Merged:-Comcast makes Bid for Sky

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by Chad

SKY have done this over an 8 month period.

8 years late

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

8 years late

You know the old saying Spider 'Better late than never'

[denphone]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

You know the old saying Spider 'Better late than never'

Such eloquent words from the master of all his minions.

[colin25]

Originally Posted by denphone

Such eloquent words from the master of all his minions.

Minion objects

[denphone]

BSkyB nabs a $1.9m stake in Roku, taking its total investment in the TV streaming service to $11.9m.

http://thenextweb.com/media/2013/05/...vice-to-11-9m/

[Chad]

http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/S...2-3CDBC4D95929

"Satellite customers who take BT broadband will get BT Sport for free, whilst those who don’t can still get the service from BT in high definition for £15 per month or in standard definition for £12. BT will make it clear to those customers they can save substantial sums by switching their broadband back to BT. Satellite customers who sign up before August 1 2013 will see the £3 per month supplement for HD waived for a year."

"To encourage people to switch, BT is offering new customers BT Infinity, its flagship superfast fibre product, from just £15 per month or copper broadband from just £10.00"

So you don't even need to take infinity to get the channels for free. Very interesting for SKY customers.

[muppetman11]

Thanks but no thanks I've experienced BT Broadband before and infinity isn't even on the roadmap in my area as of yet. We now await Sky's reaction and incentives.

[Chad]

Lets see what SKY come back with. There are plenty of quotes on the BT website that are clear digs at SKY and their prices. A carriage deal between the 2 seems very unlikely now. BT mean war!

"BT’s aim is to increase the number of customers enjoying high quality sports on TV. Only one in five UK homes currently take a sports channel, possibly due to the high prices that have resulted from there being little real competition."

"Ian Livingston, BT chief executive said: "UK Sports fans have had a rough deal for too long. Many have been priced out of the market but we will change this by giving away BT Sport for free with our broadband. Sports fans are the winners today."

"There will be no requirement for customers to take a Sky TV subscription of any kind as BT Sport will be retailed by BT."

"BT today unveiled its new BT Sport commercial TV packages for pubs, clubs, betting shops, hotels and other commercial premises. The company is offering top flight sport that includes live Barclays Premier League and FA Cup football and Aviva Premiership rugby, at prices that massively undercut Sky."

"A typical independent pub taking BT Sport could save 78% versus the cost of Sky."

"Eighty eight per cent of independent pubs who don’t have Sky say they would like to show Premier League football but Sky is just too expensive."

"For those hotels that only want to offer their guests sports in their rooms, the BT Sport Pack, comprising all 3 channels - BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2 and ESPN, will be available at a room only charge of £3 per room per month, this is less than half the price for a single Sky Sports channel."

[nstokes]

Am i reading that as we will have to pay £15 for BT Sports in HD? Thats £2 more than ESPN is now. All depends on what happens with ESPN America now IMO

[Chad]

Originally Posted by nstokes

Am i reading that as we will have to pay £15 for BT Sports in HD? Thats £2 more than ESPN is now. All depends on what happens with ESPN America now IMO

It looks like there will be no such channel as ESPN America going forward.

http://www.bt.com/sport/

BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2 and ESPN. Looks like ESPN America is being re-branded.

[nstokes]

Originally Posted by Chad

It looks like there will be no such channel as ESPN America going forward.

http://www.bt.com/sport/

BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2 and ESPN. Looks like ESPN America is being re-branded.

I wonder if ESPN will still be on Sky Go and if we have BT Sport via BT or Sky i wonder if the app to view on the move will be free like Sky Go

[Chad]

BT Sports 1 HD and BT Sports 2 HD are now both showing on the SKY EPG. Channels 413 & 414.

[muppetman11]

Not as bad as I initially thought its £12 as you get HD free for a year if you sign up before the 1st August , so basically £2 more than ESPN.

[colin25]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Not as bad as I initially thought its £12 as you get HD free for a year if you sign up before the 1st August , so basically £2 more than ESPN.

But free if you get infinity too

[nstokes]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Not as bad as I initially thought its £12 as you get HD free for a year if you sign up before the 1st August , so basically £2 more than ESPN.

Originally Posted by colin25

But free if you get infinity too

Its not too bad. Ill sign up tonight. Asks for viewing card number so if you have more than 1 box do you have to pay for box or is it per account like it is now?