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braysoj1 · 16-08-2013, 18:42

i watched Clare Balding show last night it was shocking

ps

breaking news

BT Sport announces latest live Football Conference matches

http://www.btplc.com/news/Articles/S...2-15F92D2AE204

alwaysabear · 16-08-2013, 19:47

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Originally Posted by colin25

Is there an audience that will make it worth the purchase?

If they follow the course of the NFL there is money to be made and fans to convert 87000 fans at Wembley twice a year is no mean feat. Even England v Scotland game only 75000 were there.

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Originally Posted by braysoj1

i watched Clare Balding show last night it was shocking

ps

breaking news

BT Sport announces latest live Football Conference matches

http://www.btplc.com/news/Articles/S...2-15F92D2AE204

I have to disagree, perhaps it was the fact there were no footballers on the show that some of you did not like it. It was certainly better than a load of sycophant ex footballers talking a load of rubbish earlier in the evening.

Henkesghost · 16-08-2013, 19:58

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Originally Posted by alwaysabear

If they follow the course of the NFL there is money to be made and fans to convert 87000 fans at Wembley twice a year is no mean feat. Even England v Scotland game only 75000 were there.

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I have to disagree, perhaps it was the fact there were no footballers on the show that some of you did not like it. It was certainly better than a load of sicafant exfootballers talking a load of rubbish earlier in the evening.

Agree it was refreshing change. I'm a huge football fan but it is analysed and previewed to death.

BexTech · 16-08-2013, 20:13

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Originally Posted by Henkesghost

Agree it was refreshing change. I'm a huge football fan but it is analysed and previewed to death.

I only ever watch the match itself, don't bother with all the other nonsense before, in-between or after.

colin25 · 16-08-2013, 20:23

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Originally Posted by BexTech

I only ever watch the match itself, don't bother with all the other nonsense before, in-between or after.

Yes, I am not keen on foreplay either. And claire balding wouldn't be my choice

VirginMediaPhil · 16-08-2013, 20:26

Why did Virgin Media bother sending us that calendar of sport for the next year BEFORE signing the BT Sport deal? Surely they would have known seeing as they can't have made a whole ad campaign about it featuring Peter Crouch on the same day they announced the deal lol

braysoj1 · 16-08-2013, 20:28

i would recommend Baker Kelly BTS on bt sports was very funny any one else watch it thoughts

16-08-2013, 20:38

I thought it was dire like all these talkshows.

Chad · 16-08-2013, 20:46

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Originally Posted by johnathome

Does anyone know when the NHL rights are up for auction again? I did have a google and came across this interesting piece.

http://pushforpros.wordpress.com/201...-and-bid-more/

NHL signed a new 4 year deal with Premier Sports on 5th July 2012.

cityfan247 · 16-08-2013, 21:19

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Originally Posted by Chad

NHL signed a new 4 year deal with Premier Sports on 5th July 2012.

i'm not sure Premier Sports will be around that long unless they take steps to reach as large an audience as possible -with Sky and BT ahead of them in the pay tv market perhaps they should abandon the subscription route.

Quite frankly they dont offer any near as good value compared to Sky and BT.

Perhaps they could go the same as Eurosport that has some decent programming (some would say superior to Premier Sports) and are not subscription based. As I said in a previous post be more widely available (not just on Sky platform) be cheaper and get on a VM tv package

GordonJ · 16-08-2013, 21:20

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Originally Posted by Anypermitedroute

So now as per the original topic:

1) ESPN - retained in XL and HD
2) BT - acquired in XL and HD
3) Eurosport - 1&2 in HD and XL
4) Premier sport - no (can they continue with likes of BT?)
5) sky sports news - only SD but rumoured HD soon

3 down two possibly one to go depending on how you look at it

How about Motors TV in SD. I'm not even worried about HD just anything other than the awful picture quality it is now

16-08-2013, 21:34

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Originally Posted by cityfan247

i'm not sure Premier Sports will be around that long unless they take steps to reach as large an audience as possible -with Sky and BT ahead of them in the pay tv market perhaps they should abandon the subscription route.

Quite frankly they dont offer any near as good value compared to Sky and BT.

Perhaps they could go the same as Eurosport that has some decent programming (some would say superior to Premier Sports) and are not subscription based. As I said in a previous post be more widely available (not just on Sky platform) be cheaper and get on a VM tv package

The reason why Premier Sports is not on VM is that they wanted to be on the XL TV pack and VM said subscription route was their only option to get on the cable platform!

cityfan247 · 16-08-2013, 21:44

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Originally Posted by mhatter67

The reason why Premier Sports is not on VM is that they wanted to be on the XL TV pack and VM said subscription route was their only option to get on the cable platform!

presumably because Premier had asked for too much money and overestimated its value- I am sure if the price was right for both parties it could be on VM

Chad · 16-08-2013, 21:49

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Originally Posted by cityfan247

i'm not sure Premier Sports will be around that long unless they take steps to reach as large an audience as possible -with Sky and BT ahead of them in the pay tv market perhaps they should abandon the subscription route.

Quite frankly they dont offer any near as good value compared to Sky and BT.

Perhaps they could go the same as Eurosport that has some decent programming (some would say superior to Premier Sports) and are not subscription based. As I said in a previous post be more widely available (not just on Sky platform) be cheaper and get on a VM tv package

Totally agree. They do seem to have a large following in terms of their NASCAR and NHL coverage. Posts on Facebook however suggest lots of rugby and conference fans cancelled in the summer after BT snapped up the rights.

alwaysabear · 16-08-2013, 21:54

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Originally Posted by Chad

Totally agree. They do seem to have a large following in terms of their NASCAR and NHL coverage. Posts on Facebook however suggest lots of rugby and conference fans cancelled in the summer after BT snapped up the rights.

I cannot see Premier Sports having much of a future unless they take steps to make themselves available to more customers or sell out in the UK as ESPN have done.