ESPN UK & Ireland - availablity on UPC

fulhamfanincork

ESPN Football launches on the 3rd of August. Does anyone know if Chorus will charge us cable users for the channel or will they do the nice thing and give it to us in Freeview?

Mossy Monk

Not a hope in hell of UPC offering this as a free channel.

fulhamfanincork

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Not a hope in hell of UPC offering this as a free channel.

They are robbing me enough as it is like. :mad:

Mossy Monk

That's the joy of the free market. You can choose if you want it or refuse to have it.

fulhamfanincork

Mossy Monk wrote: »

That's the joy of the free market. You can choose if you want it or refuse to have it.

But I can't can I? I have an addiction to football and have to see all the games I can. I think they are also showing the Europa League games in which my team will be playing.

Dodge

fulhamfanincork wrote: »

But I can't can I? I have an addiction to football and have to see all the games I can. I think they are also showing the Europa League games in which my team will be playing.

Well if you have an addiction, maybe they're trying to help you. Presumably its only TV football you're addicted to.

Moriarty

You pay UPC, UPC takes a cut and pays ESPN, ESPN take a cut and pay premier league, premier league take a cut and pay clubs, clubs take a cut and siphon the rest off in to some neanderthals bank account.

Feel better now?

fulhamfanincork

Dodge wrote: »

Well if you have an addiction, maybe they're trying to help you. Presumably its only TV football you're addicted to.

No I go to 14 games a season home and away but can';t stop watching any type of football :eek:

Dodge

fulhamfanincork wrote: »

No I go to 14 games a season home and away but can';t stop watching any type of football :eek:

14 games in a season. Wow :rolleyes: x 1,000,000

fulhamfanincork

Dodge wrote: »

14 games in a season. Wow :rolleyes: x 1,000,000

Seem to have a problem with me. Say it straight out, don't be making snide comments.

Dodge

fulhamfanincork wrote: »

Seem to have a problem with me. Say it straight out, don't be making snide comments.

Don't know you mate, so can't have a problem with you

I just think its funny that you think you're addicted to football and you attend 14 games a year

Anyway, I'll leave it at that an let it go back on topic. If you want to reply to me, please PM

Apologies to the board for dragging this out

Infoanon

ESPN Football can only be carried by UPC if ESPN have the rights to show EPL in Ireland - Setanta Ireland state they have the rights.

Otherwise the only sport it can offer and charge for is SPL

In the UK ESPN football is available as an add on to Sky Sports or stand alone for 33.3% additional charge (EU will not be happy)

Rumour has it that ESPN America may shortly go off UPC but with no word from UPC and Setanta still in a state of flux it could all change within days

fulhamfanincork

Infoanon wrote: »

ESPN Football can only be carried by UPC if ESPN have the rights to show EPL in Ireland - Setanta Ireland state they have the rights.

Otherwise the only sport it can offer and charge for is SPL

In the UK ESPN football is available as an add on to Sky Sports or stand alone for 33.3% additional charge (EU will not be happy)

Rumour has it that ESPN America may shortly go off UPC but with no word from UPC and Setanta still in a state of flux it could all change within days

Thanks for that.

Mikey23

Seems ESPN has the rights for Ireland too now.

The English Premier League has sold the live rights formerly held by Setanta for coverage of its games in the Irish Republic to ESPN.

ESPN has been awarded two packages of rights containing a total of 46 matches that were available for season 2009/10.

deanh

just to avoid any confusion, ESPN. will not be available for free to Sky viewers.
from mediaguardian.co.uk 08/06/2009:

"The new channel, which will simply be called ESPN, will launch on 3 August ahead of the start of the new Premier League season on 15 August.
For residential customers, ESPN will be available on a premium subscription basis, for £9 a month to Sky Sports subscribers and for £12 a month to other Sky customers."
so at sky's exchange rates it should be at least double that price for Irish customers. Given the confusion as to who holds the rights in Ireland, it would be wrong to assume that it will be available here.
I also seems that Sky will provide production facilities for the channel which will further fuel conspiracy theories about the demise of Setanta.

Reganovski

Poor Setanta didnt tell me that today! See email from customer service today.

Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience this matter has caused for you.

"We are currently working with various sporting organisations to bring the best of the sporting action to the package. In the mean time we will continue to show top live action including Magners League Rugby, GAA coverage, Formula 1, Champions League, Europa League and much, much more.
We apolgise for the delay in contacting our customer's in relation to the content that will be available going forward however, we are still in negotiations with the FA, UFC and various other sporting organistions to secure broadcasting rights for the forthcoming season. I can confirm that we will be contacting all of customer's once we have all of our sporting content rights secured.
Upon review of our confirmed content, you can simply decide whether or not you would like to remain a Setanta Sports customer. If you decide that the package is not for you, a simple phone call will enable us to arrange cancellation of your account"

Dodge

Mikey23 wrote: »

Seems ESPN has the rights for Ireland too now.

That relates to the rights Setanta UK had to show games in the Rep of Ireland (similar to the way Sky have rights to show in both GB and Ireland)

The Setanta Ireland rights (effectively the 3pm Saturday fixtures) are seperate and are still with Setanta. These games cannot be shown in the UK, so can't be shown on a channel like Sky Sports or ESPN that broadcasts in the UK

Infoanon

Dodge wrote: »

The Setanta Ireland rights (effectively the 3pm Saturday fixtures) are seperate and are still with Setanta. These games cannot be shown in the UK, so can't be shown on a channel like Sky Sports or ESPN that broadcasts in the UK

Premier league are to re advertise the 3pm Saturday Games - Setanta does not hold the rights after all.

Thus at the moment for ROI:
Sky have 4 packages (Sat 12.00 +Sun+midweek)
ESPN have 2 packages(Sat 5.15 + Mon 8pm)
To be announced - Sat 3pm games

Also ESPN is to replace ESPN america with the new 'ESPN' to include the best of ESPN America & EPL

How much will it cost in subscriptions to watch EPL this year ? -and is anyone going to pay the money ?

Mossy Monk

I certainly wont be paying for Sky so that means I wont be paying for ESPN.

Dodge

Mossy Monk wrote: »

I certainly wont be paying for Sky so that means I wont be paying for ESPN.

I'd imagine the fact they bought the IRish rights, and the fact ESPN Ameria is currently on UPC, that the revised ESPN will be available as a stand alone channel for UPC customers

Mossy Monk

I wont be paying UPC either.

Dodge

Mossy Monk wrote: »

I wont be paying UPC either.

Fair enough, thought you were just anti-Sky for a minute

wasn't looking to judge you...

aroles93

well upc ireland sell espn america as part of the setanta package so most likely espn will be sold as part of setanta. now i got rid of setanta as they lost, well, everything. €18 for nothing basically. but if they add ESPN [ a channel owned by disney!! ] to the setanta package [which is setanta sports 1 only ] for €18 ill go fooking mad!

fulhamfanincork

Dodge wrote: »

wasn't looking to judge you...

But your more than happy to judge me? :rolleyes:

I heard rumours that UPC are going to charge 11 euro per month for it.

Mossy Monk

aroles93 wrote: »

well upc ireland sell espn america as part of the setanta package so most likely espn will be sold as part of setanta. now i got rid of setanta as they lost, well, everything. €18 for nothing basically. but if they add ESPN [ a channel owned by disney!! ] to the setanta package [which is setanta sports 1 only ] for €18 ill go fooking mad!

I will be surprised if ESPN will be part of the Setanta package when it is launched.

dublinbusdude

Quick Question: ESPN Ireland - will it be shown on UPC Basic Pack not Digital or not???

Thanks

mike65

Its a subscription channel! digital only,

Or am I wrong? Can't belive it'll be free on the Setanta Ireland slot.

Mossy Monk

ESPN Ireland? Where did that come from?

mike65

I'm completely out of the loop since going FTA, do Setanta Ireland exist anymore?

Mossy Monk

Yes. Setanta Ireland and Setanta Sports 1 still exist. There has been no announcement made about an ESPN Ireland channel though.

icdg

No announcement, that's correct. Its probably safe to presume that it will be simply ESPN UK extended to Ireland, now that they have the Irish rights for the Premier League..

I thought they had won the UK rights.

And setanta Ireland still have the Irish rights to the premier league.

Mossy Monk

cisk wrote: »

I thought they had won the UK rights.

And setanta Ireland still have the Irish rights to the premier league.

No. ESPN have all Irish rights for games Setanta had last year with the exception of Saturday 3pm games

Mountjoy Mugger

Mossy Monk wrote: »

No. ESPN have all Irish rights for games Setanta had last year with the exception of Saturday 3pm games

Setanta have 33 games next season.

mbarosin

Mountjoy Mugger wrote: »

Setanta have 33 games next season.

Yeah, that's what he was saying. Setanta have 33 3pm Saturday matches, but ESPN have the rights to all the other time slots, e.g. Saturday evening etc.

JoeyJJ

Rang the sales on upc this morning and they said they don't have it now and its not in the piple line to sell the channel. Now that UFC is going to be on it, there will be alot of pissed off people if upc cannot carry this channel. Virgin in the uk carry it surely upc can strike a deal?

Mossy Monk

JoeyJJ wrote: »

Virgin in the uk carry it surely upc can strike a deal?

there is absolutely no connection between the two. I will be surprised if they do not carry it. Afterall ESPN do hold the Irish rights to different sports.

JoeyJJ

What I mean is that Sky aren't the only carrier of the channel in the UK however at the moment they are in Ireland.

Jesper7

I flicked around last night and noticed a re-alignment of some channel numbers - ESPN AMerica is no longer available 'for free' on Sky platform - so I need to call Sky to get this added onto my packages? Anyone know how much extra? Thanks

carbsy

Correct me if I'm wrong but for people living in Ireland, Setanta Ireland have rights to 40 odd Prem games and Sky have the rest so why the need for ESPN? I thought ESPN would only be of use to UK residents. ????????

Mossy Monk

Jesper7 wrote: »

I flicked around last night and noticed a re-alignment of some channel numbers - ESPN AMerica is no longer available 'for free' on Sky platform - so I need to call Sky to get this added onto my packages? Anyone know how much extra? Thanks

€12 if you are a Sky Sports subscriber, €16 if you are not.

carbsy wrote: »

Correct me if I'm wrong but for people living in Ireland, Setanta Ireland have rights to 40 odd Prem games and Sky have the rest so why the need for ESPN? I thought ESPN would only be of use to UK residents. ????????

Setanta have 3pm games, Sky do not have the rest. ESPN have the UK and Irish rights to Saturday evening and Monday night games.

fulhamfanincork

Typical UPC. So incompetent, don't know why I bother with them. Stop fecking about, get the channel and put it on freeview for feck sake.

Dodge

fulhamfanincork wrote: »

Typical UPC. So incompetent, don't know why I bother with them. Stop fecking about, get the channel and put it on freeview for feck sake.

Why would they put in freeview when sky are charging €12 per month?

Its not like espn will just give them the channel free

Mossy Monk

fulhamfanincork wrote: »

get the channel and put it on freeview for feck sake.

You are looking for a lot aren't you. Free Setanta Ireland and now you want free ESPN on top of it?

fulhamfanincork

Mossy Monk wrote: »

You are looking for a lot aren't you. Free Setanta Ireland and now you want free ESPN on top of it?

Poor attempt at a joke...probably should have used emotes.

carbsy

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Setanta have 3pm games, Sky do not have the rest. ESPN have the UK and Irish rights to Saturday evening and Monday night games.

I read on the RTE website that Setanta Ireland had rights to close to 40 Premiership games.There aren't that many Saturday 3PM games in a season though.

el dude

So will we be able to get this on UPC then or not?

Badabing

carbsy wrote: »

I read on the RTE website that Setanta Ireland had rights to close to 40 Premiership games.There aren't that many Saturday 3PM games in a season though.

33 games

Mossy Monk

UPC have not come to an agreement with ESPN as of yet

icdg

Merged and renamed threads.

carbsy

Badabing wrote: »

33 games

Ah right.It seems they have a live game @ 3PM every Saturday that there are Premiership games on.Not bad.