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Sky Sports Extra - BT & Premier Sports post 1st August

  • 28-06-2019 08:27PM
    #1
    Schwanz
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    Wonder how much??


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  • #2
    lertsnim
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    80 euro I am guessing.


  • #3
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,349 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    Nope, not a chance. They’d be charging it already for Sky Sports if they thought the market could bear it. I expect it will be in or around the €25-40 range with a discount for Sky Sports subscribers

    Mod note:
    To date we’ve been keeping all discussion of BT & Premier in the eir Sport thread. There’s an argument that because they’ll be going their separate ways there should now be separate threads. I’ll consider.


  • #4
    Schwanz
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    Personally, I'm waiting to see if they give "new" subscribers with a Sky subscription without sports currently, a good price for all 3.

    Here's hoping


  • #5
    lertsnim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,934 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    icdg wrote: »
    Nope, not a chance. They’d be charging it already for Sky Sports if they thought the market could bear it.

    Well obviously I am including the cost of Sky Sports.


  • #6
    Schwanz
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    Sky do a 6 mth deal for new sports subs for 20 quid.

    Must be looking at say 50 for the 3 as a intro offer come August?


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  • #7
    Tigerandahalf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,820 ✭✭✭Tigerandahalf


    The BT channels are pretty important with Champions Cup rugby and Champions League soccer - the biggest competitions in both codes.

    I am holding out hope that the BT channels will be incuded in Now tv, just like the BT ones were included in the eir sports pack.

    My guess is that Sky will offer a sweet broadband + sports package to new subscribers. They may even include eir sports as part of a deal since eir look to be getting access to the bt content.

    An offer of €100 p/m for 6 months and then €200 p/m for the following 12 months would work out around €166 p/m over 18 months (full hd and entertainment and sports).

    A lot to ask for people to pay.

    If Now tv offered sky sports and bt for €50 p/m I would sign up as I rarely need to record stuff. I also think catchup is coming to Now tv soon.


  • #8
    medoc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 985 ✭✭✭medoc


    I presume this means we will be getting the full Premier Sport 1 & 2 in Ireland on the EPG. What happens to the EIR Sport simulcasts of Premier? I’m due for FTTH very soon. One less reason to stick with Eir.


  • #9
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,396 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    Prime having the first Merseyside Derby in December is another surprise. Unsure if that's UK/Ireland rights or only UK.


  • #10
    byte
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    byte


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Prime having the first Merseyside Derby in December is another surprise. Unsure if that's UK/Ireland rights or only UK.
    I'm open to correction but I think that the Prime bundle of games are UK-only with Premier having Irish rights for that bundle.


  • #11
    TCP/IP
    Subscribers Posts: 3,705 ✭✭✭TCP/IP


    byte wrote: »
    I'm open to correction but I think that the Prime bundle of games are UK-only with Premier having Irish rights for that bundle.

    Prime is UK only not Ireland.


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  • #12
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,349 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    Yeah, it’s the first time ever a different broadcaster will have rights in Ireland to one of the UK packages. But there’s an upside for us - anyone who fancies watching these games (or some of them anyway) in their local in Ireland will be able to do so, whereas Amazon just isn’t interested in commercial subscriptions in the same way (their aim is to sell Prime subscriptions).


  • #13
    Schwanz
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    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Prime having the first Merseyside Derby in December is another surprise. Unsure if that's UK/Ireland rights or only UK.

    Just to confirm that Premier Sport will mirror Amazons games here but they’ll be available on satellite and have 3pms which of course Amazon won’t.


  • #14
    fman
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    I know everything is still up in the air and slightly confused but does anyone know or have an idea if there will be any limitations with Premier's Irish stuff.
    Will they be capable of offering the games in HD with opt outs or whatever?


  • #15
    Schwanz
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    fman wrote: »
    I know everything is still up in the air and slightly confused but does anyone know or have an idea if there will be any limitations with Premier's Irish stuff.
    Will they be capable of offering the games in HD with opt outs or whatever?

    Premier Sport will have HD.

    Unsure whether their Red Button service if it is to happen will though


  • #16
    tbayers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 501 ✭✭✭tbayers


    More importantly in all of this is the question in relation to Eir, will subscribing to Eir Broadband come without BT Sport package now??


  • #17
    jelutong
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    Yes, from August 1st. Eirsport only.


  • #18
    Schwanz
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    tbayers wrote: »
    More importantly in all of this is the question in relation to Eir, will subscribing to Eir Broadband come without BT Sport package now??

    Yeah no BT with Eir from August


  • #19
    Storm 10
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    So how do we get BT Sport now that its going off the Eir pack.


  • #20
    TCP/IP
    Subscribers Posts: 3,705 ✭✭✭TCP/IP


    Storm 10 wrote: »
    So how do we get BT Sport now that its going off the Eir pack.

    Subscribe to it through Sky Sports Extra come August when it launches.


  • #21
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,349 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    fman wrote: »
    I know everything is still up in the air and slightly confused but does anyone know or have an idea if there will be any limitations with Premier's Irish stuff.

    The only limitation I’m aware of is that they won’t be offering the Pro14 here.


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  • #22
    [Deleted User]
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    Bit more detail in this Irish Times piece. You can sign up to Sports Extra on its own if you want but can't choose between BT & Premier. Must take both.

    https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/eir-confirm-that-customers-will-no-longer-receive-bt-sport-free-of-charge-1.3942893


  • #23
    Rossi IRL
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    Not looking forward to the extra cost involved in this as an eir bb customer.

    Will probably look to switching bb to sky to try get a better deal nearer the time


  • #24
    gibgodsman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 577 ✭✭✭gibgodsman


    Anything more than €50 for both and it will get a big no from me, bad enough UFC have started charging for PPV, but to link it with Sky now, no thanks


  • #25
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,349 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg



    Okay, we’ll see how this works.

    This thread is now for continuing discussion on BT Sport and Premier Sports after 1st August 2019. FreeSports programmes can be discussed here but not it’s status as part of the eir Sport pack.

    This thread:
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056889518

    Is for discussion of eir Sport post 1st August.

    If this doesn’t work and there’s continued cross discussion, then both threads will be merged, and afterwards there will be a ban on new threads in any Cable & Digital forum on the subject of eir Sport, BT Sport, or Premier Sports until 1st September 2019


  • #26
    Tigerandahalf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,820 ✭✭✭Tigerandahalf


    Someone said on the Now tv thread that BT/Premier would also be available on it.
    Not much good to you if you don't have good broadband or want to record but it could be a decent option.


  • #27
    Schwanz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 898 ✭✭✭Schwanz


    What's the story with Box Nation now?


  • #28
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,349 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    Should move with the BT Sport channels but Sky haven’t said anything.

    Incidentally, on the wholesale front, Virgin Media are saying on Twitter that they haven’t done a deal. So currently the only wholesale deal we know about is with eir (and apparently only for BT Sport).


  • #29
    joe_99
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    icdg wrote: »
    Should move with the BT Sport channels but Sky haven’t said anything.

    Incidentally, on the wholesale front, Virgin Media are saying on Twitter that they haven’t done a deal. So currently the only wholesale deal we know about is with eir (and apparently only for BT Sport).

    Makes sense for Virgin not to do a deal. Too much crossover between BT sport and Virgin sport.

    No confirmation that Sky have done a deal with eir either.


  • #30
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,349 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    The eir Care people have been telling people all weekend that they have a deal in place to offer BT Sport as a premium service - I think it will be a severe case of “insult to injury” if that isn’t true.


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  • #31
    joe_99
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    icdg wrote: »
    The eir Care people have been telling people all weekend that they have a deal in place to offer BT Sport as a premium service - I think it will be a severe case of “insult to injury” if that isn’t true.

    Agreed.

    Discussions ongoing according to today's IT. https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/bt-sport-loss-an-own-goal-eir-should-be-looking-to-avoid-1.3943217?mode=amp


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