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Old 05-04-2020, 19:49   #46
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Re: Can I pause my skysports package while there is no live football on ?

So much for BT sports being free.
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Re: Can I pause my skysports package while there is no live football on ?

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So much for BT sports being free.

Has anyone ever said it was free?

I think it is accepted that the cost is just included in the top package(s) which were increased when it was added.
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Old 05-04-2020, 23:23   #48
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Re: Can I pause my skysports package while there is no live football on ?

Is this credit per month?
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Old 05-04-2020, 23:26   #49
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Re: Can I pause my skysports package while there is no live football on ?

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Is this credit per month?
Believe so.

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So much for BT sports being free.
No such thing as a free lunch or sports channel
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Old 06-04-2020, 09:43   #50
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Re: Can I pause my skysports package while there is no live football on ?

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Has anyone ever said it was free?

I think it is accepted that the cost is just included in the top package(s) which were increased when it was added.
That's not how I remember it. BT Sport was provided 'at no extra cost'. It is true that prices went up that autumn, but it wasn't by anything like this amount, it was just the usual annual price hike.
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Re: Can I pause my skysports package while there is no live football on ?

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That's not how I remember it. BT Sport was provided 'at no extra cost'. It is true that prices went up that autumn, but it wasn't by anything like this amount, it was just the usual annual price hike.
Does beg the question if those with TV packages that include BT Sport, but aren't interested in it, should get a permanent discount? It obviously does make up a fair proportion of the cost.
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Does beg the question if those with TV packages that include BT Sport, but aren't interested in it, should get a permanent discount? It obviously does make up a fair proportion of the cost.
That's not how it works, though, Mr K. If VM did that, it would put up the cost to those who wanted it, and that would lead to people looking for a better deal with Sky. Channels are cheaper when bought in bulk rather than separately. Most channels I subscribe to I never view anyway - I'm on the top package so that I can receive the channels that I actually want to view.

This is one of the many reasons I'm looking forward to more streaming services becoming available. I can then get to choose the precise types of programmes I want to see. We don't really have a sufficient range of programming by this means yet, but we are getting there.
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Re: Can I pause my skysports package while there is no live football on ?

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Does beg the question if those with TV packages that include BT Sport, but aren't interested in it, should get a permanent discount? It obviously does make up a fair proportion of the cost.
Virgin choose (for marketing reasons) to include BT Sport with top-tier, and I dare say the economics & financials add-up that much better because they do.

It's the same with any other bundled channels that you don't want.. I've got very little interest in most of what Sky Arts or Discovery Home broadcast, but I don't expect a discount because of it.

If and when the economics mean that VM can't remain competitive on top-tier without removing the costs of BT Sport and charging separately, I don't see it changing. If anything, they probably gain more premium-customers by including it.
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Old 06-04-2020, 17:36   #54
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Re: Can I pause my skysports package while there is no live football on ?

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Following the advice/link provided on here I filled in the form to pause Sky Sports and BT Sport and the credit has just appeared in my account - £25 for Sky and £9.25 for BT (I’m currently on the VIP package @£103.50pm).

Thanks for the heads up.
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Sunday 29/03/20 (10:02am for the pedants amongst us )
.. and today I received a confirmation email from Virgin Media:

Hello Huxie,

Just a quick email to confirm that we’ve now paused your Sky Sports and BT Sport payments. Thanks for bearing with us while we got this sorted.

We’ll be adding two different credits to your bill – look out for ‘Sky Sports credit’ and ‘BT Sport credit’.

We’ll keep your Sky Sports and BT Sport payments paused until the action resumes, and you won’t need to do anything to start enjoying it again. During this paused period, you’ll still be able to watch Sky Sports and BT Sport channels.

For help with anything else, please use our website for help and support – start here. As virus quarantine measures have closed some of our call centres, we’re asking that our customers work with us and only call if they have an urgent query that can’t wait.

Take care,
The Virgin Media team
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Re: Can I pause my skysports package while there is no live football on ?

Here am I about to agree with Old Boy here.

Back in the day Setanta joined XL TV and it was widely thought something in the region of around £2.50 per XL TV (equivalent) went towards it. The logic to Setanta at the time being Virgin subscribers are less likely than Sky subscribers to buy it standalone at £12.99 or whatever it was.

There’s never been a “one off” increase as a result of changing to ESPN then BT included, it’s simply been absorbed into the overall price. The point that japitts raises is a good one above - if a few hundred thousand subscribers who do watch BT and have Ultimate Oomph coughing up £100+ a month moved to Sky suddenly the fixed costs (network upgrades and maintenance, interest payments, etc.) are having to be met by a smaller subscriber base and a sizeable amount of income removed.
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Re: Can I pause my skysports package while there is no live football on ?

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Has anyone ever said it (BT Sport) was free?

I think it is accepted that the cost is just included in the top package(s) which were increased when it was added.
I remember being riled when they announced that BT Sport was to be added, with an increase in package cost to cover it. No ifs or buts, we all had to pay.
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I remember being riled when they announced that BT Sport was to be added, with an increase in package cost to cover it. No ifs or buts, we all had to pay.
You are mistaken, Taf. There was only the usual annual price increase that year, which some claimed erroneously was due to,BT Sport being added. Virgin also said at the time that these channels would be added for no extra charge.
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You are mistaken, Taf. There was only the usual annual price increase that year, which some claimed erroneously was due to,BT Sport being added. Virgin also said at the time that these channels would be added for no extra charge.
I wish now that I had kept the letter they sent me.
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Re: Can I pause my skysports package while there is no live football on ?

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I wish now that I had kept the letter they sent me.
They’ll have sent a generic letter around the price rise. “Your price is going up by £5, however in the last year we’ve added.... we’ve doubled your broadband, etc etc.”

However it won’t have said “because we are adding BT Sport your subscription is going up £5”.
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Re: Can I pause my skysports package while there is no live football on ?

Press release from the time.

https://hexus.net/ce/items/entertain...nner-bt-sport/
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Virgin TV, the only place for every major UK sports channel in one subscription

BT Sport at no extra cost for millions more sports fans thanks to Virgin Media

Virgin Media today scored the winner as BT Sport arrives on Virgin TV.

The landmark deal means millions of sports fans1 will get BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2 and ESPN at no extra cost and every channel in glorious HD.

Virgin Media already offers all the Sky Sports channels, with Sky Sports 1 and 2 in HD, making Virgin TV the only place sports fans can enjoy every goal, try, penalty and heart-stopping sporting moment with one, great value subscription.

Dana Strong, Virgin Media's chief operating officer, said: "Virgin Media homes are kicking-off the new season with the most complete sporting line-up around in one simple subscription, from Barclays Premier League football and Aviva Premiership rugby to F1, live golf and the culmination of a great Ashes series. We're excited to announce our deal with BT, making these fantastic new channels available at no extra cost to millions of Virgin TV viewers and in HD as standard."

BT Sport will be available at no extra cost to sports fans in every Virgin XL TV home2. Other customers will be able to either upgrade to Virgin XL TV, with over 200 fantastic channels or, for £15 a month, add BT Sport - BT Sport 1, 2 and ESPN and all HD variants - to their existing TV package.
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