ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
29-07-2013, 17:55
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
Just rejoined VM took the XL pack with sky sports if BT Sport is included it will be a huge bonus if not SS will do for me but for the existing XL subscribers I hope its included
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29-07-2013, 18:57
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
QUOTE=denphone;35601093]Virgin Media is poised to close a deal to carry BT Sport’s three sports channels on its cable TV platform, making them available to a further 4m potential customers.
The two companies have been in negotiations for a number of months but both have been keen to strike a deal ahead of BT Sport’s launch on Thursday 1 August.
BT Sport has the rights to the Scottish Premier League, which begins its season on Friday 2 August,and wanted to have carriage on Virgin in time for its first TV game - Partick Thistle versus Dundee United - so as not to alienate football fans who are VM customers. The English Premier League season starts on August 17th.
One of the sticking points of negotiations has been whether Virgin will bundle the new channels in with its TV XL premium package - as was previously the case with ESPN - or whether it will charge for them as a standalone product.
It is not clear which route has been taken, but a Virgin Media spokesman said: We’re always looking bring the best possible value and choice of great quality content to our customers and we’re talking to BT about how we could potentially make the forthcoming BT Sport package available.”
Earlier this year, Virgin Media sent an online survey out to customers asking whether they would be willing to pay slightly more for their top package if it were to include Premier League football and Sky Atlantic, which could pave the way for this move.
BT Sport is being sold as a standalone channel on the Sky platform for £12 a month in SD and £15 a month in HD[/QUOTE]
I hope so but BT Sport on their Facebook are still sticking to the line that it will NOT be on Virgin Media!
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29-07-2013, 19:07
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#2763
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
They will continue to do that until the deal is announced officially.
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30-07-2013, 09:34
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
2 Days to go 
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30-07-2013, 10:11
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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30-07-2013, 13:20
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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The post that I believe n stokes posted on BT Sport facebook page appears to have been removed!
I wonder why...
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30-07-2013, 13:22
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by tpick
The post that I believe you posted on BT Sport facebook page appears to have been removed!
I wonder why...
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What did it say?
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30-07-2013, 17:11
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
There was someone on this forum to say that there was a announcement to be made this morning - what was that thin air.
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30-07-2013, 17:14
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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There was someone on this forum to say that there was a announcement to be made this morning - what was that thin air.
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Patience Arthur.
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30-07-2013, 17:15
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Could now be Thursday when Liberty Global announce their sales report
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30-07-2013, 17:22
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Patience Arthur.
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Nice!
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30-07-2013, 17:23
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
I'm a newbie folks but hope you don't mind me shoving in my tuppence worth.
My young cousin works for VM in Uddingston,just outside of Glasgow.
I asked him to keep me in touch regarding BT coming onto VM,well there's good news and bad,the good news is that VM WILL do a deal with BT but not for a few weeks,possibly 2/3, the bad news is that they,VM,will be charging around £3.00 a month for having the sports available to us.
Tbh,I think this is a bit unfair as we were getting ESPN but I suppose needs are a must,I'll pay for it if I'm being honest.
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30-07-2013, 17:25
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Patience Arthur.
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30-07-2013, 17:29
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Is that a picture of one of the VM call centre staff?
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30-07-2013, 17:34
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
There was someone on this forum to say that there was a announcement to be made this morning - what was that thin air.
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No, that was someone on this forum, not VM - or are you blaming VM for what people who don't work for VM post on this forum?
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