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Old 09-06-2015, 01:14   #5746
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Sky Sports' Champions League viewing dives in 'worst year ever' for audiences.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...ions-league-bt
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Probably a touch of sour grapes there Den.
I think you're right MM, they did plead for 3 days for the opportunity to bid again when BT won the rights.
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Old 09-06-2015, 09:59   #5747
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news

BT doing an Apple

http://sport.bt.com/pages/europe/
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Old 09-06-2015, 13:54   #5748
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Free from BT....

http://sport.bt.com/sport-football/n...id=con_BTcomHP
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Old 09-06-2015, 14:22   #5749
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That link says:

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It is not yet clear whether customers who get BT Sport through Virgin cable deals will have to pay.
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Old 09-06-2015, 14:36   #5750
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news

It seems to be in BT's interests to have this new Europe channel on Virgin Media....
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Old 09-06-2015, 14:47   #5751
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Think you jumped ahead a bit there MB, the link doesn't necessarily have anything to do with VM - just that BT's BB customers won't be paying. Puts pressure on VM (and Sky) I would think.

I believe BT are playing the long game and we won't see the results of their move into TV & sport until 2018-2020 when BT's GFast technology becomes widely available. That's when VM should worry.

Best news is there was no mention of Andy Townsend.
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Old 09-06-2015, 15:22   #5752
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First game on BT Sport Ultra HD will be Chelsea v Arsenal in the Community Shield on August 2nd

I hate to think what the new set top box will cost will be surprised if its under £150
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Old 09-06-2015, 15:57   #5753
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Quite shocked they are still going to offer BT Sports for free to Infinity customers. I hope they come to an agreement with VM, but I'm sure a price hike will on the horizon at the very least.

On a side note, it's good to see 4K is about to take off in the UK.
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Old 09-06-2015, 16:15   #5754
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Well until August it seems the speculation on actually what will happen is likely to go into overdrive.
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Won't be long till sky get into the 4K market they won't want to lag behind BT for too long
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Great line-up #BTSportEurope. @virginmedia customers more details on your sports line-up coming soon.


Virgin Media ‏@virginmedia 15m15 minutes ago
@virginmedia We’re in talks with BT Sport Europe about adding the new channel to our existing sporting action!
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Good so with luck VM will get the channel now is a case of whether it will cost extra!
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Great line-up #BTSportEurope. @virginmedia customers more details on your sports line-up coming soon.


Virgin Media ‏@virginmedia 15m15 minutes ago
@virginmedia We’re in talks with BT Sport Europe about adding the new channel to our existing sporting action!
hopefully they can pull it off again like when all said we not get BT sports
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Sky Sports' Champions League viewing dives in 'worst year ever' for audiences.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...ions-league-bt
BT responds to Sky sour grapes and UEFA aren't happy with sky slating

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...-of-words.html
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Old 10-06-2015, 03:14   #5760
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Quite shocked they are still going to offer BT Sports for free to Infinity customers. I hope they come to an agreement with VM, but I'm sure a price hike will on the horizon at the very least.

On a side note, it's good to see 4K is about to take off in the UK.
From what I've read, if you just have BT broadband you'll be charged £5 extra if you want BT Sports too. Those who have BT TV & broadband have sport included. And if you want to watch BT sport in HD, the price has increased from £3 to £4. Hopefully this is correct, as I've just switched to BT, and I'd like sport to be included in my package. Not sure what happens to existing customers who are already on contracts - I suppose BT have to pay for their increased sports coverage somehow though.

EDIT: I think most of this was in the BT Sports Press release above, so sorry for repeating.
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