Topic: BT Sport

[liverbnz]

Fair play to BT Sport. As far as marketing goes, it's obviously about as transparent as it gets, but it's a few more games than a lot of fans got to see before Sky's stronghold. I hope they keep it up.

There's a match on free to air every round of European football. 3/4 if you include Europa league. How does this deal work out as 'more' for the fans?

Edit: understand what you mean now! My bad. Still this is in no way good news for football fans.

[Carly]

Get in ! Is what I say.  I'll finally be able to watch the games now after years of missing out due to Sky being a complete rip off. 

[TepidT2O]

Nor ITV.

I reckon they will.

BT have had to agree that there will be a wife variety of games available on free to air tv.

This means BBC or ITV or ods only channel 5.

I reckon BT will essentially sell on the rights to one game a week.  ITV will out bid the BBC as they are skint.

Simple.


I think we're stuck with chiles

[TepidT2O]

Get in ! Is what I say.  I'll finally be able to watch the games now after years of missing out due to Sky being a complete rip off. 

BT sport won't be free for long....

[B0151?]

is right, fuck sky

[buzzing]

Get in ! Is what I say.  I'll finally be able to watch the games now after years of missing out due to Sky being a complete rip off. 

Did you not watch it on itv when they had games

This is not going to be good for footy fans with more costs

[Anthony]

I reckon they will.

BT have had to agree that there will be a wife variety of games available on free to air tv.

This means BBC or ITV or ods only channel 5.

I reckon BT will essentially sell on the rights to one game a week.  ITV will out bid the BBC as they are skint.

Simple.


I think we're stuck with chiles

BT have a channel on Freeview they can offer for free - we're not talking about the same 5 channels anymore.

BT sport won't be free for long....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24879138

John Petter, boss of the company's consumer division, added: "Today, to get the whole competition, you typically have to pay Sky £40 or so a month. The pricing is not being announced today, but I can say that this will be far more affordable than currently."

Interview with Gavin Paterson there as well - got very cagey when asked about price. "You will have to pay a little bit - considerably less than you have to pay today"

[lfc_col]

When do we found out who's got the highlights BBC or ITV

[Bangin Them In]

So most on here watch on streams and are moaning about costs

Presumably of the streams

That are free

ITV are by no means free - You pay with your dignity to watch Chiles - I'd rather pay actual cash

[Mouth]

So most on here watch on streams and are moaning about costs

Presumably of the streams

That are free

ITV are by no means free - You pay with your dignity to watch Chiles - I'd rather pay actual cash

Cant see streams surviving, would expect BT to be a lot more savvy and aggressive in getting them shut down.

[west_london_red]

It's a good excuse to go to the pub too

[J_Kopite]

Cant see streams surviving, would expect BT to be a lot more savvy and aggressive in getting them shut down.

No chance

[Carly]

No more Andy Townsend or Clive Tlydsley is a bonus.

[cornelius]

Sky must be really smarting from this. The only way back for them is to use the extra money they will save to make the PL an offer they can't refuse for total exclusivity and rights to show every game.

[Juan Loco]

Hope they use their Sunday Night Football format rather than their matey-banter-cuntfest-shitpundit format from the Premiership games.

[Jimmy Conway]

So most on here watch on streams and are moaning about costs

Presumably of the streams

That are free

ITV are by no means free - You pay with your dignity to watch Chiles - I'd rather pay actual cash

Chiles is leaving ITV Sport

[Elzar]

Chiles is leaving ITV Sport

What do they actually have now? Just England games?

[Anthony]

What do they actually have now? Just England games?

Well they still have the FA Cup for this season and CL/EL for another year and a half.

And I've been a bit sceptical above but I have got to say the report on the ITV Evening News is just pure scaremongering

"...for the most part it means the end of Champions League Football on Free to Air Television"

"For 20 Years Top European Football has always been free to watch" - erm, not quite!

I think we will need to have confirmation of how many games will be free to air but, if they are to match their undertaking of showing every British Team at least once that would take up at least 5 of the 6 CL Gameweeks.

[Paul-LFC]

Hope they use their Sunday Night Football format rather than their matey-banter-cuntfest-shitpundit format from the Premiership games.

I hope BT adopt this in press releases as the official term for their brand of coverage

Sunday Night Football is brilliant though, hopefully James Richardson gets to present more matches now they'll be showing a lot more than they are at the moment.

[cornelius]

Chiles is leaving ITV Sport

Has that actually been confirmed? I thought his contract was up for renewal next summer.

[Mouth]

Chiles is leaving ITV Sport

He's going to BT.

[Surprise me.]

To watch F1 on Sky you have to have their full sports package so hopefully this means from 2015 they split things up ans make it cheaper.

[killer-heels]

Will the final be free? You would imagine sponsors would want as big an audience as possible?

[Samie]

Will the final be free? You would imagine sponsors would want as big an audience as possible?

Yes final and a few other matches will be  free to air.

[TALBERT]

Loved ITV's coverage for our win in 2005.

Clive was brilliant as was Gabby Logan.

But since then ITV's coverage has been fucking dire and its all because of that utter c*nt Adrian Chiles

Roy Keane is the only ITV pundit worth listening to.

I hope BT Sport get James Richardson involved in the coverage - bloke knows Euro football.

Fuck you Murdoch

Sky Sports doesn't seem that much value for money any more

[TepidT2O]

Yes final and a few other matches will be  free to air.

I imagine there will be many free matches, and I imagine they will be on one of the big channels.

BT had to agree a compromise deal with UEFA to appease the sponsors.  What form this takes is as yet unclear.

[RedSince86]

i'd love to see the bbc get the free CL games instead of ITV, who just have crap punditry and that red manc clive having a orgasm when man united score

[Twelfth Man]

Yes final and a few other matches will be  free to air.

As in their digital freeview channel? Only thing that matters now, is that we are fucking in it next year. Got their broadband infinity package so hopefully it will stay free with that.

[Mouth]

i'd love to see the bbc get the free CL games instead of ITV, who just have crap punditry and that red manc clive having a orgasm when man united score

Wont be a problem next season, they wont be in the CL.

[Smudgester]

Sky must be really smarting from this. The only way back for them is to use the extra money they will save to make the PL an offer they can't refuse for total exclusivity and rights to show every game.

The PL (a) can't do that and (b) wouldn't want to do that.

[Smudgester]

i'd love to see the bbc get the free CL games instead of ITV, who just have crap punditry and that red manc clive having a orgasm when man united score

The BBC won't get them because (a) with a Freeview channel BT have no need to 'sell' the free CL games to anybody and (b) the BBC wouldn't be able to show them anyway, AFAIK, since they wouldn't be able to show any of the pre-match sponsorship stuff which UEFA insist on.

[KevLFC]

i'd love to see the bbc get the free CL games instead of ITV, who just have crap punditry and that red manc clive having a orgasm when man united score

I love it when we score tho and has an orgasm over Gerrard . Champions league final commentatory on us is legendary for a supposed manc

[John C]

Just as we thought the football bubble may burst ay? Not.

Made up Sky have taken a kick in the bollocks, hate them but it won't be long before we'll feel the same about BT. Once figures like this are introduced the only people paying for it directly or indirectly is us.

[Twelfth Man]

Looks like they will charge for CL coverage and that includes customers like me who have their phone and broadband service. Perhaps not so good as ITV. Quicker it all goes tits up the better.

[Elisha S]

Anyway of getting a dodgy Sky card from Ireland?   CL matches are still free to air on Irish tv.

[stevieG786]

Get a dream box and have sky and BT sports for free!! 

[rocco]

Take it , it means more money for the 4 premierleague clubs in the champions league

[Fordy]

BT will go for the PL matches next big time.

[Fordy]

Get a dream box and have sky and BT sports for free!! 

What's a dream box mate and how much do they cost?

[Twelfth Man]

What's a dream box mate and how much do they cost?

Go to your local boozer and look for a dodgy looking bloke...