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Sports Extra (TNT/Premier)

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    #4112
    The Nal
    Registered Users Posts: 12,809 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    fman wrote: »
    Shows how loyalty differs. Cancelled couple of weeks back and was offered 2 months at 17.99 per month.

    Offered me 14.99 for 3 months and then back to 30 quid. But they couldn't tell me what they have on offer apart from Eir 1 and 2. I think that may be it. In which case 30 quid, 18 quid or even a tenner is silly money


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    #4113
    swoofer
    Registered Users Posts: 5,481 ✭✭✭swoofer


    clonsk go to adverts.ie or ebay for second hand sky hd box. That sky Q is an outright con.


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    #4114
    The Nal
    Registered Users Posts: 12,809 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    swoofer wrote: »
    clonsk go to adverts.ie or ebay for second hand sky hd box. That sky Q is an outright con.

    Nah its not. Sky Q is the business. Turns the telly into a smart TV, you can cast to it, huge hard drive, record 6 programs at once, daisy chain up to 6 boxes wirelessly to the main box, voice search with the remote, 4k resolution etc.

    Delighted with mine.


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    #4115
    swoofer
    Registered Users Posts: 5,481 ✭✭✭swoofer


    but how much?


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    #4116
    The Nal
    Registered Users Posts: 12,809 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    swoofer wrote: »
    but how much?

    Same price per month. Think I bargained them down to a once off 80 quid payment (usually €130) for 2 x Sky Q boxes and install.


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    #4117
    dulpit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,976 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    The Nal wrote: »
    Same price per month. Think I bargained them down to a once off 80 quid payment (usually €130) for 2 x Sky Q boxes and install.

    But you're paying for a device you don't then own...

    On topic: I got letter from eir today advising of the changes, I think my settings were not to be emailed. What a con of a letter. All about the world cup and everything they're broadcasting, one tiny sentence in middle about BT no longer being available. Chancers...


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    #4118
    Infoanon
    Registered Users Posts: 4,658 ✭✭✭Infoanon


    There is an article on the Irishtimes website listing what sports each channel has to offer.

    Unfortunately there are errors in the article eg Eir does not have the rights to Moto gp and Indycar.

    What Eir and VM Sports have to offer looks very weak compared to I Sky /BT and Premier.(With very little exclusive content on Eir and VM )


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    #4119
    Stephen Strange
    Registered Users Posts: 982 ✭✭✭Stephen Strange


    dulpit wrote: »
    But you're paying for a device you don't then own...

    Which means that if/when it breaks, you don't pay €100 for a service call.


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    #4120
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,837 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    dulpit wrote: »
    But you're paying for a device you don't then own...

    On topic: I got letter from eir today advising of the changes, I think my settings were not to be emailed. What a con of a letter. All about the world cup and everything they're broadcasting, one tiny sentence in middle about BT no longer being available. Chancers...

    Why would I want to own it?

    Have to agree with The Nal, if you can afford Sky Q it is definitely the way to go.


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    #4121
    Tigerandahalf
    Registered Users Posts: 7,814 ✭✭✭Tigerandahalf


    Apparently in the uk those with Sky Q will be getting netflix for just £3 p/m.
    https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/sky-customers-can-now-netflix-17688844

    That Irish Times article mentioned above states that Premier Sports will provide pro14. It won't as eir have the rights in Ireland.

    However there is talk that eir may be getting out of sports since their new buyer, thus we could have a scenario where Premier buy out eir sports.

    It would make a lot of sense too as at the moment eir and premier are running 2 studios covering a single game, e.g. Leinster away in Wales having a Premier team and eir sports having their own.

    I wonder is there a buy back clause between eir and premier?


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    #4122
    beya2009
    Registered Users Posts: 675 ✭✭✭beya2009


    Hi I am having issues trying to register 2 viewing cards for multiroom to the eirsports package. Our main box already has it as we have eir broadband but we got 2 additional sky boxes for 2 other rooms. When I got to this link to sign in: https://subscribe.eirsport.ie/eircustomer

    It comes up with this message every time:

    "Oops, something has gone wrong
    Please go back or if you have any other queries, visit our contact us page."

    But at the top right hand side of the page "myeir" is there which shows I am signed in. I contacted eir customer care this morning and after 30 minutes, the agent still was not able to ad my 2 viewing cards. Any ideas?

    Agent told me to make sure there is no spaces for my email and password which I did but still same message.


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    #4123
    Mr.Maroon
    Registered Users Posts: 229 ✭✭Mr.Maroon


    Cancelled my subscription yesterday.
    Gave me the spiel about RWC & Pro14, but when I told them I had no interest in rugby, they gave up.

    The agent told me they were surprised the regulator in Ireland let the Sky deal go through, because it's gives them a monopoly on sports coverage now and they can basically charge what they want.


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    #4124
    Tigerandahalf
    Registered Users Posts: 7,814 ✭✭✭Tigerandahalf


    @beya2009

    Are you doing it through the myeir app?
    Log into it and click 'Add eir sport to your sky tv'.

    You will then need your card number and phone number you used to register. It may then take 10 minutes or so to come through on the box.

    Your card may need to be set up by the eir team first.


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    #4125
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,695 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    We’ll continue discussion of eir, BT, and Premier Sports in one thread again, as a number of posters decided to disrupt the BT & Premier Sports thread with discussion regarding eir


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    #4126
    eirman
    Registered Users Posts: 997 ✭✭✭eirman


    I only watch WTA Tennis on BT Sport so I won't miss the free BT.
    (WTA is shifting to AMAZON from next year.)


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    #4127
    lertsnim
    Registered Users Posts: 9,770 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    eirman wrote: »
    I only watch WTA Tennis on BT Sport so I won't miss the free BT.
    (WTA is shifting to AMAZON from next year.)

    Just need them to up the frame rate and it will be a great service.


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    #4128
    Mr.Maroon
    Registered Users Posts: 229 ✭✭Mr.Maroon


    Advert on Sky this morning for the BT/Premier pack - no mention of price yet.

    It had written message about Sky Go requiring a wifi connection, perhaps suggesting BT & Premier will be available on the platform, also said that there will be 4 BT channels and 2 Premier Sport channels - which probably rules out Boxnation being part of the package.


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    #4129
    Infoanon
    Registered Users Posts: 4,658 ✭✭✭Infoanon


    I cancelled Eirsport this week,the agent was very polite and helpful. Only Eirsport 1 and 2 remaining on the Eir package so what's happening to Box nation is up in the air ?.
    I feel Eir have misjudged this spectacularly in the sense that losing 5 of your 7 channels and expecting subscribers to pay the same rate on the basis of having the RWC is not going to happen - 2 months at a reduced rate won't cut it either.

    Though arguably Sky subscribers taking the pack was just a small financial bonus as ultimately the aim is/was attract broadband subscribers


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    #4130
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,695 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    I suspect that it’s a lot more than a small financial bonus - bear in mind there’ll be a massive percentage of pubs in the country who have been taking eir Sport subscriptions at commercial rates (though I suspect a chunk of them will be cancelling now with no Premier League). Indeed I suspect they were the primary motivation for keeping the satellite service going.


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    #4131
    Rossi IRL
    Registered Users Posts: 8,369 ✭✭✭Rossi IRL


    Not just tv subscribers either.

    Getting it free with broadband was a major selling point. Only reason I'm with eir.


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    #4132
    Indestructable
    Registered Users Posts: 1,374 ✭✭✭Indestructable


    Rossi IRL wrote: »
    Not just tv subscribers either.

    Getting it free with broadband was a major selling point. Only reason I'm with eir.

    Yes! Nail on the head here. My Eir broadband contract expires in August and I will be switching then.


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    #4133
    Schwanz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 898 ✭✭✭Schwanz


    Eir were showing Wimbledon when the BBC have it FTA.

    Same stuff with the upcoming RWC, available free on ITV on the same satellite.

    Smoke n Mirrors come to mind


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    #4134
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,695 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    Well, more just in both cases the deals were ostensibly UK-only, leaving the Irish rights fair game for eir to buy.

    Also bear in mind ITV(1) has not been available on any major pay TV platform in Ireland (other than Sky via Manual Tuning) for the past four years. Virgin, eir, and Vodafone viewers will be relying on eir Sport for coverage of the RWC outside of the limited FTA coverage RTE will be offering.


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    #4135
    lertsnim
    Registered Users Posts: 9,770 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    icdg wrote: »
    Well, more just in both cases the deals were ostensibly UK-only, leaving the Irish rights fair game for eir to buy.

    Also bear in mind ITV(1) has not been available on any major pay TV platform in Ireland (other than Sky via Manual Tuning) for the past four years. Virgin, eir, and Vodafone viewers will be relying on eir Sport for coverage of the RWC outside of the limited FTA coverage RTE will be offering.

    Virgin viewers will be relying on Eir coverage? Isn't Eir Sport not available on Virgin Media?


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    #4136
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,695 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    It isn’t, of course, which I somehow forgot! Virgin viewers will have to rely on RTE.


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    #4137
    Tigerandahalf
    Registered Users Posts: 7,814 ✭✭✭Tigerandahalf


    Is itv4 not available on Virgin? It will have a lot of the matches not on rte.


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    #4138
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,695 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    It is, but most sport is blocked.


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    #4139
    Digifriendly
    Registered Users Posts: 4,047 ✭✭✭Digifriendly


    icdg wrote: »
    It is, but most sport is blocked.

    Freesat box the answer then.


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    #4140
    Schwanz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 898 ✭✭✭Schwanz


    Digifriendly wrote: »
    Freesat box the answer then.

    Or most tv's now just plug in the feed and away ho.


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    #4141
    Digifriendly
    Registered Users Posts: 4,047 ✭✭✭Digifriendly


    Schwanz wrote: »
    Eir were showing Wimbledon when the BBC have it FTA.

    Same stuff with the upcoming RWC, available free on ITV on the same satellite.

    Smoke n Mirrors come to mind

    Eir Sports coverage of Wimbledon geo blocked here in N. Ireland due to BBC holding UK rights. Yet Irish Open Golf on RTE was 'in the clear' on both satellite and Freeview despite Sky having UK rights.


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