Sports Extra (TNT/Premier)

kooga · 21-07-2019 11:26am

Stephen Strange wrote: »

Providing the channels to eir tv customers, yes. But at a charge I would imagine.

Agree / currently sky sports and cinema are the only sky channels on evision / at a cost

Bt was always going to be available/ but at a cost - but again similar to sky to now watch bt sports hd will I need the hd pack at a €5 extra per month

Also it has been mentioned that freesports will now be on the evision platform - will it be in hd?

icdg · 21-07-2019 12:39pm

Business Post also saying no deal between Sky and Virgin for BT Sport - imagine Champions League rights might have had something to do with that.

Delta2113 · 21-07-2019 10:55pm

This is the same Business Post that claimed in 2016 that TV3 (now Virgin Media Television) would launch it's own News Channel.

awec · 22-07-2019 10:28am

If I was Eir management I would certainly be putting out rumours about some hypothetical deal / major announcement to stop the floodgates of cancellations.

paulboland · 22-07-2019 10:43am

I cancelled Eir Sports pack this morning with Eir

I was told I did not need to give 30 days notice due to Eir not been able to provide BT Sports Channels from August 1st
They will be turning off access to Eir Sport channels to My Sky Q and Sky Q Mini and also 2 Sky HD Boxes in next few days and I won't be billed next month.

Eir tried to get me to stay by offering a discount £15.99 a month for 6 months
I told them no point I have no interest in Eir Sports 1 and 2 Channels as I very rarely watch Rugby or GAA

I got Eir Sport Pack/Setanta previously mostly for Premier League Football and Champions League

Mr.Maroon · 22-07-2019 1:23pm

Did anyone elses BT channels switch to SD today on the Sky EPG?

Infoanon · 22-07-2019 2:07pm

Mr.Maroon wrote: »

Did anyone elses BT channels switch to SD today on the Sky EPG?

Are the HD versions still viewable ? (In work atm)

kooga · 22-07-2019 2:15pm

still have BT in HD

bot43 · 22-07-2019 3:04pm

Mr.Maroon wrote: »

Did anyone elses BT channels switch to SD today on the Sky EPG?

My BT HD channels moved to 867+ while the SD ones are now in the 413+ slots.

Riskymove · 22-07-2019 3:07pm

awec wrote: »

If I was Eir management I would certainly be putting out rumours about some hypothetical deal / major announcement to stop the floodgates of cancellations.

sure if it was untrue, the floodgates would just happen on 1 August anyway

Riskymove · 22-07-2019 3:08pm

Stephen Strange wrote: »

Providing the channels to eir tv customers, yes. But at a charge I would imagine.

I pay for Eir anyway

if the cost was the same I'd stick with Eir in order to keep Pro14 as a bonus

Mr.Maroon · 22-07-2019 3:38pm

bot43 wrote: »

My BT HD channels moved to 867+ while the SD ones are now in the 413+ slots.

The same happened to my channels.

dulpit · 22-07-2019 4:03pm

Just checked my sky plus app and they've moved too. Isn't there a rule for Sky that they will only replace an SD channel with the HD if it's an exact copy. So for regional shows with localised ads, they will only show the HD version if that version is what is showing. Which is why E! and others have the first version available as SD with the HD higher up (SD has Irish ads, HD has UK). Wonder if it's that?

paulboland · 22-07-2019 4:03pm

bot43 wrote: »

My BT HD channels moved to 867+ while the SD ones are now in the 413+ slots.

BT Sport channels still the same on my Sky Q Box and Sky Q Mini
BT Sport 1 HD is 413
BT Sport 2 HD is 414
BT Sport 3 HD is 417

BT Sport/ESPN HD is on 423

What Sky Box you using

bot43 · 22-07-2019 4:50pm

paulboland wrote: »

BT Sport channels still the same on my Sky Q Box and Sky Q Mini
BT Sport 1 HD is 413
BT Sport 2 HD is 414
BT Sport 3 HD is 417

BT Sport/ESPN HD is on 423

What Sky Box you using

Sky Q. Been like this 3 months or so tbh.

The channels you mentioned are now my BT SD channels.

Infoanon · 22-07-2019 8:06pm

awec wrote: »

If I was Eir management I would certainly be putting out rumours about some hypothetical deal / major announcement to stop the floodgates of cancellations.

As I said in an early post Eir have completely misjudged this , the notion that Pro 14 and effectively non exclusive rights to RWC would entice subscribers to remain and pay the same price wad ludicrous.
Anecdotally there has been a large level of cancellations and imho unfortunately I don't see how Eirsports can survive as a stand alone product.

forzacalcio · 23-07-2019 7:20am

Infoanon wrote: »

As I said in an early post Eir have completely misjudged this , the notion that Pro 14 and effectively non exclusive rights to RWC would entice subscribers to remain and pay the same price wad ludicrous.
Anecdotally there has been a large level of cancellations and imho unfortunately I don't see how Eirsports can survive as a stand alone product.

There must be a valid reason why they are not moving forward with news or why they are not moving on price. It's the same with Sky, there is obviously a reason why they haven't disclosed the price yet. Must be something they can't do contractually. I'd very must doubt it's a case of misjudging things.

Infoanon · 23-07-2019 8:52am

forzacalcio wrote: »

Infoanon wrote: »

As I said in an early post Eir have completely misjudged this , the notion that Pro 14 and effectively non exclusive rights to RWC would entice subscribers to remain and pay the same price wad ludicrous.
Anecdotally there has been a large level of cancellations and imho unfortunately I don't see how Eirsports can survive as a stand alone product.

There must be a valid reason why they are not moving forward with news or why they are not moving on price. It's the same with Sky, there is obviously a reason why they haven't disclosed the price yet. Must be something they can't do contractually. I'd very must doubt it's a case of misjudging things.

Eirsports has a price - it's unchanged !, they will offer you a 2 to 6 month discount but then it's back to the standard charge.
For Sky it's judging the maximum price they can charge without a huge drop off in subscriptions (and possibly trying not to get too much negative publicity ).

Clonsk · 23-07-2019 10:11am

Eir and Sky Ireland have a significant publicity concern over nex few days! Unless Eir can offer BT Sport channels at an extra cost and reduce their charge for Eirsport channels for non Eir Telephone/broadband customers they will have to reconsider Eirsport facility going forward! Sky Ireland offering a BT Sports pack at an extra cost may not be a good publicity cost especially as most existing BT sports subscribers facilitated the service as part of their Eir package! May be some interesting announcements in coming days!

joe_99 · 23-07-2019 12:20pm

forzacalcio wrote: »

There must be a valid reason why they are not moving forward with news or why they are not moving on price. It's the same with Sky, there is obviously a reason why they haven't disclosed the price yet. Must be something they can't do contractually. I'd very must doubt it's a case of misjudging things.

Contract only starts on 1st of August. Not allowed advertise a price before that as BT still in contract with eir

Riskymove · 23-07-2019 3:20pm

joe_99 wrote: »

Contract only starts on 1st of August. Not allowed advertise a price before that as BT still in contract with eir

Eir no longer advertise BT as being in the package

if it is that simple why don't Sky just say "pricing will be announced on 1 August" it would at least stop all the queries

lertsnim · 23-07-2019 3:34pm

Riskymove wrote: »

Eir no longer advertise BT as being in the package

if it is that simple why don't Sky just say "pricing will be announced on 1 August" it would at least stop all the queries

Sky will love all the talk about it.

D14Rugby · 23-07-2019 3:37pm

Eir showing 3 games involving LOI teams this week. Keep that up or near it and throw in the pro 14 and the 30quid I pay for phone Internet and eir sports will still be worth it

tv3tg4 · 23-07-2019 5:48pm

Where will the pro14 games be available?

My dad has Eir sports and wondering if he'd be better off dropping it.

D14Rugby · 23-07-2019 5:54pm

tv3tg4 wrote: »

Where will the pro14 games be available?

My dad has Eir sports and wondering if he'd be better off dropping it.

Eir have exclusive English language rights for Ireland but tg4 will have one game a week I believe.

Schwanz · 23-07-2019 6:03pm

It must be a contract issue that Sky can't reveal the pricing for this new Sports Extra pack prior to August 1st

Storm 10 · 23-07-2019 6:48pm

How can Eir get away saying it's the only place to watch the Rugby world cup when it's Free on ITV practically every home in Ireland has ITV

D14Rugby · 23-07-2019 6:57pm

Storm 10 wrote: »

How can Eir get away saying it's the only place to watch the Rugby world cup when it's Free on ITV practically every home in Ireland has ITV

Because technically they have the UK rights while Eir have the Irish rights

landofthetree · 23-07-2019 7:35pm

D14Rugby wrote: »

Because technically they have the UK rights while Eir have the Irish rights

If a pub shows the RWC on ITV and refuses to bother with an Eir subscription are they breaking the law?

D14Rugby · 23-07-2019 7:51pm

landofthetree wrote: »

If a pub shows the RWC on ITV and refuses to bother with an Eir subscription are they breaking the law?

I haven't a clue. All the Irish games are on rte anyway due to a deal they did with eir. Itv might not even be allowed to show it in Ireland.

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