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joff81 · 18-06-2012, 15:55

I can't see ESPN wanting to become a subcription only based channel especially if BT supply a channel to VM with the EPL.
Without the EPL football rights people will cancel subscriptions in droves loosing lots of viewers and ESPN will not want to risk loosing even more than needed by cutting XL pack status in favour of a subscription based deal without nothing to entice customers to subscribe to, afterall without the EPL football there is very little else to warrant paying £10 per month to subscribe to ESPN for.

My guess is ESPN will keep its XL pack status but add ESPNA HD as a xl pack channel as well but the new channels that were rumoured to be coming (such as ESPN 2 and ESPN News) won't ever see the light of day.

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joff81 Inactive Join Date: May 2006 Location: Stockton on Tees Services: V+ Xl TV package phone L package Broadband L package Posts: 347	Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 2. I can't see ESPN wanting to become a subcription only based channel especially if BT supply a channel to VM with the EPL. Without the EPL football rights people will cancel subscriptions in droves loosing lots of viewers and ESPN will not want to risk loosing even more than needed by cutting XL pack status in favour of a subscription based deal without nothing to entice customers to subscribe to, afterall without the EPL football there is very little else to warrant paying £10 per month to subscribe to ESPN for. My guess is ESPN will keep its XL pack status but add ESPNA HD as a xl pack channel as well but the new channels that were rumoured to be coming (such as ESPN 2 and ESPN News) won't ever see the light of day.