Sports Extra (TNT/Premier)

MisterAnarchy

lertsnim wrote: »

What a horrible line up of people they have working on this. James Richardson is wasted on a goals show.

The dregs really.
They have clearly targeted their coverage at the lowest common denominator.

Tugboats

lertsnim wrote: »

What a horrible line up of people they have working on this. James Richardson is wasted on a goals show.

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

The dregs really.
They have clearly targeted their coverage at the lowest common denominator.

Rio was decent on the BBC at last years world cup

lertsnim

Tugboats wrote: »

Rio was decent on the BBC at last years world cup

It's an opinion I don't share.

B17G

B17G wrote: »

Just to confirm there is a channel slot for this now on UHF ch 29 from Belfast. From Limavady (Derry) it's on ch 49. From Brougher Mountain (Fermanagh), ch 27.

Forgot Preseli in Wales for those in the SE. It's on ch 39. Well worth tuning it in now if you are in range of any Freeview transmitter considering 26 matches (12 CL, 14 EL) are confirmed on the channel.

http://www.a516digital.com/2015/06/bt-at-26-free-to-air-european-matches.html

kooga

Bt sport Europe at ch 414 not on irish sky epg

icdg

Not yet. It will be, or Setanta have got something horribly wrong....

http://www.setanta.com/ie/bt-sport-europe-to-join-the-setanta-sports-pack/

Channel doesn't launch for two months anyway.

kooga

icdg wrote: »

Not yet. It will be, or Setanta have got something horribly wrong....

http://www.setanta.com/ie/bt-sport-europe-to-join-the-setanta-sports-pack/

Channel doesn't launch for two months anyway.

it is up on uk epg

mike2084

kooga wrote: »

Bt sport Europe at ch 414 not on irish sky epg

It can be tuned in manually if you're a subscriber, but they won't put it on our epg yet as it is advertising BT Phone and Broadband services

Chris_Bradley

I'm opening the channel no problem via the card on a DM - I imagine this will be added on the Sky EPG by the end of summer.

dohboy

lertsnim wrote: »

What a horrible line up of people they have working on this. James Richardson is wasted on a goals show.

They are probably keeping Jimbo on the European show, which is his forte. Lineker is a good anchor tbf.

dohboy

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

The dregs really.
They have clearly targeted their coverage at the lowest common denominator.

LOL. Is there some upper echelon of football punditry that I'm not aware of? It's not usually some wellspring of great minds.

kooga

surely bt sport Europe is not going to remain on other channels on the sky box........................Q will Bt request Sky to carry it on the epg for ireland

Brian017

kooga wrote: »

surely bt sport Europe is not going to remain on other channels on the sky box........................Q will Bt request Sky to carry it on the epg for ireland

Setanta have said it'll be added to their pack

Joo0

BT Sport have tried to be different from Sky people from but from day one have bashed them and still continue to now. Thing is people dont like change. For the Champions League they have added some great pundits and presenters. While I do enjoy Sky's football coverage I find BT nice change as well.

lertsnim

I like change.

kooga

In other channels on sky box there is bt sport preview and bt sport Europe
Still no sign on channel 414 yet

robwen

Is it true Sky have the Saturday afternoon premiership match now? If so when is the BT premiership game Saturday evening or Sunday?? Will Setanta still have the Saturday 3pm game?

lertsnim

Yes but not until the season after next. From the 2016/17 season Sky have the lunchtime game while BT will have the Saturday evening game. Setanta continues to have 3pm games.

Digifriendly

robwen wrote: »

Is it true Sky have the Saturday afternoon premiership match now? If so when is the BT premiership game Saturday evening or Sunday?? Will Setanta still have the Saturday 3pm game?

You mean the Saturday lunchtime kick off?

robwen

Digifriendly wrote: »

You mean the Saturday lunchtime kick off?

Yes lunchtime

robwen

lertsnim wrote: »

Yes but not until the season after next. From the 2016/17 season Sky have the lunchtime game while BT will have the Saturday evening game. Setanta continues to have 3pm games.

Oh ok so all is the same next season & then new tv deal kicks in from 16/17 season?

sigmundv

robwen wrote:

Oh ok so all is the same next season & then new tv deal kicks in from 16/17 season?

Correct.

icdg

We don't know who will have the Saturday 3pms from 16-17 onwards (though I will eat my hat if Setanta don't keep the rights),

sigmundv

icdg wrote:

We don't know who will have the Saturday 3pms from 16-17 onwards (though I will eat my hat if Setanta don't keep the rights),

Yeah, I don't see anyone else being interested. TV 3 could theoretically do something, but they won't. Setanta will keep them.

irishfeen

icdg wrote: »

We don't know who will have the Saturday 3pms from 16-17 onwards (though I will eat my hat if Setanta don't keep the rights),

Don't rule UTV or TV3 out of the equation - the rights will again have restrictions applied meaning Setanta getting a bollocking on social media and many games being almost worthless.

Rights would be worth a hell of a lot more to RTÉ, TV3, UTVI then Setanta - it would be almost like obtaining a big package in the UK worth hundreds of millions - 1 out of United, City, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal almost every single week at 3pm.

mikeym

irishfeen wrote: »

Don't rule UTV or TV3 out of the equation - the rights will again have restrictions applied meaning Setanta getting a bollocking on social media and many games being almost worthless.

Rights would be worth a hell of a lot more to RTÉ, TV3, UTVI then Setanta - it would be almost like obtaining a big package in the UK worth hundreds of millions - 1 out of United, City, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal almost every single week at 3pm.

But we all know Rte wont bid for the 3pm kick offs because No.1 It would clash with the 6 Nations games and No.2 They dont have the money (they dropped the highlights show a few years ago).

Tv3 might put in a bid, I was very surprised they showed the Fa Cup final last month.

As for Utv, nobody seems to know what they are up to.

irishfeen

mikeym wrote: »

But we all know Rte wont bid for the 3pm kick offs because No.1 It would clash with the 6 Nations games and No.2 They dont have the money (they dropped the highlights show a few years ago).

Tv3 might put in a bid, I was very surprised they showed the Fa Cup final last month.

As for Utv, nobody seems to know what they are up to.

That's what I mean they can't be ruled out because we don't know yet what they can/will do.

redabbey

Assuming the relationship between Setanta & BT Sport us renewed. No other broadcaster would be able to compete with Setanta for the rights to the Saturday 3pm matches in Ireland for seasons 2016/17 to 2019/20.

Interesting piece in the Guardian with BT Sports Managing Director, Delia Bushell.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/14/delia-bushell-bt-tv-sport-gary-lineker-champions-league

In the fullness of time, Sky might not be the only target at which BT takes aim. BT has announced that it will soon launch a Freeview channel, BT Sport Showcase, able to bid for even listed events such as Wimbledon or the FA Cup Final – which, with the BBC’s sports budget under pressure, could be tempting targets. “I wouldn’t comment or speculate on future rights, because clearly keeping your cards close to your chest is key to success,” says Bushell. “I don’t think there are any sports rights that we would say are not for us.”

If BT were to gain UK terrestrial rights for it's Freeview channel and keep those rights exclusively on that channel it would have major implications for all UK domestic broadcasters as they would have fresh competition for UK protected events as well as Irish people who cannot receive Freeview.

Joo0

Does anyone know how much Setanta are currently paying for the 3PM rights?

Chris_Bradley

Joo0 wrote: »

Does anyone know how much Setanta are currently paying for the 3PM rights?

Foreign rights pricing are never revealed by the F.A.