ntl Ireland no longer exists....for over six weeks now.

thund3rbird_

bk wrote:

No, but Eurosport probably demanded more money then NTL was willing to pay. There is always tension between the content providers and carriers, this is nothing new and proves nothing.

I don't know where this "ntl would not pay eurosport" theory comes from..

ntl Ireland, at the time eurosport was removed/replaced/dropped (read as you see fit), was, while being a separate operation, still part of the ntl group
eurosport is still carried by ntl in the uk, albeit the gb version. (http://www.home.ntl.com/icat/television&source=ntlcomtv_icon)
surely any negotiations at the time would have been conducted by those operating the purse strings & as the channel was carried to a much higher audience in the uk price would not have come into it?
part of the ntl digital service (ie the epg) is still fed from the uk therefore it would not have been much to include ES in a lineup.

my reading on the situ from ALL that I've read about this is that ES wanted to stay on the analog service & ntl wanted to put the channel on digital
ES then acted like a sulky child & "decided to take the ball home from the park so that no one could play"

as i said, my reading of the situ but if anyone wants to dispute this feel free

I had ES at the time it was taken off but NEVER watched it
when I wanted to watch popular sports like skiing I went to the pistes in the mcgillycuddy reeks / comeraghs / wicklow mts etc to catch it live :rolleyes:
the local monster truck arena has great action as well.

the site/campaign (http://www.bringbackeurosport.com/index.shtml) got about 2500 signatures (out of 375000 customers) which is 0.66 %. given that not everyone has internet access ntl probably got the same percentage (or little more than it) in calls / letters.
liberally it was prob about 1.5%. yes it was a really popular channel.;)
BTW check out that site to see what sports you are missing:

• [size=-1]Figure Skating World Championships[/size]
• [size=-1]Curling World Championships[/size]

at least we have setanta now (free by the way) which shows a good bit of Irish sports, especially good for the eircom league as attendances have declined.

eurosport - good riddance to it!!

Mossy Monk

Eurosport does throw up the odd good thing though, you may not like figure skating but i'm sure someone who has ntl does. what about some of the pre season football? the Peace cup was good. Moto GP, they give better coverage than anyone else imo. Athletics, they cover the majority of it. Cycling, Eurosport cover loads of it. you gave examples of 2 winter sports which is i think is limited

thund3rbird_

Mossy Monk wrote:

Moto GP, they give better coverage than anyone else imo.

moto gp is covered by RTE - admittedly you do have to listen to Peter Collins tho:eek:

Mossy Monk wrote:

Cycling, Eurosport cover loads of it. you gave examples of 2 winter sports which is i think is limited

tour de france was covered by tg4 recently & before you ask I do realise there's more to this sport than the TdeF.

examples were taken from the bringback... site
yes, they did mention others as well but to use the ones I mentioned as examples of "what you could be watching" is a bit much.

there are channels I rarely/never watch CNN / CNBC / Extreme Sports / EWTN:eek: and some I always do. Everyone has their faves/dislikes.

I think the old saying re not being able to please everyone all the time rings true here

SPDUB

bk wrote:

Yes, sorry about that, I should have said NTL cable customers. Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe all NTL cable customers can now get digital. It is the MMDS customers who might have problems?

No. They still haven't upgraded the cable network in the part of Dublin 12 where I live even though neighbouring areas have been upgraded

Rosser

Just on the CNBC topic...I watch Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien and NBC Nightly News which is approximately three shows more than I watch on ITV...

By the way www.upc.ie hasn't been reserved so anyone who is feeling industrious should get in there!