Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Sports Extra (TNT/Premier)

Options
1…132133135137138…198

Comments

  • Options
    #4022
    Schwanz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 898 ✭✭✭Schwanz


    Hate wrestling but no doubt that's a big coup for BT there.


  • Options
    #4023
    The Nal
    Registered Users Posts: 12,717 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    Schwanz wrote: »
    Hate wrestling but no doubt that's a big coup for BT there.

    Huge yeah. More likely to get kids watching UFC too so I'd say Dana is happy.


  • Options
    #4024
    Mr.Nice Guy
    Registered Users Posts: 45,583 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Nice Guy


    Anyone think Virgin Media will be able to offer BT Sport channels as part of an existing Sky package, or is that fanciful?

    I saw an article from Balls.ie last year saying "Sky is open to discussions with a range of platforms - including eir and Virgin Media - regarding the BT channels".


  • Options
    #4025
    Delta2113
    Registered Users Posts: 2,695 ✭✭✭Delta2113


    I cant see Virgin Media carrying BT Sport channels as long as Virgin Media Sport has champions league and europa league games.


  • Options
    #4026
    joe_99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 763 ✭✭✭joe_99


    Delta2113 wrote: »
    I cant see Virgin Media carrying BT Sport channels as long as Virgin Media Sport has champions league and europa league games.

    Yes. Would completely devalue their sports channel.


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #4027
    B_ecke_r
    Registered Users Posts: 491 ✭✭B_ecke_r


    BT no longer free on Eir from August 1st


  • Options
    #4028
    dulpit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,749 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    B_ecke_r wrote: »
    BT no longer free on Eir from August 1st

    Confirmed? Or just assumed?


  • Options
    #4029
    B_ecke_r
    Registered Users Posts: 491 ✭✭B_ecke_r


    dulpit wrote: »
    Confirmed? Or just assumed?

    confirmed.

    should be announced next few hours I would say.

    no impact to your eir contract.


  • Options
    #4030
    An Ciarraioch
    Registered Users Posts: 5,804 ✭✭✭An Ciarraioch


    B_ecke_r wrote: »
    confirmed.

    should be announced next few hours I would say.

    no impact to your eir contract.

    Surely they should be offering reductions if customers will have six fewer channels?


  • Options
    #4031
    dulpit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,749 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    B_ecke_r wrote: »
    confirmed.

    should be announced next few hours I would say.

    no impact to your eir contract.

    Insider knowledge?


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #4032
    dulpit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,749 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    An Ciarraioch wrote: »
    Surely they should be offering reductions if customers will have six fewer channels?

    My guess is their €35 a month offer will hang around for a while...


  • Options
    #4033
    B_ecke_r
    Registered Users Posts: 491 ✭✭B_ecke_r


    An Ciarraioch wrote: »
    Surely they should be offering reductions if customers will have six fewer channels?


    Nah happens all the time, when VM lost eir sport it was the same,

    covered by their ts and cs so anyone in a contract (even if you signed up purely for the basis of bt) you will remain in contract


  • Options
    #4034
    roadmaster
    Registered Users Posts: 3,726 ✭✭✭roadmaster


    B_ecke_r wrote: »
    Nah happens all the time, when VM lost eir sport it was the same,

    covered by their ts and cs so anyone in a contract (even if you signed up purely for the basis of bt) you will remain in contract

    My contract is up the 1st Aug so bye bye Eir. At least I’ll have an excuse to go for a few pints when the national leagues are on


  • Options
    #4035
    kooga
    Registered Users Posts: 2,882 ✭✭✭kooga


    in contract till august 19th time to shop around - still might be cheaper to stay with them as Eir Sport


  • Options
    #4036
    Peter File
    Registered Users Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭Peter File


    Confirmed to me today by Sky loyalty rep who told me that my BT channels will go blank on August 1. She said that sky sports subscribers will be offered a special rate for BT channels. She was unable to give me any price details.


  • Options
    #4037
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,620 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    dulpit wrote: »
    Insider knowledge?

    Hardly, it’s been public knowledge for months that Sky are taking over distribution of BT Sport in Ireland.

    The best eir would have been able to do is agree a deal with Sky to wholesale BT Sport to eir Vision customers, they were never going to be able to continue to offer them on satellite in competition with Sky.


  • Options
    #4038
    Acosta
    Registered Users Posts: 2,345 ✭✭✭Acosta


    With only a month to go I'm guessing there will be wall to wall advertising from Sky throughout July.


  • Options
    #4039
    An Ciarraioch
    Registered Users Posts: 5,804 ✭✭✭An Ciarraioch


    Full details here - Eir Sports 2 remains (still with Premier Sports content?) and FreeSports added, which suggests it would retain access to Serie A and La Liga.

    https://www.bonkers.ie/blog/broadband-phone/bt-sport-espn-and-box-nation-to-be-pulled-from-eir-sport-pack/?utm_campaign=broadband&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter


  • Options
    #4040
    Tigerandahalf
    Registered Users Posts: 7,813 ✭✭✭Tigerandahalf


    According to that link you will be able to pay to add BT sports to eir sports.


  • Options
    #4041
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,620 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    From that story it appears some class of a wholesale deal has been done.


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #4042
    Stephen Strange
    Registered Users Posts: 982 ✭✭✭Stephen Strange


    An Ciarraioch wrote: »
    Full details here - Eir Sports 2 remains (still with Premier Sports content?) and FreeSports added, which suggests it would retain access to Serie A and La Liga.

    https://www.bonkers.ie/blog/broadband-phone/bt-sport-espn-and-box-nation-to-be-pulled-from-eir-sport-pack/?utm_campaign=broadband&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

    They're losing premier sports too afaik


  • Options
    #4043
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,620 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    They are.

    Just to be aware as well, La Liga currently has no UK TV contract for next season.


  • Options
    #4044
    galtee boy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,491 ✭✭✭galtee boy


    Tigerandahalf wrote: »
    According to that link you will be able to pay to add BT sports to eir sports.

    If like Sky Sports on eir, it will only be standard def, a complete no no, sports has got to be in HD.


  • Options
    #4045
    mikeym
    Registered Users Posts: 3,985 ✭✭✭mikeym


    American sports fans will also lose free access to ESPN, which will be a bane for those who enjoy NFL, NHL, and NBA coverage.

    Bt Dont have any rights to the NFL,NHL or the NBA.


  • Options
    #4046
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,620 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    To be clear that’s a quote from the Bonkers article, and it’s, er, bonkers that they missed out on the one US pro league BT ESPN does have (MLB). Makes you doubt the accuracy of some of the other detail in the article given it hasn’t been reported in this detail anywhere else yet.


  • Options
    #4047
    Mr.Maroon
    Registered Users Posts: 229 ✭✭Mr.Maroon


    An Ciarraioch wrote: »
    Full details here - Eir Sports 2 remains (still with Premier Sports content?) and FreeSports added

    So FREEsports won't be free anymore?


  • Options
    #4048
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,620 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    I think it’s probably best to wait for the official announcement now, because as we’ve seen that article contains inaccuracies and is unclear in other respects.

    Any effect on FreeSports would just be on the already encrypted ROI version, not the FTA UK version.


  • Options
    #4049
    Corholio
    Registered Users Posts: 14,014 ✭✭✭✭Corholio


    Confirmed in an email from Eir just there that BT Sports will no longer be available as part of the eir sport pack from August 1st. Sneakily snuck in at the end of a paragraph about how all the Rugby World Cup games will be available on eir sport blah blah.


  • Options
    #4050
    Mr.Maroon
    Registered Users Posts: 229 ✭✭Mr.Maroon


    icdg wrote: »
    I think it’s probably best to wait for the official announcement now, because as we’ve seen that article contains inaccuracies and is unclear in other respects.

    Any effect on FreeSports would just be on the already encrypted ROI version, not the FTA UK version.

    I didn't know Freesports here was encrypted. I'm subscribed to eir sport as a Sky customer and have FreeSports. I didn't know it was part of the pack - I thought it was just free-to-air.


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #4051
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,620 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    The version on the ROI EPG is encrypted for the sole purpose of allowing them to block Pro14 content which Premier Sports has UK but not Irish rights for. Yes, easily circumvented by tuning in the UK version.

    Meanwhile, with eir now having informed subscribers that BT Sport is no longer part of the eir Sport pack, their customer service team are saying on a Twitter that a wholesale deal has been done to offer BT Sport to eir Vision customers.


Advertisement