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Free ESPN for Sky Sports subscribers.
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UPC site says that its 15 euro for the ESPN pack on UPC or a tenner if you have sky sports. How are they charging for the pack if they are giving it away for free with digital tv ?? maybe just the basic ESPN but does this show the premiership?
That part of their site confuses me as well. It may be for the very basic digital tv subscribers. I can assure you that all espn channels are freely available to all upc subscribers on the higher tv packages
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Espn is on upc digital anyway, has been for a long. Also no need to subscribe to sky sports either and you get its hd channel for 5 euro extra. Upc better deal in my eyes,sky sports is a crazy price. Nice to have espn without paying extra imoThat part of their site confuses me as well. It may be for the very basic digital tv subscribers. I can assure you that all espn channels are freely available to all upc subscribers on the higher tv packages
But you do have to pay extra to get ESPN with UPC....
You need to have the UPC Digital Select Extra+ package in order to get ESPN "freely" included in that package. It's €32/month
You don't get ESPN free with the UPC Digital Value+ package. That package is €23/month.0 -
We've had ESPN for a while now. I have to say, I love them.
Their football coverage is excellent as are their hosts and pundits.
They've been showing a lot of the pre season friendlies of late, which is great
and their coverage of American sports is fantastic. 0 -
dastardly00 wrote: »But you do have to pay extra to get ESPN with UPC....
You need to have the UPC Digital Select Extra+ package in order to get ESPN "freely" included in that package. It's €32/month
You don't get ESPN free with the UPC Digital Value+ package. That package is €23/month.
Uh? Yes, you pay for a higher package but you get loads of extra channels, not just ESPN. You do not need to subscribe to Sky Sports nor pay a separate subscription for it unless your on the basic package. Still a good deal for Sky's sky sports subscribers no doubt. However for me UPC's deal is still better for, cos Sky Sports is a gigantic rip off with your good hard earned money going to line footballers and Murdoch's pockets, in the main! 0 -
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Uh? Yes, you pay for a higher package but you get loads of extra channels, not just ESPN. You do not need to subscribe to Sky Sports nor pay a separate subscription for it unless your on the basic package. Still a good deal for Sky's sky sports subscribers no doubt. However for me UPC's deal is still better for, cos Sky Sports is a gigantic rip off with your good hard earned money going to line footballers and Murdoch's pockets, in the main!
I'd disagree.
Having just switched from UPC, I find it completely pointless having all these 'extra channels' on the UPC pack which gives you ESPN.
Most of those channels are complete garbage and having 1 football channel is pretty pointless too.
However, for a sports fan, you're going to have the Sky Sports pack if you can and adding ESPN onto that for no extra cost is really a great deal in my eyes since you're not paying for a load of channels the majority of your generic sports fans will have no interest in.0 -
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Not sure how but mollser seems at odds with what's in black and white on UPC'S own website,ah well at least I have all the ESPN channels now for free.
I couldn't justify paying for them before plus I have both Setanta channels for €5 a month also so lots of football for me.:D
Zerks, I'm only telling you as it is with UPC, it is well known that UPC and Virgin Media in the UK entered into a deal with ESPN to include it with their (higher end) tv packages, with no separate subscription costs. This gave them a very strong competitive advantage over sky, which has now been eroded some what (only if you're a sky sports subscriber mind). I have also given you links to black and white evidence that it is included in these packs, what part of this don't you understand?? Their website is a tad confusing, as it is for much of their offerings, wish somebody would back me up though!
Anyway, its also well accepted that Sky's tv offering is better than UPC's, although when you weigh everything up, epg line up, cost etc, I could debate that too, but I won't! :P0 -
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Zerks, I'm only telling you as it is with UPC, it is well known that UPC and Virgin Media in the UK entered into a deal with ESPN to include it with their (higher end) tv packages, with no separate subscription costs. This gave them a very strong competitive advantage over sky, which has now been eroded some what (only if you're a sky sports subscriber mind). I have also given you links to black and white evidence that it is included in these packs, what part of this don't you understand?? Their website is a tad confusing, as it is for much of their offerings, wish somebody would back me up though!
Anyway, its also well accepted that Sky's tv offering is better than UPC's, although when you weigh everything up, epg line up, cost etc, I could debate that too, but I won't! :P
Quite true about how UPC give their information to the public,it helps them get in the sneaky price rises etc. and then when customers complain,their answer is "ah sure it's on our website".(said information is so hard to find that people give up looking)
The prices are comparable and on certain packages,Sky works out cheaper-six of one and half a dozen I suppose.
Anyhow my excuse to get a few pints on a Saturday evening is gone now-United games on ESPN at 5.30 were great for that.:D0 -
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