Marc · 12-09-2009 11:51am

That's a disaster. The one UK channel that's incredibly difficult to get. I just don't think Setanta have a package worth subscribing to.

ESPN really dropped the ball in losing that part of the UFC.

Ed_ · 12-09-2009 1:58pm

FireballPitcher wrote: »

ESPN really dropped the ball in losing that part of the UFC.

Has it been announced that they have? It is all speculation from what I can see.

DrPhilG · 12-09-2009 9:03pm

Ed_ wrote: »

Why wouldn't we have to pay? Setanta Ireland is a subscription channel on satellite.

I wasn't sure at that stage if it was subscription or not to Sky customers. The responses I've had from UFC administrators in the Fight Club seem to suggest that they didn't realise this though. Awaiting further responses, will update on Monday

cletus · 13-09-2009 6:34pm

setanta ireland is the free channel of the setanta package, you should have it if you have chorus or sky

Ed_ · 13-09-2009 6:53pm

cletus wrote: »

setanta ireland is the free channel of the setanta package, you should have it if you have chorus or sky

It is not free on Sky Digital. It costs €16/month. I don't think it has been mentioned at all before so I better say it now.

cletus · 13-09-2009 8:05pm

Ed_ wrote: »

It is not free on Sky Digital. It costs €16/month. I don't think it has been mentioned at all before so I better say it now.

i stand corrected, but its definitely on chorus

Anonomyte · 14-09-2009 12:59am

Jesus ESPN have a crowd of fianna fails working at their lawyer offices, they definatly got screwed. TUF would have as much viewing as any UFC main event.

Mellor · 14-09-2009 2:54am

DrPhilG wrote: »

Setanta Ireland isn't free to Sky Digital customers.

Ed_ wrote: »

Why wouldn't we have to pay? Setanta Ireland is a subscription channel on satellite.

Ed_ wrote: »

It is not free on Sky Digital. It costs €16/month. I don't think it has been mentioned at all before so I better say it now.

When did this come in?
Setanta Ireland was free for me when I had Sky.

You should be able to get it on terrestrial anyway

Lord Muck · 14-09-2009 7:33am

Dunno how Setanta Ireland managed to get this, its a piss poor channel.There is nothing worth watching on it, untill now of course. I;m one of the lucky one's that has setanta ireland included in the standard upc pack.I thought i would have been covered for all UFC programming when i got in ESPN.

DrPhilG · 14-09-2009 8:29am

I don't think it's that expensive. I think they said that when the collapse happened and they lost their Premiership coverage, they reduced their price to about €10 in an attempt to stop people from un-subscribing.

The point is, ESPN claimed when they got the contract that they wouold show ALL UFC programming. They have broken that promise. Now in the past few days the UFC announced that TUF 10 would be available FREE to all Irish customers on Setanta Ireland. They clearly did not realise that Setanta Ireland is only free to some customers, not all.

Ed_ · 14-09-2009 9:55am

Mellor wrote: »

When did this come in?
Setanta Ireland was free for me when I had Sky.

You should be able to get it on terrestrial anyway

Setanta Ireland was never free on Sky. It is not available on terrestrial either.

DrPhilG wrote: »

The point is, ESPN claimed when they got the contract that they wouold show ALL UFC programming. They have broken that promise. Now in the past few days the UFC announced that TUF 10 would be available FREE to all Irish customers on Setanta Ireland. They clearly did not realise that Setanta Ireland is only free to some customers, not all.

Have ESPN announced that they definately will not be showing The Ultimate Fighter?

DrPhilG · 14-09-2009 10:07am

Ed_ wrote: »

Have ESPN announced that they definately will not be showing The Ultimate Fighter?

They haven't announced anything, which is very annoying. It's not listed on their schedules though as far as I know.

Ed_ · 14-09-2009 10:44am

That's a shame. It will be downloads for me in that case.

MichaelDevlin · 14-09-2009 3:38pm

Im living in Co Monaghan I bought a new HD ready tv about two months ago. I didnt know when i bought it but it has a built in sat box. It tuned in all the free digital chanels including five and five usa Id say you might be able to do the same thing with other satilite boxes because the channel is not encripted

Ed_ · 14-09-2009 4:06pm

Five USA is encrypted for me. Five on its own however is not.

Upon reflection I'd say you are getting Freeview from Northern Ireland.

littleman · 14-09-2009 4:54pm

I just checked my sky and went to friday nite at midnight on espn and they have tuf down to be shown and its a series linked aswell but it doesnt say weather its tuf 10 or not.

cletus · 14-09-2009 5:05pm

littleman wrote: »

I just checked my sky and went to friday nite at midnight on espn and they have tuf down to be shown and its a series linked aswell but it doesnt say weather its tuf 10 or not.

espn are in the middle of showing TUF 9, so its probably that. Setanta Ireland have TUF the Heavyweights listed, so at the moment it looks like Setanta Ireland

MichaelDevlin · 15-09-2009 12:09am

Ed_ wrote: »

Five USA is encrypted for me. Five on its own however is not.

Upon reflection I'd say you are getting Freeview from Northern Ireland.

Upon my own reflection it might have something to do with that alright I bought the tv in Derry it was cheaper

ironictoaster · 15-09-2009 4:19am

You should really change the title of this thread.

stevemc01 · 15-09-2009 9:06am

creggy wrote: »

You should really change the title of this thread.

To what? I think its explains the original problem quite well.

Fozzy · 15-09-2009 12:22pm

stevemc01 wrote: »

To what? I think its explains the original problem quite well.

"No TUF 10 in Ireland to people who are not subscribed to NTL or Chorus digital and who are not subscribed to Setanta on Sky Digital"

stevemc01 · 15-09-2009 1:18pm

Fozzy wrote: »

"No TUF 10 in Ireland to people who are not subscribed to NTL or Chorus digital and who are not subscribed to Setanta on Sky Digital"

So are we gonna change the name of every thread once the question asked has been answered?

The one answer we are looking for is whether ESPN will be showing TUF10 a few days later than Setanta Ireland, similar to the way Setanta showed in a few days after Virgin for TUF 9.

ROC1977 · 17-09-2009 1:33am

ESPN are showing TUF season 10 according to UFC UK Friday nights at 10pm I think.
I'll just download them without 20mins of ads

Ed_ · 17-09-2009 10:02am

UFC Fight Night is on Friday at 10 followed by TUF. No mention of which series it is.

Lord Muck · 17-09-2009 10:09am

Ed_ wrote: »

UFC Fight Night is on Friday at 10 followed by TUF. No mention of which series it is.

They've been showing TUF Season 9 at that time , its only half way through the series. They could just ditch it if they have the rights to TUF10, i thought TUF 9 was a crap season anyway

DrPhilG · 18-09-2009 10:03am

Well just to confirm what we've already figured out... This is the message I got back from the UFC Fight Club administrators.

Here is the response from our UK President:
Each territory is different and creates different challenges. For TUF in Ireland-Setanta has been a great partner and offers the most fans the ability to see the programming for free. In some cases, as you point out, the channel is not free; however the majority of fans in Ireland will be able to see TUF as we intend.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I would have thought that Sky Digital had a lot more subscribers than NTL/Chorus/UPC? So is it the majority or the minority who are being shafted?

And is that post from a few pages up correct, about TUF 10 being on Friday nights? Or is that still TUF 9?

pharmergriffin · 18-09-2009 10:59am

http://uk.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=event.Calendar

Check out the above link. Should answer a few questions.

Mossy Monk · 18-09-2009 11:05am

pharmergriffin wrote: »

http://uk.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=event.Calendar

Check out the above link. Should answer a few questions.

That says TUF9 tonight on ESPN. Ad free and 720p for me it is then

Gerard.C · 18-09-2009 11:29am

So is it being shown on tv or must we watch it online?

Mossy Monk · 18-09-2009 12:23pm

Gerard.C wrote: »

So is it being shown on tv or must we watch it online?

It is being shown on Setanta Sports and five USA by the looks of it. ESPN are showing season 9.

Exclamation Marc · 18-09-2009 12:42pm

ESPN have really dropped the ball. How they let the rights to show the new UF go to another company or not be included in their original deal is beyond me.

Mossy Monk · 18-09-2009 3:02pm

FireballPitcher wrote: »

ESPN have really dropped the ball. How they let the rights to show the new UF go to another company or not be included in their original deal is beyond me.

As much of a loss that not having TUF is I am very happy with the ESPN coverage of the live events. The HD is great.

Exclamation Marc · 18-09-2009 3:31pm

Mossy Monk wrote: »

As much of a loss that not having TUF is I am very happy with the ESPN coverage of the live events. The HD is great.

I do agree with you on that. Their coverage is a lot better than Setanta and miles better than Bravo. Just seems very strange that they missed such an integral part of the UFC when they brokered the deal.

Gerard.C · 18-09-2009 6:32pm

So where can I watch this then if i dont have setanta?

Exclamation Marc · 18-09-2009 6:37pm

Gerard.C wrote: »

So where can I watch this then if i dont have setanta?

If you don't have access to Five, then you'll have to watch them or download them on/off the net.

Or wait til late 2010 when I assume ESPN will show it.

callaway92 · 18-09-2009 7:42pm

FireballPitcher wrote: »

If you don't have access to Five, then you'll have to watch them or download them on/off the net.

Or wait til late 2010 when I assume ESPN will show it.

what is the code to get it on "other channels" and what time of what day is it on?

Gerard.C · 18-09-2009 8:15pm

anyone fancy pm'ing me a place to watch this? many thanks

Mossy Monk · 18-09-2009 8:46pm

callaway92 wrote: »

what is the code to get it on "other channels" and what time of what day is it on?

Five USA are showing it which isn't available without a UK viewing card.

Gdep · 20-09-2009 10:22pm

3rd post I know, but tuf 10 is on setanta Ireland right now.

Jaysoose · 21-09-2009 1:11pm

Watched tuf on setanta last night and will be watching online from now on, a break on average every 6-7 minutes made it practically unwatchable.

No TUF 10 in Ireland

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