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muffler · 18-06-2015 9:59pm

ianburke wrote: »

Hi all.

Is there anyone here with bt sport multiroom on their sky subscription? I was thinking of getting bt sport on a 2nd tv for the champions league next season. Its an extra 5 i think per month.

Was just wondering what the story is with connecting to the phone line. Private number here so i dont see a way around it. My sky boxes arent connected anyways. But i was also thinking how bt would do a callback when its a sky box im using and not a bt one.

Any advice greatly appreciated.

You cant get BT Sport with a Sky sub - not legally anyhow. You need to sign up with Setanta to get it and you need a Sky box and a viewing card, active or inactive doesnt really matter it seems.

kooga · 20-06-2015 2:31pm

I see the bt sport hd pack in the UK on the sky platform is £23.99 a month. Expensive

irishfeen · 20-06-2015 2:37pm

kooga wrote: »

I see the bt sport hd pack in the UK on the sky platform is £23.99 a month. Expensive

How much is sky sports 1-5 in the UK I wonder?.. one thing for certain is that BT are majorly pushing the quad BT network and trying to pull customers back from all platforms and provides - one of the most aggressive strategy we have ever seen in this sector.

From our point of view its a great pity BT have pulled out of the Irish domestic market.

icdg · 20-06-2015 2:50pm

The Original Bundle with Sky Sports is £45.50 in the UK (the discount available here doesn't seem to be available there - they have a free TV offer instead). Undiscounted it is €65 here but there is a discount to €47 for six months.

You have to remember that most BT Sport customers in the UK are taking it with BT Broadband, where it will only be £5 extra from August (free at the moment). Very few are taking it standalone on Sky.

irishfeen · 20-06-2015 2:58pm

icdg wrote: »

The Original Bundle with Sky Sports is £45.50 in the UK (the discount available here doesn't seem to be available there - they have a free TV offer instead). Undiscounted it is €65 here but there is a discount to €47 for six months.

You have to remember that most BT Sport customers in the UK are taking it with BT Broadband, where it will only be £5 extra from August (free at the moment). Very few are taking it standalone on Sky.

I suppose BT are not really interested in these customers all being told - their whole game is BT Bundles ... the more quad bundles they sell the mula will just flow into the company... and its already a VERY profitable company!

enfant terrible · 20-06-2015 6:52pm

Anyone think Setanta will be increasing their prices?

irishfeen · 20-06-2015 7:06pm

enfant terrible wrote: »

Anyone think Setanta will be increasing their prices?

I would imagine so ... they have a HD channel on the way too so it gives them an excuse.

mikeym · 20-06-2015 8:38pm

http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/sky_sports_and_bt_sport_announce_dates_when_live_premier_league_tv_fixtures_will_be_revealed_1_4117782

The Premier League have announced the dates when live TV selections will be revealed by Sky Sports and BT Sport.

August/September fixtures: on or before June 24

October/November fixtures: July 6

December fixtures: September 17

Infoanon · 20-06-2015 11:52pm

enfant terrible wrote: »

Anyone think Setanta will be increasing their prices?

Answer is Yes - email sent to existing customers over the last few days.

lertsnim · 21-06-2015 12:02am

How much are they increasing by?

Infoanon · 21-06-2015 12:51am

lertsnim wrote: »

How much are they increasing by?

€25 for yearly subscribers

ianburke · 21-06-2015 1:43am

Infoanon wrote: »

€25 for yearly subscribers

what was it? 200?

B17G · 21-06-2015 10:52am

In the UK, the increase will be €6.49 per month if you are watching the BT pack via the Sky platform. £19.99 from August.

http://www.a516digital.com/2015/06/bt-sport-prices-20-charge-for-sky.html

Joo0 · 21-06-2015 2:39pm

ftakeith wrote: »

setanta paid €750,000 per year for the live rights

Not as expensive as I expected.

TBH I dont see how Setanta can raise prices. Its over priced for what it is at the moment. Most people will just watch the two champions league games on tv3/rte. Only thing is the europa league wont be on 3e anymore. Bit of a loss for them.

lertsnim · 21-06-2015 5:33pm

Joo0 wrote: »

Not as expensive as I expected.

There is a good chance that figure was pulled from thin air. Several people have asked for a source and are still waiting.

icdg · 21-06-2015 6:12pm

Yes and look while I am always willing to give any poster the benefit of the doubt, I now think Ive given enough benefit. Ftakeith can take a warning for trolling unless he comes back with a source and unless he does this particlular point is off limits for discussion now

lowbatt07 · 21-06-2015 8:28pm

750k is nonsense.. i know about 4/5 yrs ago setanta (or maybe it was rte at the time) paid 3m euros for it

irishfeen · 21-06-2015 8:40pm

If it's 750k/season it would be 25k per game .. I find that VERY hard to believe!

redabbey · 21-06-2015 8:50pm

mikeym wrote: »

http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/sky_sports_and_bt_sport_announce_dates_when_live_premier_league_tv_fixtures_will_be_revealed_1_4117782

I appreciate you have posted a link to your information but it completely conflicts with the information on the Premier Leagues's own website.

http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/matchday/fixture-changes-explained.html

The first changes take place when our UK broadcast partners announce their opening group of live TV matches. This happens in early July and contains broadcast alterations for the first two months of the season (August and September).

TV matches for October and November should be confirmed and announced in early August.

For fixtures from December onwards, live TV matches are mostly confirmed on a month-by-month basis. The Premier League will seek to confirm live TV matches approximately five or six weeks prior to the start of the month in question. For example, December selections are typically confirmed in mid-October.

The broadcast selections for the season’s final round of fixtures are usually announced after every club has completed 37 matches. As these matches always kick-off simultaneously, there is no direct impact on match-going fans, in terms of rearranged dates or kick-off times.

It also makes no sense at all as to why would the television fixtures to end September be released and then a short time later the television fixtures for October & November all before the start of the season. The release date also for December matches is way ahead of any previous season's television fixture announcement.

I will be extremely surprised if in week three of the fixtures, Arsenal v Liverpool is not s Sky fixture on the Monday night, all the other nine fixtures have at least one club who will be playing in the League Cup 2nd round on either the Monday or Tuesday night.

There are other dates it is possible to predict with total certainty that both Liverpool and Spurs will be playing on Sundays because of their Europa League games being on the preceding Thursdays and those Thursdays being followed by the International Breaks and League Cup rounds. As I said the day can be predicted but not whether these matches will be television picks.

mikeym · 21-06-2015 10:48pm

redabbey wrote: »

I appreciate you have posted a link to your information but it completely conflicts with the information on the Premier Leagues's own website.

http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/matchday/fixture-changes-explained.html

It also makes no sense at all as to why would the television fixtures to end September be released and then a short time later the television fixtures for October & November all before the start of the season. The release date also for December matches is way ahead of any previous season's television fixture announcement.

I will be extremely surprised if in week three of the fixtures, Arsenal v Liverpool is not s Sky fixture on the Monday night, all the other nine fixtures have at least one club who will be playing in the League Cup 2nd round on either the Monday or Tuesday night.

There are other dates it is possible to predict with total certainty that both Liverpool and Spurs will be playing on Sundays because of their Europa League games being on the preceding Thursdays and those Thursdays being followed by the International Breaks and League Cup rounds. As I said the day can be predicted but not whether these matches will be television picks.

To be honest I found that page by accident I typed in "bt sport" into Google.

Obviously I would trust the official premier league website over some local Norwich website, but why would they put out the wrong information?

ianburke · 21-06-2015 10:53pm

annual package i was told on the phone is 225. was it 200 up until now?

kooga · 21-06-2015 11:00pm

199 but last Dec they had a promo 12 months for 99

peejay1986 · 23-06-2015 12:38pm

How are Setanta at dealing with cancellation threats? Will they offer a deal, similar to how Sky operate?

Chris_Bradley · 23-06-2015 12:51pm

peejay1986 wrote: »

How are Setanta at dealing with cancellation threats? Will they offer a deal, similar to how Sky operate?

I rang & said I wanted to leave - immediately they offered 3 months @ 9.99

Tugboats · 23-06-2015 12:58pm

Chris_Bradley wrote: »

I rang & said I wanted to leave - immediately they offered 3 months @ 9.99

Im on June and July for 9.99. Will be calling soon to cancel. Hopefully I will get a similar offer. No way is it worth 21.99e per month when its main selling point is second rate PL games and a "champions" league that only gets interesting in March

muffler · 23-06-2015 1:40pm

Tugboats wrote: »

Im on June and July for 9.99. Will be calling soon to cancel. Hopefully I will get a similar offer. No way is it worth 21.99e per month when its main selling point is second rate PL games and a "champions" league that only gets interesting in March

Make sure you cancel no later than 30th June.

kooga · 23-06-2015 2:08pm

on june july august september at 9.99 a month. Was due to be cut off at the end of may and received a call. Have it in my diary to ring to cancel mid/late august. my advice is go ahead with the cancellation as the outbound offer call is better than the offer the rep offers you to stay when you ring.

Be interesting to see what the new price will be from the first of august with bt europe in the pack

peejay1986 · 23-06-2015 2:21pm

Cool, thanks for the advice everyone.

I'd be long rid of the package if it wasn't for the UFC coverage. The extra football is a bonus for me but it wouldn't solely keep me signed up.

Tugboats · 23-06-2015 2:28pm

peejay1986 wrote: »

Cool, thanks for the advice everyone.

I'd be long rid of the package if it wasn't for the UFC coverage. The extra football is a bonus for me but it wouldn't solely keep me signed up.

What about UFC tv if thats all you're interested in?

peejay1986 · 23-06-2015 2:34pm

Tugboats wrote: »

What about UFC tv if thats all you're interested in?

I'm signed up to the FightPass online network but that doesn't give you access to the PPV events, which are usually the best ones. They only become available to watch after a long delay.

Tugboats · 23-06-2015 2:36pm

peejay1986 wrote: »

I'm signed up to the FightPass online network but that doesn't give you access to the PPV events, which are usually the best ones. They only become available to watch after a long delay.

Oh didnt know that I thought they had everything live.

peejay1986 · 23-06-2015 2:39pm

Tugboats wrote: »

Oh didnt know that I thought they had everything live.

Yep, as did I when I joined. You can buy the PPVs individually to watch live but it's cheaper to get a month of BT Sport.

Tugboats · 23-06-2015 3:52pm

Just after ringing to cancel. Was offered August and September for 9.99 per month.

kooga · 23-06-2015 3:58pm

Tugboats wrote: »

Just after ringing to cancel. Was offered August and September for 9.99 per month.

cancel and await the call back..........................

sbEdge · 23-06-2015 3:58pm

I signed up late last year, they had a black friday deal €99 for 12 months. What's the story when the 12 months is up? Does it revert to full price or does my subscription just end?

kooga · 23-06-2015 4:04pm

sbEdge wrote: »

I signed up late last year, they had a black friday deal €99 for 12 months. What's the story when the 12 months is up? Does it revert to full price or does my subscription just end?

you would want to ring them to clarify.

because it might automatically renew to an annual membership or the monthly price. ring them..................they might even offer you the same deal again. let us know how you get on.

Tugboats · 23-06-2015 6:06pm

kooga wrote: »

cancel and await the call back..........................

What is their better offer? I think 9.99 is good but they wouldn't give it to me for 12 months so I didn't take it(yet)

kooga · 23-06-2015 6:28pm

Usually when u ring to cancel they offer two months at 9.99 a month but if you hold tough they will ring u before the cancel date to offer 4 months at 9.99. It's a bit of a game the whole thing!

Tugboats · 23-06-2015 6:38pm

kooga wrote: »

Usually when u ring to cancel they offer two months at 9.99 a month but if you hold tough they will ring u before the cancel date to offer 4 months at 9.99. It's a bit of a game the whole thing!

It's a bit silly they won't take 120quid up front for 12 months but are happy to take 9.99 pm

Joo0 · 27-06-2015 8:55pm

When is Setanta going HD on satellite?

Chris_Bradley · 27-06-2015 9:04pm

Joo0 wrote: »

When is Setanta going HD on satellite?

20th of July

mackersdublin · 28-06-2015 2:53pm

Only Setanta Sports 1 HD is testing on satellite along with the UK version Premier Sports HD
11.225 V DVB-S QPSK SR 27.5 FEC 2/3 - Labelled 53152 and 53153

No sign of Setanta Ireland being in HD

Chris_Bradley · 28-06-2015 3:14pm

mackersdublin wrote: »

No sign of Setanta Ireland being in HD

Apparently they won't have Setanta Ireland in HD on sat.

Looking at those channels, picture is superb.

irishfeen · 28-06-2015 7:15pm

Is there a HD logo on the test channel?

Chris_Bradley · 28-06-2015 7:17pm

irishfeen wrote: »

Is there a HD logo on the test channel?

No Premier logo at all, my Dreambox is showing it as HD though.

Doesn't seem to opening with Irish cards yet, only UK Premier subs.

kooga · 01-07-2015 3:38pm

Bt sport showcase is showing a loop now on freeview (sd) according a516digital

irishfeen · 01-07-2015 9:17pm

mackersdublin wrote: »

Only Setanta Sports 1 HD is testing on satellite along with the UK version Premier Sports HD
11.225 V DVB-S QPSK SR 27.5 FEC 2/3 - Labelled 53152 and 53153

No sign of Setanta Ireland being in HD

The test HD channels don't seem to be covered under the new encryption system the sky HD channels have (like BT although these are just tests so might change).. I wonder are BT helping them with setting up in HD?

Chris_Bradley · 01-07-2015 9:27pm

irishfeen wrote: »

The test HD channels don't seem to be covered under the new encryption system the sky HD channels have (like BT although these are just tests so might change).. I wonder are BT helping them with setting up in HD?

Nope, just like BoxNation & BT HD channels, Sky are not putting them on the same encryption as their own HD channels.

irishfeen · 01-07-2015 9:30pm

Chris_Bradley wrote: »

Nope, just like BoxNation & BT HD channels, Sky are not putting them on the same encryption as their own HD channels.

It's a strange one because MUTV and ChelseaTV HD do seem to be then.

Chris_Bradley · 01-07-2015 9:32pm

irishfeen wrote: »

It's a strange one because MUTV and ChelseaTV HD do seem to be then.

Sky sell those that's why. I see ITV HD's are now back to the old encryption now too.

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