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Originally Posted by Marleigh
I'm interested to see what will happen with BT Sport. I suspect a lot of people are like me and subscribed to the other stuff on the strength of having ESPN and especially ESPN America.
Without those, if BT isn't included in the XL package there is no reason for me to even have Virginmedia TV, and without the TV then there is no reason for the phone/broadband. I'll probably switch to some other deal. I would imagine I'm not the only one considering that.
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*Raises Hand*
I have no interest in watching EPL football, but I'm a huge fan of the Bundesliga. I honestly only found out about Virgin losing ESPN yesterday when I went to the site to see what the coverage schedule was looking like. I can't express how angry I am about this, as ESPN is practically the only thing I bother to turn the TV on for with the exception of Test Cricket on Sky Sports. Even if Virgin negotiate a deal to show BT Sport and ESPN free of charge within the XL package, I can't help but wonder if it's going to be a repeat of the F1 channel situation where we are stuck with plain old SD.
Given that I could until now watch ESPN in HD, I am not going to be a happy camper if this is the case.
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Originally Posted by young_timbo
that would be a massive waste of time with 99% of people wanting BT Sport of the Premier Legaue, and the other 1% want it for the (completely rubbish) UFC.
ESPN doesn't have the Premier League rights anymore. So this would be no adequate substitute for BT Sport. Neither would a few episodes of Mad Men on sky atlantic, or a couple of terrible films on Netflix. Fairly bizarre how so many people seem to think it would be  |
Err this sums it up nicely -
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Originally Posted by yorkshireborn
why its not about the prem league I couldn't give a monkeys about the prem its about the baseball the american football ice hockey basketball. its about having more sports channel other than eurosport.
BT sport is just 2 channels that we prob wont get. we lost 4 channels altogether
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Not everyone who desires a comprehensive sports package is nuts about the Premiership. I haven't watched a game in about two years due to saturation coverage, and I wouldn't miss it one iota if it disappeared from all sports channels tomorrow. The only part of the BT Sports offering I have any interest in is ESPN, BT can keep their 'BT Sports' channels for all I care.