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Apologies for what might be a real newbie type question, but as a Bath & England rugby fan I'm toying with subscribing to Sky Sports for the Australia tour in June. I'm already on TV-XL so get most of the European and all the Premiership games included. I'm also utterly loath to line Sky's pockets anymore than I need to, for all the obvious reasons.
But what I can't get my head round..is there any logic to how Sky allocate particular sports to their channels? I've worked out that VM have one price for SS1 by itself, one for SS2 by itself and another for the pair - with HD being another level. Fine, I get that. But would paying for, say, SS1 & HD guarantee getting all the matches in a particular tournament, or is the only way of doing that, to take the full subscription? And does SS3, SS4 etc only get included with the whole package? Sorry for what might be really basic questions - I've always avoided even looking at Sky prices but I'm just half-tempted this time round when I compare them with ticket prices that I don't bat an eyelid at (and I'm sure Sky realise that!!) Sorry for a long post.. |
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I can't answer the allocation question, but the answer to "does SS3, SS4 etc only get included with the whole package?" is yes.
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According to http://www.wheresthematch.com/Rugby-Union/England.asp the Australia-England games are on Sky Sports 1.
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UKTV's Dave strikes deal to air BDO World Trophy.
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David Haye’s fight against Arnold 'The Cobra' Gjergjaj to air on UKTV's Dave.
Free-to-air channel’s broadcast on 21 May follows it pulling in 3 million viewers for boxer’s comeback bout. http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...gjaj-uktv-dave |
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Good grief we now have boxing , animal programmes and cookery programmes on this channel which seems to be going further and further away from what it is supposed to show.:rolleyes:
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isnt the carriage deal for bt sports in xl up this summer, if so any news for next season ?
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MB might have the facts to tell us when the BT Sports XL pack deal is up PD.
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We feel the BT Sport will not be up until when the English PL rights is up (End of season 2018/2019). Note from August EPL football will move to Saturdays at 5.30pm on BT Sports. With the 12.45pm games moving to Sky Sports with Sky also getting the rights to Friday nights Football from the EPL. |
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BT Sport is also coming to YouTube - well, the Champions League and Europa League finals are. http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a7...ee-on-youtube/
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TalkTalk’s pay-TV business declines and slips into fourth place behind BT.
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New 3 year WTA deal for BT with expanded rights
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Ed Chamberlin in line to make switch from Sky Sports to ITV Racing
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Not a good move in my opinion.
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ESPN are gearing up to launch their own player. Prices currently being considered are £9.99 a month and £6.99 for a one day PPV.
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Sky sports will no longer be sold separately on virgin media from June
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Please prove me wrong.
Today my wife spoke with VM over this. And they say IT WONT HAPPEN, as they will lose too many customers. I am under this impression. At the moment VM have 'added' Sky Sports Package, and we pay - say 25 quid. Are we saying that, they are putting up the price again. And it doesn't make sense. We already pay for extra SPORTS CHANNELS or is it VM saying that they will charge us for BT Sports. But claim it charging separate Sky channels. I know there is Sky Sports Extra. But we had that before. Someone PLEASE EXPLAIN |
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No its that you can no longer take just Sky Sports 1 or 2 as you can choose now but will only be able to take the full Sky Sprts collection.
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Premier Sports win Copa América Centenario 2016 UK rights
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Eurosport poised to broadcast Wimbledon live after BBC deal.
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See TV Sports Markets twitter (and scroll down) - numerous announcements from Eurosport today.
- Will spend $5bn on sports rights over 10 years (presumably that's across Europe; not just UK) - Channel TV is profitable and growing - Will target direct subscribers (ie not just being part of basic packs) - 200k direct subs currently; "on march to 1 million" (presumably across Europe) - Has acquired Wimbledon highlights in UK - Has acquired worldwide rights to French rugby (must exclude 6N in UK; position re Sky rights unclear - has Sky handed back?) - Various other rights acquisitions in different European countries Added to the acquisition of Olympic rights, taking the Australian Open exclusively live in UK and recent rights deals for European Athletics and with World Snooker this is a further pointer that Eurosport is aiming for significant growth - both in the UK and across Europe. https://twitter.com/TVSportsMarkets |
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TalkTalk TV axes Discovery, TLC and Animal Planet from channel line-up.
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Yes l am not surprised at unhappy customers because as a brand in my opinion they have had it as they reputation has been totally ruined since that hacking scandal and once its gone its extremely hard to get it back.
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They obviously could not run a **** up in a brewery in my opinion.
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I think they should have addressed the problems, reassured their existing and future customers that the problems were behind them (with an independent assessment) and then start thinking about re-branding. Alternatively, a merger with or a sale to a more respected organisation might have been better. The way they are going about this it will end up with the company folding. |
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Or maybe the channels aren't really viewed that much and they are trying to keep their low cost offering as competitive as possible.
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Scottish Challenge Cup expanded to include teams from Wales & NI
The Scottish Challenge Cup is being expanded to include teams from Wales and Northern Ireland from season 2016-17, following approval from Uefa. The SPFL say the majority of fixtures will take place during international weekends, while BBC ALBA, S4C and Premier Sports will all show live matches. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36483962 |
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How can you call it Scottish then?.
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My own view they pick the name due to football here in Scotland - An ideal name would have been "The Celtic Challenge Cup". Before anyone ask I am an Motherwell fan. ---------- Post added at 13:59 ---------- Previous post was at 13:55 ---------- But saying that England have some teams from Wales in their league - and yet they will not let Rangers or Celtic join. |
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When the league started it was just the football league and Welsh teams were encouraged to join. When the Welsh league started it was predominantly amateur. Welsh clubs were given an option to switch to that league but didn't because of quality of opposition (the English Football league is professional) Most Welsh clubs who were in the English league chose to stay, even the smaller clubs.
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Whatever way you look at it the end result will be higher prices for pay TV customers in my opinion.
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The trouble is because of that they will probably lose even more customers Andrew.
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Well we shall see Andrew..
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But no doubt prices will continue to rise one suspects.
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I would argue for many prices have gone down , looking at two forum members on here Chad and PB they're now getting packages that are saving them heaps of money thanks in part to the fierce competition and the arrival of OTT players.
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Yes you could argue that but the inertia of many customers is they are unwilling to phone up their providers and haggle for a better price for their packages.
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Then I have little to no sympathy for them , you can't complain if you can't be bothered to explore other avenues. Whether we like it or not switching for a better deal has become a way of life.
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Indeed that is often the case as my parents certainly would not phone up to barter for a better deal.
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England assistant Gary Neville 'set to return to Sky Sports punditry role' after Euro 2016
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Entirely predictable in my opinion.
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He was always going to fail going to a top club in his first managerial job.
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I look forward to him being back on Sky Sports he's one of the better pundits.
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l quite agree MM as there ain't many of them as l heard the utterly dreadful Robbie Savage yesterday and l had to put the mute button on several times.
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UKTV’s Dave grabs exclusive rights to Caribbean Premier League cricket.
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New Now TV Smart Box reveled plus no-contract TV, broadband and phone from £9.99
Now TV will now offer; TV, Broadband, Pay as you use calls*, New Now TV Box *£17.99pm line rental applies http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/1381...hone-from-9-99 |
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Will the new Now box have box sets, like the latest GOT available?
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Would there be any benefit to me by purchasing this new Now TV box? I read somewhere that I could get more access to on demand, like the first few episodes of the new Game of Thrones, if I cannot get those episodes then it would be a total waste of time buying the Now TV box.
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Thx Andrew, so in your opinion, or anyone else who wishes to comment, should I buy the new Now TV box in case it may be better than the older version?
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1) It is 50Hz output compared to the 60Hz output of the older Now TV boxes. This should produce smoother pictures. 2) It has a Freeview EPG together with the pay-TV channels. The channels can be paused for 30 minutes; the current boxes don't have the pause facility and a more limited EPG. |
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Setanta Sports in Ireland has now rebranded to Eir Sport. Setanta Sports Ireland is now Eir Sport 1 whilst Setanta Sports 1 is now Eir Sport 2.
http://www.eirsport.ie/discover-eir-sport The only two businesses remaining under the Setanta Sports brand are Setanta Sports Eurasia and Setanta Sports Asia. Setanta Sports Eurasia is still Irish-owned whilst Setanta Sports Asia is owned by Discovery. I guess it's likely that Discovery would merge it with its Eurosport brand in the future. Premier Sports which shared its satellite stream with Setanta Sports 1 will presumably share its satellite stream with Eir Sport 2. |
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BT TV adds Alibi and W HD channels with three more UKTV High Definition channels to follow.
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Following a cull of channels recently it looks like Premier Sports is next to get the chop from Talk Talk. Premier Sports tweeted earlier today to confirm they won't be available on the Talk Talk platform in the near future.
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Well its looking very much like TV on Talk Talk is doomed.
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Customers want HD nowadays Andrew as you well know.
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Sky drop US Open tennis, looks like the whole thing will be on Eurosport, great news
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BT Sport is on its way to EE - free for 6 months exclusively for our pay monthly phone, SIM only and connected tablet customers.
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Sky’s Now TV online streaming service will offer 24 hours of free access to the new ‘Sky Sports The Open’ dedicated channel and six other Sky Sports channels on July 14, the opening day of the event.
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