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For me, when I rang up to completely cancel TV and just keep phone and BB a couple of years ago, it was cheaper for 6 months to keep one of the two Tivos that I had with TV M (pretty much Freeview channels) and then for the same price after that.

I guess they saw an advantage of giving me Tivo with TV M at no extra cost. Probably to keep their TV subscriber stats up and hoping I would be tempted to upgrade the TV package at some time in the future.

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With all these price rises it's no wonder people are turning to illegal ways of getting their TV channels! Many of my work colleagues think I'm mad for paying what I do for my TV. Don't get me I'm not advocating people go for these illegal ways,just saying it's not surprising.

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My sky sports sub is only sd so I just had a look at mixhd, the difference was very noticeable, more than bt sd/hd I thought, and I now want to get an hd sub, wish I hadn't bothered looking :D

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Try Sky Sports UHD :):D

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Doesn't even bear thinking about :D

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I recorded the cricket Wednesday on MIX SD and it took up 9% of my 1TB Tivo. I would have expected a lot less than that but it was definitely the SD version. Lucky I am clearing down my recordings as previously I would have lost a lot. No idea why it used so much but I do know of some bugs with other programs using up far more space than they should do.

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What does it say the file size is?

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Is the score being hidden on BT Sport a temporary glitch?

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God knows bud.

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Strange.

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Yes they apologised at the end of the match.

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Thanks I missed that.

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I try my hardest NOT to watch BT Sport. Sadly with Spurs in Europe, l have no choice but to watch it.

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What Arthur having to watch through gritted teeth to watch his beloved..

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if my team is on tv i couldnt care less what channel it's on as long as i can watch it

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Why? They are just as good/bad as Sky Sports and have pundits good and bad.

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Hes just upset about Spursday.

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Me too!

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It's the content that's important, Arthur, not the channel it's on (unless you don't get it, of course!)

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If Amazon go for Premiership rights in the UK, that will knock Sky off its perch! Football might become cheaper, too, despite the price tag for those rights going up.

http://www.digitaltveurope.net/59706...sports-rights/

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Oh dear one does come out occasionally with some pie in the sky thoughts me old marra.;)

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I'm sorry but I'd have to massively disagree whilst I have no issues with BT Sports general coverage , picture quality etc I'm afraid some of its pundits are woeful.

I'd like to have BT Sport on my box in 4K as Sky Sports 4K has now spoilt me.

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The old geezer rides to the defence yet again it seems.;)

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You've said many times on here before Den how poor some of BT's pundits are or have you forgot that.;)

I pay for them both Den ;)

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Indeed l have but also as TG says some of Sky's pundits ain't that clever either IMO.:)

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I'm speaking purely in my personal opinion others will disagree , in my opinion Sky's premier league coverage is far more polished and proffesionly presented it's got even better with the arrival of Gary Neville again.

Steve Mcmanaman , Paul Scholes , Michael Owen , Robbie Savage and Owen Hargreaves are a few I've watched since launch that in my opinion are particularly poor.

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Shame Ed Chamberlin left :(

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Yep he deserted to ITV as we know.

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Agreed Ed was excellent.

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David Jones doesn't quite cut it. He was ok for Saturdays. I wouldn't have mind seeing Jeff Stelling on Super Sunday and MNF duty. Poor guy lost his CL doughnut lol

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Yes Gary Neville l think most of us knew would be back once he found out the management game is not a bed of roses he maybe thought it was.

Of BT Sport l like Glenn Hoddle , James Richardson who l think should be used far more and one or two others and of Sky Sports Jamie Redknapp , Gary Neville and Guillem Balague and a couple of others as well.

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Well from what l hear there will be no one CL rights holder next time when it comes up for auction soon as my money is on ITV getting some rights again along with either Sky Sports or BT Sports.

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That was cruel.

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I have to agree the pundits on Sky sports are far better generally.

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I'd love to see Andy Gray back on either Sky or BT. Who agrees?

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Yes l liked him personally but in these PC times l cannot see him being employed as a Football TV presenter again as one l used to like many many years ago was Bojangles but after a untoward comment he made he was never seen again on TV..

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Andy Gray is still a football presenter but not in the UK. He works for beIN Sport as does Richard Keys so you can see him in countries served by beIN including Australia. http://getbein.beinsports.com/au/discover/

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I seem to remember Andy Gray being on BT sport once,last season I think? Not sure why just the once though unless as you say he's contracted elsewhere. I liked Ron Atkinson too and I believe he should be given another chance.

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I actually think both Paul Scholes and Owen Hargreaves are pretty decent, both not afraid to speak out.

Fairly indifferent to Mcmanaman

Agree re Owen and Savage.

Sky are a fair way ahead BT (and anyone) on their PL coverage but the gap is closing. While BT are learning and getting better, Sky seem a bit stale and lacking new ideas (good ideas that is, case in point: Friday night football). The CL Goals program is excellent and their CL coverage is at least on a par if not better than Sky's CL coverage thanks to Rio and Lineker proving to be a good double act..... IMHO.

Also I think with a few more tweeks (and less Savage) Score is proving to be a pretty decent production.

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He would do great on BT sport. I like how sky sports is currently. Carragher and Neville are excellent. Henry leaves a lot to be desired but if hes paired up with someone good then it works.

Bt sport have awful pundits. You know its bad when Ian Wright is actually decent. Michael Owen is terrible. Its good BT are sort of pushing him out by pairing him with another colour commentator. McManaman is bad too. He goes from Setanta to ESPN to BT sport. He must have something on these people to keep getting a job.

Hire gray and have him on commentary and BT would really improve things. Cant they hire MOTD pundits too? Shearer is very much improved. Shove him on champions league nights with lineker.

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I think BT tested the viewers and press reaction with Andy Gray but I think he's quite happy at beIN Sport alongside Keys. Big Ron's 77 so I can't see BT signing him up even if his past gaffes are long forgotten.

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Sky Sports: Sky Sports to launch Ryder Cup Channel.

Sky Sports 4 will become Sky Sports Ryder Cup on Monday September 26th until October 6th.

All three days will be simulcast on Sky Sports 1 from Friday to Sunday.

http://www.skysports.com/golf/ryder-...y-at-hazeltine

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The Drone Racing League is coming to the Sky Sports Mix channel

Sky has invested $1m in The Drone Racing League (DRL).

http://www.skysports.com/more-sports...sky-sports-mix

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I'm thinking about upgrading to HD for the Ryder Cup, absolutely love it

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Yes l am certainly looking forward to that as well in a couple of weeks.

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Apparently the Twitter feed for tonights live NFL game is available in every country except Canada.

I thought SKY had the rights for online streaming but obviously not.

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They do have the rights to stream the games however clearly not exclusive rights , the key games for Sky are the earlier Sunday games I can't see them being to bothered about a game that's aired in the early hours.

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Well i watched half of it :) Watching the rest on the NFL Network now.

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Is it also to do with the duo, taking Richard Keys to get Andy Gray? I reckon nabbing those two would light up the CL coverage.

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Saw this on BBC Click recently or something like it.

Might be interesting for a bit, at least for the crashes like F1 used to be. I'll look out for it.
Maybe it'll be the new Robot Wars, maybe not.

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Nice to see NFL Redzone on Sky Sports Mix for those NFL fans who don't have a Sports sub.

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First bit of Dutch football on SKY Sports Mix next Saturday when Ajax face PEC Zwolle.

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Yes l quite agree MM.

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certainly looks good in hd, now if they could just do something about my dolphins :D

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Looks like there's going to be another boxing channel launching in the UK. The info in the link isn't 100% crystal clear and I've not been able to find much more info on it.

http://www.ringnews24.com/2016/09/27.../#.V-xE5dQrLs0

"Asif Vali has revealed great news for boxing fans after announcing his upcoming October 1st show at the Lancashire County Cricket Club in Manchester will be televised live on new free-to-air channel ‘It’s A-Bout Boxing’.

"Organised by Vali, in conjunction with promoter Dennis Hobson, the ‘Zak Vali Annual Evening of Professional Boxing’ is set to feature exciting Northwest talent including Bolton prospect Osman Aslam; Matthew Mainwaring and Adam Hague, who are both trained by Matthew Hatton, as well as heavyweight Con Sheehan who is guided by Tyson Fury’s trainer, Peter Fury.

Now, with just days away from the first bell, the show has been picked up by former promoter Marcus Anderson Hitchen’s new boxing PR channel ‘It’s A-Bout Boxing’.

“Asif’s show will be going out on our channel which can be viewed on Sky Channel 468 and Freeview Channel 90,” explained Anderson Hitchen. “So far we’ve done a show with Carl Greaves and have some lined up with MGM Promotions, but this will be our first event going out as a live recording and I’m really excited. The channel is really picking up and from mid-October we’re aiming to broadcast a pre-recorded and a live show every Friday and Saturday."

No mention of Virgin Media as of yet. Is the channel Frontrunner on Virgin? That appears to be the channel this new one is replacing. I can't get my head around the term "boxing PR channel". As clear as mud.

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Jon Champions back :sleep::upyours:

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Oh dear.....

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New channelson VM - you having a laugh.

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Sit down and calm down Arthur as there are far more important things then this in the world old boy..

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TalkTalk has introduced fixed price broadband for new and existing customers who sign an 18-month contract

They are also axing line rental charges from November

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Personally l would not touch them with a barge pole.

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Nor me, but interesting that they are dispensing with line rental charges. Hopefully, other companies will follow suit!

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Well whether others follow remains open to question OB.

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It's hardly dispensing with it , everyone knows the total cost will be similar to both broadband and landlines that said I'm all for things what make it simpler to compare.

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I wouldn't touch them either. Others may follow but bet Virgin don't!

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That's Vodafone and TalkTalk who've now scrapped line rental

Wonder if BT, Sky or Plusnet will follow

Pretty pointless selling line rentals as standard now I know older people still need them but for the vast majority we just use mobiles, social media or emails now can't remember when I last used the land line had it out for a year now and it was idle for a while before it was removed

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Yes - not really open to debate according to this article. It says the Advertising Standards Authority will be making it compulsory from the end of the month.
Vodafone and TalkTalk are just getting ahead of the game.

http://www.cityam.com/240221/adverti...-left-confused

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Dave, Good Food, Eden and H2 HD have all launched on BT TV

BT now have 20 premium HD channels with a further 6 Sports HD channels and BT Sport 4K

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Still many channels they don't have though...

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Indeed so but it's a much better offering than what they had even 2 years back

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Indeed there has been as improvement.

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Chromecast Ultra on its way supports 4K and HDR streams

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@SkyNewsBreak

#TalkTalk has been given a record £400,000 fine for failings over a cyber attack which allowed customers' data to be accessed "with ease"

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The bigger damage is to their reputation which is going to be very hard to repair.

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lol its hilariously bad.

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Premier Sports ties up NHL rights until 2021. (News from Premier Sports Twitter feed)

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Frontrunner did launch yesterday on Freeview HD Channel 91.

You will got Frontrunner if you can pick up BBC One HD on Freeview Channel 101.

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TalkTalk renews carriage deal for Sky’s entertainment channels.

http://www.seenit.co.uk/talktalk-ren...ment-channels/

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Quest quits YouView.

http://www.seenit.co.uk/quest-quits-youview/

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Has Redzone been on Sky Sports Mix HD every week so far ?

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Yes

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Adverts by BT which claim they have the fastest the fastest fibre speeds as standard have been banned

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Quite rightly so too because doesn't the speed depend on how close you are to the cabinet?

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yes

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Sky mobile launch getting closer after successful trials

http://www.seenit.co.uk/sky-mobiles-...essful-trials/

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Have SKY landed more football rights? At the bottom of their results they've confirmed new content coming to SKY Sports in the next 3 months

https://corporate.sky.com/documents/...ember_2016.pdf

Football: Bundesliga
Football: Serie A
Football: DFB-Pokal
Football: Serie B

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They are maybe referring to TV rights in Germany?

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Yes l think that is the case from what l hear Chad.

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BT did sign an new deal for Bundesliga in June 2016.**

They also have Serie A rights until end of season 2017/2018.*

DFB-Pokal is also shown on BT Sport***.

***Sky own the rights to them in Germany with ARD.
**Sky own the rights to them in Germany with Eurosport.
*Sky own the rights on Sky Italy (They also own Serie B rights.).

Sky use the Sky Sports Brand in the UK and Ireland, Germany and Italy.

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BT Sport have launched their cricket coverage today

Hosted by Greg James it will have Graeme Swann, Michael Vaughan, KP and Shane Warne along with Alison Mitchell from TMS.

Starts with the first test Australia v South Africa.
They also have the Big Bash and then the Ashes next winter.

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Agreed. Those boxes confusingly cover all three countries so X-Factor is listed which Sky has just the Italian rights to.

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SKY to show their first Premiership game on SKY Sports Mix this coming Saturday with Bournemouth vs Spurs.

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There has been a few decent things on Sky Sports Mix so far.

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Yes but I`d be more impressed if they put this channel on Freeview like BT do,although I admit BT`s freeview channel is hardly ever showing any actual action.

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They already have a channel on Freeview they could put a set Sport on if they wished it's called Pick TV. I very much doubt you'll ever see Sky Sports Mix on Freeview why would Sky want to enhance Freeview even further.

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Yes I know what your`e saying and Sky being the greedy,money grasping animal they are wont ever put sky sports mix on freeview. They change the name of sky 3 to Pick so as not to help make freeview look more attractive,even though every Tom,Dick and Harry know it`s` a sky channel!

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Because commercially it makes no sense whatsoever. All pay tv companies will push subscription increases as far as they can to maximise profits , in my opinion Sky are now finding this problematic just look at the amount of people they are having to offer half price premiums to just to temp them.

This is why in my opinion we'll see a shakeup in the make up of tv bundles , put simply in my opinion the Premier league rights are impacting on Sky whether they say so or not.

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Even VM are now offering excellent deals to existing customers , I certainly got a great deal, I am now paying less than I did five years ago for the same package.

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They could also use this as a showcase channel to encourage Freeview audiences to subscribe to Sky.

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It's used to enhance the pay TV packages on both Sky and Virgin Media , I'm not sure putting Sport on Freeview every day would be beneficial in the way you suggest.

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Shocker for Sky as football fans turn off with 19 per cent drop in viewing figures for live Premier League games.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/art...gue-games.html

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l think the best time to judge things is in a few months MM.

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Why in a few months haven't Sky already shown enough big games? It's yet more proof people are getting fed up with the ever increasing costs of Pay TV.

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I have Sky Sports for the Championship and the cricket.
If you were 2 take your average mid table Championship game and the same for the Premier League for a neutral the Championship would be more exciting.
The Premier League has become pretty boring with the Championship having more goals and just end to end action.

I used to watch any Premier League game I could but take last night as an example Liverpool v Man Utd (2 powerhouses of the league of you believe the hype) completely dull 0-0.
Forest v Cardiff on Friday night tune in and I guarantee more entertaining.