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Originally Posted by Top banana
Nobody knows what VM will do. If they rolled it into an other package it wouldn't be a £12 hit as they already pay x to ESPN - rumour is £6, so it will be a £6 hit or less, depending on the commercials they can agree. It's also Liberty Global as of 1st week in June - hence the delay, however they may choose to pay whatever
Also another poster sent me a link which confirms Sky Sports 1 and 2 are not available on BT You View - only BT Vision. There's no way my wife would move to that as its very limited and you would need a 2nd line to get services in another room.
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If BT want the full subscription amount (which I imagine they will) then VM would take a minimum of a £12 hit.
BT sports and the old ESPN as two different kettle of fish. ESPN needed VM's business to survive as their £10 subscription they charged wasn't seeing a lot of people take them up on their channel. They didn't have an infrastructure or existing customers they could sell/promote to.
Bt is different. It can offset it's cost by offering attractive deals to retain possible defectors therefore reducing churn and boosting profits and they can acquire new customers.
I know what you're saying, Multiroom would be an issue for me too. But apparently bt sport customers will be able to stream on two devices at the same time.
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Originally Posted by Top banana
Yes that does seem the best approach if you are into sports
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There have been a lot of comments re VM not carrying BT sports, myself included. However (I posted this on the What Liberty Global will bring Topic) its clear that Sports is a large part of their portfolio
http://www.chellomedia.com/index.php?r=channels/index
Sport1 is part of our Sport TV Network covering the Netherlands, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania. In the Netherlands it is the number one premium sports channel available on subscription and carries the best international and Dutch sports, including the UEFA Champions League, F.A. Premier League, Italy's Serie A, Spain's La Liga, top international golf and tennis tournaments and MotoGP. Sport1 is also Central Europe's most popular sports channel, broadcast through local language feeds, each channel broadcasting the very best in international and local sports, including top international football, basketball, and ice hockey and the NFL. |
Those sports you mention are all under contracts for broadcasting rights by Sky sports, Bt sports, Eurosport etc. Liberty couldn't add those channels even if they wanted to.
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Originally Posted by harry_hitch
Fair enough, but the more people continue to pay, the more Sky will keep paying over the odds (if required), and will continue to charge as much as they do. Sky spent far too much money on the football this time round. It's all well and good complaining about how unfair it is (and I agree it is unfair) but you have the power to do something about it.
Besides, what is to say that Sky would not be charging more if they had a monopoly on it?
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They've had the monopoly for years and ever year it's become more and more expensive without any real competition.
Fair play to BT though, at least they are trying to make it more affordable. Just wish they could some how give it to us VM customers.