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cityfan247 21-12-2013 19:36

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Originally Posted by alwaysabear (Post 35656548)
Agreed. I love ice hockey but you have to stop somewhere. The cost of watching sport on tv is getting ridiculous with the fragmentation of sports rights across different pay channels.

exactly as i feel mate. Have enjoyed watching NHL on Premier Sports the last couple of months but its costing too much these days to watch everything on every channel.

Now Premier Sports is availabe on VM we shall see what value it holds to subscribers. If take up is not that high (and i feel i wont be) that may open the door for a deal that is acceptable to both VM and Premier to either reduce the price or strike a deal to include it in another pack. Needs a HD version(as well as a better portfolio) to be seriously considered imo.

alwaysabear 21-12-2013 20:19

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Originally Posted by cityfan247 (Post 35656729)
exactly as i feel mate. Have enjoyed watching NHL on Premier Sports the last couple of months but its costing too much these days to watch everything on every channel.

Now Premier Sports is availabe on VM we shall see what value it holds to subscribers. If take up is not that high (and i feel i wont be) that may open the door for a deal that is acceptable to both VM and Premier to either reduce the price or strike a deal to include it in another pack. Needs a HD version(as well as a better portfolio) to be seriously considered imo.

To be fair to Premier Sports there picture quality is better than NASN if you remember them.;)

cityfan247 21-12-2013 21:19

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Originally Posted by alwaysabear (Post 35656751)
To be fair to Premier Sports there picture quality is better than NASN if you remember them.;)

i do (fondly) remember NASN and prior to that Screensport.

well the picture quality is fine(and better than i expected) but these days you expect to be able to watch sports and films in particular in HD

The Yank 22-12-2013 10:18

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Originally Posted by alwaysabear (Post 35656471)
You can count me out unless its free.

same here - never watch it

alwaysabear 22-12-2013 10:24

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Originally Posted by The Yank (Post 35656870)
same here - never watch it

The Bears , Eagles game has a lot hanging on it this weekend.:D

muppetman11 22-12-2013 12:43

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Originally Posted by alwaysabear (Post 35656871)
The Bears , Eagles game has a lot hanging on it this weekend.:D

And hopefully the 'Monsters of the midway' will come out on top , to be honest I'm not overly confident though if I'm honest especially as its in Philly.

telegramsam 22-12-2013 12:53

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35656689)
Premier Sports have two sports I'm pretty fond of , Ice Hockey and Rugby League sadly they do not have a HD channel meaning there offering is devalued to me.

For me personally they offer nothing now they no longer have non-league football,so I wouldn't subscribe at any price. Anyway I think they will eventually become part of the BT portfolio.

Chad 29-12-2013 02:01

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Some info for UFC fans on the up coming UFC Fight Pass:

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/g...sport-viewers/

denphone 04-01-2014 19:17

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Market for TV sport to hit record £16bn in 2014 as broadcasters play hardball.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...rd-growth-2014

That's does not bode well for premium sports customers.:(

telegramsam 05-01-2014 11:35

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35660046)
Market for TV sport to hit record £16bn in 2014 as broadcasters play hardball.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...rd-growth-2014

That's does not bode well for premium sports customers.:(

If tv companies such as BT can pay the sort of money they have been recently it does make you wonder just how much money they are making and where will it all lead too? They all put their prices up every year claiming rising costs when what they really mean is they want more money from us so they can outbid their rivals in the battle for sporting rights!

Dave42 05-01-2014 11:43

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as I have said before prices will continue to go up and up :(

denphone 05-01-2014 11:58

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Originally Posted by Dave42 (Post 35660150)
as I have said before prices will continue to go up and up :(

And there is no doubt that because of this then increasingly more customers will draw a line in the sand and say enough is enough.

telegramsam 05-01-2014 19:00

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35660154)
And there is no doubt that because of this then increasingly more customers will draw a line in the sand and say enough is enough.

Agree. At present I subscribe to both Sky sports and BT Sports but if prices rise considerably then I will be forced to choose one or the other,or even neither.

thenry 05-01-2014 19:30

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So again I find myself in this thread stating the obvious...

Michael Owen is disliked by soo many

https://twitter.com/themichaelowen/s...81799372656640

https://twitter.com/chris_lindsay86/...82429244268544

https://twitter.com/paddypower/statu...91522687868929

theres no better finisher in the league than Chicarito :LOL: Owen defending Fabios red so the camera zooms into the cut shin.

Sort it out BT!!!!!

denphone 05-01-2014 19:51

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There is only one word to describe Michael Owen as a pundit and that is substandard.


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