BT Sport

[Chazza]

right where do i stand

i've got full sky package with sky sports and espn

i've been told my espn ends in july.

what are my options?

It will transfer to BT or you can cancel it.

[Chazza]

Won't bother watching any football if we sign Ashley Williams

You're obsessed man!

That poor woman opposite must be getting worried again.

[Gibbo]

Has BT acquired all of ESPN's contracts?

so UFC will be staying where it is plus you get BT's football for what I'm paying now?

Have BT got a decent amount of games?

[Gibbo]

Alex

Nice one newsbreaker Chazza.

[PTP]

It will transfer to BT or you can cancel it.

i'm thinking we will just cancel it.

as long as sky still have a fair few games - the games that are usually on espn i'll either stream or go the pub

[Chazza]

Owen Gibson @owen_g
New prices: £10 a month for BT Broadband or £15 a month for BT Infinity. All customers will get BT Sport free.

Owen Gibson @owen_g
HD versions of the channels cost extra £3 a month, but are free if you sign up before Aug. Non-BT Broadband customers will pay £15 per month

[Alex]

Well my mind is made up then. BT Sport it is

[Chazza]

If you are already a BT customer then it is a good deal.

If not then £15 a month.

[Alex]

Owen Gibson @owen_g 9m
BT plan to take on Sky's dominance of the pubs and clubs market by offering cut price deals - av pub will pay 80% less than Sky Sports.

[Chazza]

BT Sport will be free to any consumer BT broadband customer – the first time in more than 20 years that weekly live matches from the Barclays Premier League will be free to watch.

The three BT Sport channels – BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2 and ESPN – will be packed with world class sport, including 38 exclusively live Barclays Premier League matches, as opposed to the 23 ESPN offered. This includes 18 of the best quality ‘top pick’ matches which for the first time ever are not all with Sky Sports.

BT Sport will also offer matches from the Bundesliga, The FA Cup with Budweiser on ESPN, Scottish Premier League, UEFA Europa League, Serie A, Ligue 1, MLS and many more.

BT Sport is also the new home for domestic club rugby with exclusive rights to televise up to 69 live Aviva Premiership rugby matches per season (previously shared between Sky Sports and ESPN).

In 2014 BT Sport will also be the new home of MotoGP with exclusive live rights to all the Moto GP races (Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP) of the season (18 GPs). This includes all Warm Ups Practice and Qualifying live (previously on the BBC).

We have also added top women’s tennis from the WTA, exclusive rights to UFC Women’s Super League football, Australian ‘A’ league soccer and action sport and lifestyle programming from Red Bull Media House.

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, so we want to increase the number of customers enjoying high quality sports on TV.

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.

You’ll be able to get BT Sport direct from us via our own TV service, on Sky’s digital satellite platform and also online or via a new App letting you enjoy the channels on the move or at home on your PC, smartphone, or tablet.

[Alex]

Quick calculation puts the cost of having BT Vision or Sky with the same packages at about the same price.

£1 in it towards BTs favour. But they dont have all the ipad apps.

[dom9]

Still no mention of cable.

[Chazza]

Still no mention of cable.

£15 a month innit?

[Alex]

I think I will get this. I love sport. All those Prem games are a draw, plus I am a big UFC fan, so any more prime time offerings of that are welcome.

Hopefully they can justify the increase of £5 over ESPN though, because at the moment all I can see they are offering is a couple more games and some Motogp.

Hopefully this shocks Sky Sports into dropping their price down a little. A bit of competition is good for everyone.

[dom9]

£15 a month innit?

Or not at all:

You’ll be able to get BT Sport direct from us via our own TV service, on Sky’s digital satellite platform and also online or via a new App letting you enjoy the channels on the move or at home on your PC, smartphone, or tablet.

Unless you go for the online option I guess.