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BT Sport goes free-to-air for 12 days this month
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 2:48 pm
by KK
Digital Spy wrote:BT Sport is opening up its services to all Freeview, BT TV, Sky and Virgin viewers in October.
The broadcaster will take over the BT TV, Freeview channel 57 during the weeks of October 7 and 14 from 7pm on Monday to Friday. It will round off 'Open October' with BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2 and ESPN becoming available for all viewers on October 26 and 27.
The 'Open October' weekend includes live rugby from the Aviva Premiership, including Bath v Gloucester, Northampton v Saracens and Wasps v Leicester and coverage of Crystal Palace taking on Arsenal in the Premier League.
Entertainment shows The Clare Balding Show and Baker and Kelly's VSPO, Beyond the Octagon, Rugby Tonight and Life's a Pitch are among the highlights across the week.
Other sporting events airing across the two weeks include the FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifier between Spain and Belarus, the UEFA U21 Qualifier between England and Lithuania, the Skrill Premier match between Macclesfield Town and Southport and Bundesliga action between 1899 Hoffenheim and Bayer Leverkusen.
BT Sport's Simon Green said: "We want to give even more viewers the chance to see the new programmes and live sporting action happening on BT Sport during October.
"Making the channels open to all allows us to show how we are offering something for everyone, from sports entertainment shows through to exclusive live sporting action."
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a52 ... tober.htmlDesperate times call for desperate measures? LOL at anyone who has actually paid for a subscription this month.
Re: BT Sport goes free-to-air for 12 days this month
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 2:53 pm
by Mafro
Love how they are making it free on Freeview when there's no way of subscribing to it on Freeview.
Re: BT Sport goes free-to-air for 12 days this month
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 3:02 pm
by Floex
There had better be a UFC event during this time.
Re: BT Sport goes free-to-air for 12 days this month
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 3:04 pm
by Skippy
Nope, Dos Santos/Valasquez III takes place on the 20th
Re: BT Sport goes free-to-air for 12 days this month
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 3:04 pm
by Mafro
Floex wrote:There had better be a UFC event during this time.
Exactly what I was thinking
I remember ESPN was free one weekend when (I think) the Diaz vs Condit fight took place.
Re: BT Sport goes free-to-air for 12 days this month
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 3:07 pm
by Scotticus Erroticus
Sky Sports did this a few times - was pretty neat.
Re: BT Sport goes free-to-air for 12 days this month
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 3:24 pm
by Fatal Exception
Re: BT Sport goes free-to-air for 12 days this month
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 4:40 pm
by abcd
Thanks for the update.
Without this thread I would have never known about it.
I'll be tuning in on the 26th October.
Once again, thank you for letting me and other know.
Re: BT Sport goes free-to-air for 12 days this month
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:13 pm
by SchminkyPinky
I quite like their coverage of Scottish football but I don't watch much else on it.
Re: BT Sport goes free-to-air for 12 days this month
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:18 pm
by Suffocate Peon
Scotty wrote:Sky Sports did this a few times - was pretty neat.
The opening day of the season with matches and Jamie Redknapp sat on a large sofa surrounded by people. At least I could access it, no luck with Bt. They're my internet provider as well.
Re: BT Sport goes free-to-air for 12 days this month
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 7:07 pm
by Scotticus Erroticus
Suffocate Peon wrote:Scotty wrote:Sky Sports did this a few times - was pretty neat.
The opening day of the season with matches and Jamie Redknapp sat on a large sofa surrounded by people. At least I could access it, no luck with Bt. They're my internet provider as well.
Do BT not provide free-legit streaming services of football? I know they do with SPFL matches.
Re: BT Sport goes free-to-air for 12 days this month
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 7:49 pm
by Minto
Scotty wrote:Suffocate Peon wrote:Scotty wrote:Sky Sports did this a few times - was pretty neat.
The opening day of the season with matches and Jamie Redknapp sat on a large sofa surrounded by people. At least I could access it, no luck with Bt. They're my internet provider as well.
Do BT not provide free-legit streaming services of football? I know they do with SPFL matches.
Yeah they do. You can watch the matches on their online app.
Re: BT Sport goes free-to-air for 12 days this month
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 7:52 pm
by Scotticus Erroticus
I wonder how long that will last... Maybe when Rangers are back in the top flight they'll take it down and try to milk as much as possible from the Old Firm match audience? Actually no, they signed a 5 year deal a few years back, so it'll be around for a while, I assume.
Re: BT Sport goes free-to-air for 12 days this month
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:49 pm
by Johnny Ryall
There is a ufc fight night on 10/10 FYI.
Re: BT Sport goes free-to-air for 12 days this month
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 12:46 pm
by PaperMacheMario
Just tried to switch on to the Everton v City game and it's saying I need to subscribe to it
anyone else on Sky getting the same thing?
Re: BT Sport goes free-to-air for 12 days this month
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 12:50 pm
by Johnny Ryall
Read the op properly.
Re: BT Sport goes free-to-air for 12 days this month
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 1:23 pm
by PaperMacheMario
Oh.
Why start it on a Monday? People are hardly going to buy it just for this weekend, and they'd get loads of people wanting to purchase the package after watching a whole weekend of sport.
Think we're adding BT Sport to our package soon anyway.
