Can i order at the races only ? also what ppv content is on sky ?

goldfishlover

or do i have to order all those other channels that i don't need ?

also what ppv content is on sky ?

mikeym

At the races cant be ordered on its own. The only sporting related ppv stuff on sky is boxing and wrestling.

Wizard007

At the Races is on the News mix ( which on its own is €20.50 per month or as an add on is €2 per month ) and also includes

British Eurosport
British Eurosport 2
CNBC
ESPN Classic
Extreme Sports
FOX News
Motors TV
NDTV 24 X 7
STAR News
Sky News ( which is fta )
Sky Sports News
Real Madrid TV
.


Ppv - Box Office Movies and as Mikey said, boxing and wrestling.

goldfishlover

can i pay for the news mix over the phone with my credit card and have it activated

i don't want to sign up for a year of the news mix

just for maby a month here and there during cheltnam and events like that ?

Mossy Monk

At The Races don't show Cheltenham. Racing UK has most of the UK's race courses and can only be gotten through the Setanta package.

Wizard007

goldfishlover wrote: »

can i pay for the news mix over the phone with my credit card and have it activated

i don't want to sign up for a year of the news mix

just for maby a month here and there during cheltnam and events like that ?

Yes you can and also you can have your package changed every month if you wish, ie. you find you're not making use of the subscriptions you are signed up to, you can remove them or have others added.

Unfortunately you would have to go into a 12 month contract with Sky to have a card activated / re-activated.

Wizard007

Mossy Monk wrote: »

At The Races don't show Cheltenham. Racing UK has most of the UK's race courses and can only be gotten through the Setanta package.

Very true, but all of the major races ie Gold Cup, Aintree etc are available on most of the common channels when they are on. BBC RTE etc.

dlambirl

goldfishlover wrote: »

can i pay for the news mix over the phone with my credit card and have it activated

i don't want to sign up for a year of the news mix

just for maby a month here and there during cheltnam and events like that ?

You must sign up to Sky for a year and pay the minimum 20.50 per month as far as I am aware. If you got the Variety pack (e4, sky1, living, paramount, etc) and the news mix you'd pay €22.50 per month. You can remove the News package when you dont need it (although you have to keep it for at least a month at a time). But as for being able to just get the news mix

goldfishlover wrote:

"here and there during cheltnam and events like that"

Wizard007

Sorry, I didn't make it clearer

You can get the News mix on it's own for €20.50. You will still get RTE 1, Network 2, TV 3, TnaG, Channel 4, More 4 and E4 as a bonus mix.

von Smallhausen

Wizard007 wrote: »

Very true, but all of the major races ie Gold Cup, Aintree etc are available on most of the common channels when they are on. BBC RTE etc.

There was racing on C4 a while back are they still doing that or am I completly mistaken?

von Smallhausen

dlambirl wrote: »

You must sign up to Sky for a year and pay the minimum 20.50 per month as far as I am aware. If you got the Variety pack (e4, sky1, living, paramount, etc) and the news mix you'd pay €22.50 per month. You can remove the News package when you dont need it (although you have to keep it for at least a month at a time). But as for being able to just get the news mix

Could you finish that sentenace?


Yes you can get the News&Events pack on its own. You could also change it every month like Wizard007 said earlier. When you sign up you get to pick & mix your package..like a sweet shop:D:D

dlambirl

All the big race meetings are covered on terrestial tv...

RTE, CH4 and BBC all show horse racing. Ch4 cover it especially well.

Danny B - the way i took it up, the OP only wants "At the Races" occassionly and asked if he could order the News Mix when the racing it on. I dont think the OP wants Sky at all, only the Channel 415 while the big racing events is on. I took it up that the OP didnt want to pay a yearly subscription to sky, just kind of get the news mix as P.P.V

DMC

Coverage on terrestrial TV is dimishing at present. The BBC are cutting the amount of days that live racing is on to just 14, down from 27 this year, and 74 ten years ago.

In fact, Channel 4 were looking to get paid to show it, and by way of sponsorship, it probably is. Thats unheard of in this age of sports rights megabucks.

At The Races unique selling point is it has almost every Irish meeting.

von Smallhausen

Speaking of horses...I remember last year at the english grand national it was one of the races before the big one there was a horse called The Ethopian...and as a joke i said theres one thats gonna win it....nobody believed me and backed some other donkey...and lo and behold the one I picked came first at 100/1:eek::eek:


Cant bevieve it...I didnt back it either...:o

dlambirl

Danny_B wrote: »

Speaking of horses...I remember last year at the english grand national it was one of the races before the big one there was a horse called The Ethopian...and as a joke i said theres one thats gonna win it....nobody believed me and backed some other donkey...and lo and behold the one I picked came first at 100/1:eek::eek:


Cant bevieve it...I didnt back it either...:o

Snap - i done the same one time.....

Felt like a oure and utter b*llox when it won and i hadnt it backed!!!

von Smallhausen

Nah I just said told ya so but would ya listen noooooooo.lol