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Do you have to ring up Sky to receive ESPN for the new Premiership season?

Mossy Monk

That is one way. You can also use Sky Active and you can also sign up online

Funky Phantom

Hi,

Has anyone any idea of the ESPN euro rates?

wonder will they use Sky's conversion rate :mad:

jmcbride

Mossy Monk wrote: »

you can also sign up online

Has anyone succeeded in registering online from Ireland? When I try to submit the form, it fails on the postcode.

Pat Gleeson

jmcbride wrote: »

Has anyone succeeded in registering online from Ireland? When I try to submit the form, it fails on the postcode.

I get an error code 104 when accessing from Sky Active via Text.

Batesy

They hav'nt started taking orders from Ireland. Just UK for now.

My guess is we'll hear something next week.

Funky Phantom

Hi,

Finally got some info from Sky on ESPN upgrade,

Sky Sports subscribers @ €12 pm (UK £9)
Non Sky Sports/ Standalone @ €18 pm (UK £12)

but they're not 100% on the non sub yet

shafted on euro conversion again :mad:

Sky customer services are taking upgrades from today for 3rd August startup and first billing month end Aug 09

Vic Vinegar

How many Premier League games will ESPN be showing & will they have a HD channel?

Zonda999

Funky Phantom wrote: »

Hi,

Finally got some info from Sky on ESPN upgrade,

Sky Sports subscribers @ €12 pm (UK £9)
Non Sky Sports/ Standalone @ €18 pm (UK £12)

but they're not 100% on the non sub yet

shafted on euro conversion again :mad:

Appalling conversion on the non sky sports sub alright, there living in 2007. Out of interest, is it sky themselves deciding these rates or is it ESPN?

channelsurfer

yes its sky..... I email Lyn Franks the ESPN MD and noted that they should use the correct conversion rate. She replied that SKY and UPC will set the rate "at what the market will determine".... ie if sky want to screw you they will......

Widescreen

Funky Phantom wrote: »

Hi,

Finally got some info from Sky on ESPN upgrade,

Sky Sports subscribers @ €12 pm (UK £9)
Non Sky Sports/ Standalone @ €18 pm (UK £12)

but they're not 100% on the non sub yet

shafted on euro conversion again :mad:

Sky customer services are taking upgrades from today for 3rd August startup and first billing month end Aug 09

Whilst the €12 is high I wonder does having just Skysports 1 entitle you to that price? If that was the case SS1 , 1 Mix plus ESPN would be €54 a month.If u could scrounge some half price deals off Setanta u could get nearly all PL games for around €62

Manc-Red

Widescreen wrote: »

Whilst the €12 is high I wonder does having just Skysports 1 entitle you to that price? If that was the case SS1 , 1 Mix plus ESPN would be €54 a month.If u could scrounge some half price deals off Setanta u could get nearly all PL games for around €62

Thats a very good question, my guess is they will shaft you any way they can - so you'll have to sub for the whole Sky Sports pack to get the reduced sub for ESPN.

Love Sky's conversion technique btw:rolleyes:

mike2084

Funky Phantom wrote: »

Hi,

Finally got some info from Sky on ESPN upgrade,

Sky Sports subscribers @ €12 pm (UK £9)
Non Sky Sports/ Standalone @ €18 pm (UK £12)

but they're not 100% on the non sub yet

shafted on euro conversion again :mad:

Sky customer services are taking upgrades from today for 3rd August startup and first billing month end Aug 09

Does this mean we have to talk to them to order - oh dear:rolleyes:

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Will ESPN just show up on your Channels list when you order it or what?

Is it a different ESPN to ESPN America(Sky Channel 417) yeah?

Mossy Monk

ESPN America will no longer exist from next Monday. ESPN will take its place.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Oh right, thanks.
Monday 4th or Monday 11th of August?

Reganovski

Sylvia Screeching Underbelly wrote: »

Oh right, thanks.
Monday 4th or Monday 11th of August?

Monday the 3rd in fact

afatbollix

Mossy Monk wrote: »

ESPN America will no longer exist from next Monday. ESPN will take its place.

That is incorrect...

This is there line up:

ESPN
ESPN HD
ESPN america..

ESPN is a brand new channel based on european sports..

And before anyone says it the press release was worded wrong..

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Reganovski wrote: »

Monday the 3rd in fact

The shame:o

Thanks.:D

Mossy Monk

afatbollix wrote: »

That is incorrect...

This is there line up:

ESPN
ESPN HD
ESPN america..

ESPN is a brand new channel based on european sports..

And before anyone says it the press release was worded wrong..

Every single press report has been wrong then. You are the only person to claim otherwise. We shall see on Monday. I hope you are correct though.

pricewise987

Funky Phantom wrote: »

Hi,

Finally got some info from Sky on ESPN upgrade,

Sky Sports subscribers @ €12 pm (UK £9)
Non Sky Sports/ Standalone @ €18 pm (UK £12)

but they're not 100% on the non sub yet

shafted on euro conversion again :mad:

Sky customer services are taking upgrades from today for 3rd August startup and first billing month end Aug 09

rang sky last night

was told they couldn't upgrade me and they have no prices yet for ROI...

said she was reading from a sky info release from tuesday

has anyone actually managed to get upgraded with a price.....???

channelsurfer

maybe they are waiting to see what UPC will charge???

Mossy Monk

My guess is Irish customers are not a priority.

mike2084

pricewise987 wrote: »

rang sky last night

was told they couldn't upgrade me and they have no prices yet for ROI...

said she was reading from a sky info release from tuesday

has anyone actually managed to get upgraded with a price.....???

I had been planning to ring in the morning. Strange they buy the Irish rights to events and don't let you subscribe.

Manc-Red

Mossy Monk wrote: »

My guess is Irish customers are not a priority.

Yep

pricewise987

all their press releases say "how delighted we are to be bringing this service to the UK and Ireland...."

Blah-blah-blah

has anyone in ireland managed to actually upgrade their Sky package to include the new ESPN channel which launches in 3 days time....

yet again Sky (as opposed to ESPN perhaps) have proved that despite the substantial numbers of Irish viewers they have they don't really give a monkeys...

see here also....http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055636794

weepee

I dont know if this helps you guys or not:


http://www.espn.co.uk/

pricewise987

this gives us the schedule - which is still a work-in-progress item...

however use the link from that page to upgrade

https://espn.sky.com/?DCMP=ILC-SkyCOM_ESPN

voila...

straight to the uk-only option of upgrading online complete with the promise of a £5 discount if you do just that...

ROI option - don't bother looking - it does not exist

rang Sky again last night....

"unfortunately we cannot upgrade you or advise a price at this time..."

3 days to launch.....

it is worth repeating

Sky take your money but shaft you in their pricing and general attitude towards Irish viewers....

Mossy Monk

Interesting

ESPN webpage wrote:

Freesat customers register your details for ESPN as a standalone channel.

No need for a Sky subscription then by the looks of it.

pricewise987

I think only Virgin's XL customers don't have to pay

http://news.icm.ac.uk/business/virgin-espn-announce-collaboration/2968/

I can't see how a Freesat customer would get ESPN.....

HashSlinging

Ehh five mins spent on google.

http://liveonlinetvradio.com/espn-online

pricewise987

ha! ha!

nice one......:)

Widescreen

afatbollix wrote: »

That is incorrect...

This is there line up:

ESPN
ESPN HD
ESPN america..

ESPN is a brand new channel based on european sports..

And before anyone says it the press release was worded wrong..

Looks like your spot on about your channel line up according to the Faq's in this link. If u get ESPN, you will have ESPN America as a separate bonus channel. That makes a big difference in taking their package to me anyway.

https://espn.sky.com/?DCMP=ILC-SkyCOM_ESPN

Mossy Monk

pricewise987 wrote: »

I can't see how a Freesat customer would get ESPN.....

Presumably the same way they could get Setanta. I am guessing they are on about Freesat from Sky.

Pat Gleeson

Mossy Monk wrote: »

I am guessing they are on about Freesat from Sky.

Presicely - beat me to it

jmcbride

I haven't seen this posted yet, so apologies if someone else has already said it, but the Sky Ireland site is now taking ESPN orders:

https://ireland.sky.com/upgrade/

The order form was painless, but I won't know until I get home from work whether the upgrade went through.

pricewise987

Excellent - thank you

Silver Serpent

jmcbride wrote: »

I haven't seen this posted yet, so apologies if someone else has already said it, but the Sky Ireland site is now taking ESPN orders:

https://ireland.sky.com/upgrade/

The order form was painless, but I won't know until I get home from work whether the upgrade went through.

What if you have a multiroom sub. Will entering one viewing card number on your account be sufficient to put it through on both boxes, or will we have to go the phone route?

mike2084

Silver Serpent wrote: »

What if you have a multiroom sub. Will entering one viewing card number on your account be sufficient to put it through on both boxes, or will we have to go the phone route?

I have multiroom and just put one viewing card number in. Hopefully it works on both.

Reganovski

Did ye see the terms and conditions about the prices?

Sky Sports customers can upgrade to ESPN for €12 extra per month. Customers who do not subscribe to Sky Sports will pay €16 extra per month.

Thought it might have been €10

Mossy Monk

No chance of it ever being €10 considering it is £9 in the UK with Sky Sports and everybody knows about the exchange rate used by some UK companies.

HashSlinging

16 euros a month for one channel with sports I mostly dont watch (apart from the Golf and Prem) is a bit steep, I'd prefer if they were doing pay per view or something, thats way OTT for a couple of games. Does anyone have the list of games they will be showing.

got it on prev page

denis1501

Now possible to upgrade on line guys!

https://ireland.sky.com/upgrade/

mike2084

Has anyone who upgraded online actually got the test switched on yet? Do you get a confirmation - I got a Please Call Us - your upgrade will take up to 48 hours to be processed. I'm unsure if I shold ring them to check or not?

Reganovski

Michael Walsh wrote: »

Has anyone who upgraded online actually got the test switched on yet? Do you get a confirmation - I got a Please Call Us - your upgrade will take up to 48 hours to be processed. I'm unsure if I shold ring them to check or not?

Yeah I got the same...s'pose we'll know on August 3rd!
Nice of em to give €7 credit too though

denis1501

Reganovski wrote: »

Yeah I got the same...s'pose we'll know on August 3rd!
Nice of em to give €7 credit too though

Same thing happened to me and still no sign of the channel coming on.......

pricewise987

The channel is launching on Monday.....

You will not see anything until then.......

denis1501

pricewise987 wrote: »

The channel is launching on Monday.....

You will not see anything until then.......

The test channel is open to everyone who's card has been authorized my friend. We certainly don't have to wait till monday!

pricewise987

Thought it was just Channel 417 where you would see it....

What frequency is the test channel on?

denis1501

pricewise987 wrote: »

Thought it was just Channel 417 where you would see it....

What frequency is the test channel on?

3141 is ESPN (12304 H FEC 2/3 SR 27500)

pricewise987

Great stuff - thank you