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Sky Sports Free For First Premier League Game

  • 27-06-2013 12:02PM
    #1
    NUTZZ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭


    Sky Sports will kick off its biggest ever season of Premier League football by offering free live action from the first day of the season to every home in Britain.

    To celebrate the first day of the Premier League season and Sky Sports' new line up of football, programmes from Sky Sports 1 will replace the regular programming on Sky 2 (on Sky and other pay TV services) and Pick TV (on Freeview and You View) on Saturday 17th August.
    Link

    So the first 5.30pm Saturday kick off of the season well be free!


Comments

  • #2
    St Senan
    Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 3,585 Mod ✭✭✭✭St Senan


    Free for just 1 day as they are competing against BT Sport isn't it.
    They might as well have not bothered. why don't they just drop their high subscription charges for premium channels.


  • #3
    NUTZZ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭NUTZZ


    Navarre wrote: »
    Free for just 1 day as they are competing against BT Sport isn't it.
    They might as well have not bothered. why don't they just drop their high subscription charges for premium channels.

    Yeh BT Sport will have the first Premier League game of the season at 12.45pm, the 5:30pm game is a new fixture for Sky Sports which they are trying to promote.


  • #4
    channelsurfer2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,675 ✭✭✭channelsurfer2


    why bother? its just tokenism to show how overpriced skysports really is once ESPN is removed from the pack as a bonus channel for irish subs.


  • #5
    Mountjoy Mugger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Mountjoy Mugger


    I see they're keeping it away from Freesat.


  • #6
    tallaghtmick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,724 ✭✭✭tallaghtmick


    Will BT sport be available in Ireland?


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  • #7
    Mountjoy Mugger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Mountjoy Mugger


    tallaghtmick wrote: »
    Will BT sport be available in Ireland?

    Big thread in Broadcasting forum. Short answer yes - through Setanta.


  • #8
    tallaghtmick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,724 ✭✭✭tallaghtmick


    Mountjoy Mugger wrote: »
    Big thread in Broadcasting forum. Short answer yes - through Setanta.

    Sound.


  • #9
    irishgeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,660 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    tallaghtmick wrote: »
    Will BT sport be available in Ireland?

    thought they had signed some deal with setanta.


  • #10
    NUTZZ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭NUTZZ


    irishgeo wrote: »
    thought they had signed some deal with setanta.

    They have, it's now part of the Setanta package, all the details are in the link posted above!


  • #11
    excollier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭excollier


    Navarre wrote: »
    Free for just 1 day as they are competing against BT Sport isn't it.
    They might as well have not bothered. why don't they just drop their high subscription charges for premium channels.
    Because they are just too greedy.


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  • #12
    excollier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭excollier


    Mountjoy Mugger wrote: »
    I see they're keeping it away from Freesat.
    Well for a start, it is ftv not fta, so you need a Sky card at the very least.To work on Freesat it would need to be fta, and it's not in the Freesat epg any way (which is all Freesat is)
    So it isn't really "free" at all. Nothing from Sky ever is.


  • #13
    Digifriendly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,088 ✭✭✭Digifriendly


    excollier wrote: »
    Well for a start, it is ftv not fta, so you need a Sky card at the very least.To work on Freesat it would need to be fta, and it's not in the Freesat epg any way (which is all Freesat is)
    So it isn't really "free" at all. Nothing from Sky ever is.

    But it is also on Freeview via Pick TV so it will be free.


  • #14
    excollier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭excollier


    Fair enough, but not free on satellite.


  • #15
    lertsnim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,900 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    excollier wrote: »
    Because they are just too greedy.

    Because people continue to pay it.


  • #16
    apollo8
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 349 ✭✭apollo8


    excollier wrote: »
    Fair enough, but not free on satellite.

    Pick tv is also on Freesat CH 144.


  • #17
    NUTZZ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭NUTZZ


    apollo8 wrote: »
    Pick tv is also on Freesat CH 144.

    They never mentioned Freesat though, so it's more than likely just Pick TV on Freeview DTT


  • #18
    ftakeith
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,251 ✭✭✭ftakeith


    it will be on freesat

    sky have finally found pick tv, challenge and sky news give non sky viewers a taste of sky's content


  • #19
    excollier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭excollier


    Fair enough. Not being a footie fan, I don't really check them out.
    I've seen Pick TV on my Freesat box, but have no idea what it is. Think it was Sky 3 at one time.
    Anyway, anyone swayed by this ploy will end up heavily out of pocket - but, you pays your money...


  • #20
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,261 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    Premier League thread here:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056576464&page=57


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