Eir and Virgin Media Sport - cross supply deal

Riskymove · 15-08-2019 3:56pm

celt262 wrote: »

Thanks - Can that app be loaded onto an android box or is it just tablet/phone

sorry, don't know I don't have it

dulpit · 15-08-2019 4:09pm

celt262 wrote: »

Thanks - Can that app be loaded onto an android box or is it just tablet/phone

The green app (for broadband customers) allows casting via chromecast. I don't think this is possible if you sign up for the sports alone though...

Tigerandahalf · 15-08-2019 4:35pm

From previous posters the app doesn't work on android boxes, just chromecast.

lowbatt07 · 15-08-2019 5:14pm

Riskymove wrote: »

sorry, don't know I don't have it

The red apk can be sideloaded but the picture / display is as if you’re viewing on a phone

icdg · 15-08-2019 5:15pm

The app is only available to Eir Broadband and eir Vision customers (and there is a different app that doesn’t support casting available to certain eir Mobile customers depending on their plan).

But Satellite only customers have no app. They are losing eir Sport 2 entirely. And still paying €30 for the privilege.

micks_address · 15-08-2019 5:17pm

icdg wrote: »

The app is only available to Eir Broadband and eir Vision customers (and there is a different app that doesn’t support casting available to certain eir Mobile customers depending on their plan).

But Satellite only customers have no app. They are losing eir Sport 2 entirely. And still paying €30 for the privilege.

If you have eir sports on sky platform will you now get the virgin media channel's via sky as well?

Rebel_Kn1ght · 15-08-2019 5:19pm

micks_address wrote: »

If you have eir sports on sky platform will you now get the virgin media channel's via sky as well?

I tweeted them today and they said if you subscribe to Eir on the SKy platform then VMS will be part of the pack

dulpit · 15-08-2019 5:38pm

micks_address wrote: »

If you have eir sports on sky platform will you now get the virgin media channel's via sky as well?

Ya, but you'll get Eir Sports 1 and Virgin Sports, but none of the extra channels that are going to be on the app or on evision/etc.

micks_address · 15-08-2019 5:45pm

dulpit wrote: »

micks_address wrote: »

If you have eir sports on sky platform will you now get the virgin media channel's via sky as well?

Ya, but you'll get Eir Sports 1 and Virgin Sports, but none of the extra channels that are going to be on the app or on evision/etc.

Ok so they are via app and can be sent to Chromecast right? Trying to weigh up if I'll pay sky the extra tenner for the bt channels.. I guess they will have few Saturday evening premier league games

roadmaster · 15-08-2019 6:11pm

When the National Leagues are on there does be live games on eir 1 and 2 at the same time, since I have sky will I only be able to see the games on eir 2 via the app?

Tigerandahalf · 15-08-2019 8:11pm

roadmaster wrote: »

When the National Leagues are on there does be live games on eir 1 and 2 at the same time, since I have sky will I only be able to see the games on eir 2 via the app?

I would say the 2nd game will be on Virgin Media Sport (the old eir sport 2). There would be nothing on it anyway unless a European Nations Cup game was on.

Infoanon · 15-08-2019 8:26pm

From VMs side their is an opportunity to earn some income from their VM Sports Channel.
For Eir it allows them to replace an effectively redundant channel (Eirsports 2) with a channel that offers some of the lost BT Sports content.

If VM can sell the Eirsport pack which only has LOI and Pro14 (and short term RWC) is questionable,
If Eir can continue to charge €30 with VM replacing Eirsports 2 (which will annoy any remaining Eir subscribers) is also questionable.

dulpit · 15-08-2019 8:33pm

micks_address wrote: »

Ok so they are via app and can be sent to Chromecast right? Trying to weigh up if I'll pay sky the extra tenner for the bt channels.. I guess they will have few Saturday evening premier league games

Not if you sign up to the eir sport pack separately.

Tigerandahalf · 15-08-2019 8:35pm

I don't think this is targeted at Sky satellite customers. It is eir/Virgin coming together to stop Sky swooping in with a Sky broadband/tv package that could wipe both of them out.

Who do ye think is paying for the carriage of VM Sport? Eir or Virgin? Virgin have never paid for carriage on satellite before.

icdg · 15-08-2019 8:38pm

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

I would say the 2nd game will be on Virgin Media Sport (the old eir sport 2). There would be nothing on it anyway unless a European Nations Cup game was on.

I cannot see that they would be able to do that (remembering that VM would effectively have to give up both the time slot and the advertising revenue)It is not like the old Premier Sports situation where the two channels were effectively operating as one and were scheduled by the same person. There will still be a separate eir Sport 2, just not available on Sky, and VM Sport and eir Sport 2 will still be separately and independently programmed channels. True, VM Sport currently airs mostly repeats in that time slot, but during international windows it is used for European Qualifiers. And perhaps in the future they might have other rights that use that slot.

energy1942 · 15-08-2019 8:47pm

Does this mean that Eir Sports 2, currently on Sky channel 422, is going to close, and therefore I'll be paying only for Eir sports 1 on channel 421?

okidoki987 · 15-08-2019 9:18pm

micks_address wrote: »

Ok so they are via app and can be sent to Chromecast right? Trying to weigh up if I'll pay sky the extra tenner for the bt channels.. I guess they will have few Saturday evening premier league games

They've switched so BT now have the 12.30pm game on a Saturday and SKY have the 5.30pm match.

Infoanon · 15-08-2019 9:58pm

energy1942 wrote: »

Does this mean that Eir Sports 2, currently on Sky channel 422, is going to close, and therefore I'll be paying only for Eir sports 1 on channel 421?

VM Sports will replace Eirsports 2 on Sky

icdg · 15-08-2019 10:36pm

I’ve split the VM posts into a new thread, which I would have done sooner if I hadn’t spent the day travelling

okidoki987 · 15-08-2019 11:40pm

Not a lot of PL matches on BT up to the start of November, only 12.30pm match on Saturdays.

https://www.radiotimes.com/news/sport/2019-08-15/premier-league-tv-fixtures-2019-20-sky-sports-bt-sport-amazon-prime-dates-live-online-how-to-watch/

blink44 · 16-08-2019 1:12pm

Finally got through to eir last Saturday and was told the cancellation department only works Monday - Friday, almost burst into flames with rage but he gave me the email address another poster gave me and said just email your sky viewing card number and we’l cancel it. Almost a week later and no response. Looks like once again il be spending my afternoon on hold to eir

Storm 10 · 16-08-2019 2:36pm

Guys I have Eir Broadband and house phone and I have Eir through Sky HD what will I be able to watch other than Eir Sports will I get Virgin Sports as well

irishgrover · 16-08-2019 2:37pm

apologies if this has been asnwered, I've read the thread but did not see..... anyone know if the VM sports channels will be broadcast in HD in eir? For example currently BT are and Sky are not

kooga · 16-08-2019 2:40pm

irishgrover wrote: »

apologies if this has been asnwered, I've read the thread but did not see..... anyone know if the VM sports channels will be broadcast in HD in eir? For example currently BT are and Sky are not

I was just thinking the same question / bt sports is available at an extra cost in hd on evision? Sky sports on eir does not have a hd version

On the reverse is virgin media sport in hd on the virgin platform? Tks

dulpit · 16-08-2019 3:02pm

Storm 10 wrote: »

Guys I have Eir Broadband and house phone and I have Eir through Sky HD what will I be able to watch other than Eir Sports will I get Virgin Sports as well

Yes, you'll get Virgin Sports come mid-September, and you should have access to the Eir Sports extra channels via the app.

Storm 10 · 16-08-2019 3:04pm

dulpit wrote: »

Yes, you'll get Virgin Sports come mid-September, and you should have access to the Eir Sports extra channels via the app.

Thanks for that info

Brian017 · 16-08-2019 3:35pm

blink44 wrote: »

Finally got through to eir last Saturday and was told the cancellation department only works Monday - Friday, almost burst into flames with rage but he gave me the email address another poster gave me and said just email your sky viewing card number and we’l cancel it. Almost a week later and no response. Looks like once again il be spending my afternoon on hold to eir

Since you have already fulfilled your requirement by giving your request by phone or in writing I'd just cancel the direct debit

irishgrover · 16-08-2019 3:38pm

kooga wrote: »

I was just thinking the same question / bt sports is available at an extra cost in hd on evision? Sky sports on eir does not have a hd version

On the reverse is virgin media sport in hd on the virgin platform? Tks

Because I’m a masochist with low self-esteem issue, I am going to go online and attempt to engage with eir support to get the answer…..may the lord have mercy on my sanity.
I’ll report back

blink44 · 16-08-2019 4:01pm

Brian017 wrote: »

Since you have already fulfilled your requirement by giving your request by phone or in writing I'd just cancel the direct debit

I tried that but unfortunately I didn’t realise it’s not a direct debit I have, when I rang the bank they told me the payments are coming from my card, I must have signed up using my Visa card as apposed to a direct debit

fman · 16-08-2019 4:04pm

blink44 wrote: »

I tried that but unfortunately I didn’t realise it’s not a direct debit I have, when I rang the bank they told me the payments are coming from my card, I must have signed up using my Visa card as apposed to a direct debit

Card company should be able to block the transaction too. I contacted mine after cancelling with eir. Card company or bank depending on the exact card.

irishgrover · 16-08-2019 5:53pm

irishgrover wrote: »

Because I’m a masochist with low self-esteem issue, I am going to go online and attempt to engage with eir support to get the answer…..may the lord have mercy on my sanity.
I’ll report back

I can confirm, after spending 95 minutes on chat, with 4 different eir employees that eir are still the more incompetent company operating in Ireland.
It was confirmed to me that VM sports would be in HD if I had the HD pack
It was also confirmed that this applied to Sky sports.
When I explained he was wrong about sky sports he went away for a while and then came back and confirmed that VM Sports was absolutely on the HD list. When I asked him to share the HD list he did. I pointed out to him the VM Sports was not on that list, he said it was and reiterated "Virgin Media One HD, Virgin Media Three HD are HD channels.". When I explained the Virgin Media Sports was a different channel he got huffy and disconnected.

So the answer is - who the **** knows

energy1942 · 16-08-2019 6:45pm

I have Eirsport pack on Sky satellite, will the App be included in what I'm currently paying or will it cost more, if it does that will be the straw that breaks the Camels back as it where.

Brian017 · 16-08-2019 8:12pm

energy1942 wrote: »

I have Eirsport pack on Sky satellite, will the App be included in what I'm currently paying or will it cost more, if it does that will be the straw that breaks the Camels back as it where.

The Eir app is only for those with an Eir account i.e. broadband, TV

lionmqj · 16-08-2019 9:21pm

blink44 wrote: »

I tried that but unfortunately I didn’t realise it’s not a direct debit I have, when I rang the bank they told me the payments are coming from my card, I must have signed up using my Visa card as apposed to a direct debit

Have you tried comreg?

https://www.comreg.ie/
018049668

Machinehead · 18-08-2019 12:25pm

irishgrover wrote: »

I can confirm, after spending 95 minutes on chat, with 4 different eir employees that eir are still the more incompetent company operating in Ireland.
It was confirmed to me that VM sports would be in HD if I had the HD pack
It was also confirmed that this applied to Sky sports.
When I explained he was wrong about sky sports he went away for a while and then came back and confirmed that VM Sports was absolutely on the HD list. When I asked him to share the HD list he did. I pointed out to him the VM Sports was not on that list, he said it was and reiterated "Virgin Media One HD, Virgin Media Three HD are HD channels.". When I explained the Virgin Media Sports was a different channel he got huffy and disconnected.

So the answer is - who the **** knows

I was on to Eir about a different issue & also queried them about VM Sport in HD on Eir Vision & basically they hadn't a clue. I was told that it was a case of wait and see.

Red Silurian · 19-08-2019 12:43pm

Machinehead wrote: »

I was on to Eir about a different issue & also queried them about VM Sport in HD on Eir Vision & basically they hadn't a clue. I was told that it was a case of wait and see.

According to the Eir website VM Sport will be on sky channel 422 where Eir Sport 2 currently is in HD

Although the quality of that channel is always very bad for me, so I wouldn't take it as good news necessarily

mackersdublin · 19-08-2019 10:33pm

kooga wrote: »

Is virgin media sport in hd on the virgin platform? Tks

Yes. Virgin Media Sport along with the 6 Extra channels are in SD and HD on my VM box

400 Virgin Media Sport
430 Virgin Media Sport HD
451-56 VM Sport Extra 1-6
471-76 VM Sport Extra 1-6 HD

Drummerboy2 · 21-08-2019 1:35pm

irishgrover wrote: »

apologies if this has been asnwered, I've read the thread but did not see..... anyone know if the VM sports channels will be broadcast in HD in eir? For example currently BT are and Sky are not

HD is available for Sky and BT Sport but its an extra €5

kooga · 21-08-2019 1:53pm

Drummerboy2 wrote: »

HD is available for Sky and BT Sport but its an extra €5

Sky sports is only in SD there is no HD option

iseegirls · 21-08-2019 2:39pm

Anybody see a date for when the channels will be available on the platforms?

kooga · 21-08-2019 2:59pm

iseegirls wrote: »

Anybody see a date for when the channels will be available on the platforms?

August 26th was mentioned

Drummerboy2 · 21-08-2019 3:57pm

kooga wrote: »

Sky sports is only in SD there is no HD option

Thanks Kooga. I was told by the advisor Sky was on HD, he is obviously wrong and I signed up on this belief today.

irishgrover · 21-08-2019 4:04pm

Drummerboy2 wrote: »

Thanks Kooga. I was told by the advisor Sky was on HD, he is obviously wrong and I signed up on this belief today.

He is very wrong...
I watch most of my sport on a very large HD projector and Sky sports on Eir with only SD available is an incredibly ugly experience....
If it's a deal breaker I would contact them asap

kooga · 21-08-2019 4:14pm

irishgrover wrote: »

He is very wrong...
I watch most of my sport on a very large HD projector and Sky sports on Eir with only SD available is an incredibly ugly experience....
If it's a deal breaker I would contact them asap

Agree I had a one month free trial of it in June 18 for the Ireland tour of Australia- it’s a terrible image so blurry and washed out - can’t understand why sky sports and cinema are only sd- when you consider that premier sport and free sports are available in hd along with the legacy eir/bt package

Maz2016 · 22-08-2019 2:26pm

I see Virgin sport and virgin extra 1 and 2 are now on the Eir app (the green one)

holidaysong · 22-08-2019 7:54pm

Maz2016 wrote: »

I see Virgin sport and virgin extra 1 and 2 are now on the Eir app (the green one)

On the red one too.

irishfeen · 23-08-2019 6:17pm

Can anyone get the Green App to cast from their phone, fcuking app is appalling!

kooga · 23-08-2019 9:40pm

Virgin media sport in hd ( no hd pack) now on evision

Roland27 · 24-08-2019 2:19pm

I took the plunge and added the BT Sport / PremierSport add-on on EirVision, as the Serie A seasons starts today.

Activated pretty much straight away, although the HD channels didn't add even though I asked them to be added as well – a mistake with Eir which I've just spent the last hour or so on the phone trying to sort. I have to say I never really experienced too many problems with Eir's customer service – despite all the people and reports which say otherwise – until today. The customer service department isn't open on the weekends so I spoke to Tech Support (as technically the HD channels weren't appearing even though I asked to add them, but I knew it was probably a mistake by the rep I spoke to the day before who just didn't add the HD), and he just kept on trying to dismiss me and say I had to speak to customer service and then hung up on me (believe me, I didn't let that rest). I then went online to the chat support and got the HD added in 5 minutes.

Anyway, lots of sport channels now with Eir 1/2, BT 1/2/3, ESPN, Virgin Sport, PremierSport 1/2, FreeSport. Thats my weekend sorted.

The Dark Knight · 24-08-2019 3:23pm

Does anybody know if I will get eir sports if I add Virgin Sports to my Virgin broadband (no virgin TV in my subscription). Currently available free for first 2 months, then €5 per month after.
Only available on phone app, but works well with chromecast.

Eir and Virgin Media Sport - cross supply deal

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