BT Sport prices announced; free for BT Broadband customers

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PostRe: BT Sport prices announced; free for BT Broadband custome
by systematic » Sun May 12, 2013 8:40 pm

Shadow wrote:Can I get Sky Sports on BT vision?

Alternatively, can I get BT Sport on Virgin? Is it fair to assume it will be £15 like on Sky?

I currently get ESPN included in my Virgin package, will I get a reduced subscription because it's now under the BT Sport banner?

This is so annoying, I really miss the days when Sky had a monopoly, it was so much simpler and cheaper. :x


You can only get Sky Sports 1 and 2 on BT vision for £20 extra (or just one channel for £15). Not sure if they show much live football on Sky Sports 3 and 4 - that's something you should look into before making your decision.

I'm sure Virgin would like to put BT Sport inside their VIP package for less but BT are quite arrogant when it comes to negotiating contracts (like Sky) so it will probably end up costing as much as it does on Sky: £12-15 per month.

Johnny Ryall wrote:So I'd have to extend the contract I'm already 5 months into? What a crock.


Sounds like you don't have to if you have more than 12 months left on your original contract:

BT Sport – Available 1 Aug. BT broadband customers can watch BT Sport online at home with a minimum line speed of 400kbps. To watch BT Sport online elsewhere you need 3G/4G/wifi (charges may apply).To watch BT Sport at btsport.com you need Microsoft Silverlight. The BT Sport App works on iPhone (3GS and above), iPad (iOS 5.1.1 and above) & selected Android devices with OS 4.0). BT Sport is also available on the Sky Digital Satellite Platform and BT TV with Infinity for new and existing broadband customers who sign up for 12 months or have 12 months remaining on their contract; ongoing renewal needed to get at a BT Sport at a discount. Sport on BT TV requires compatible box, fee £49-£299 may apply. For Sky Digital Satellite Platform viewing a satellite receiver box and active viewing card are required. e-billing required. UK only. Terms apply. Please check bt.com/sport for details.

http://www.bt.com/sport/ - The legal stuff

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PostRe: BT Sport prices announced; free for BT Broadband custome
by KK » Mon May 13, 2013 3:50 pm

Just looking at this,

Some small print Terms and Conditions:

  • BT broadband customers can watch BT Sport online at home with a minimum line speed of 4mbps & Microsoft Silverlight.
  • Sport on BT TV requires compatible box, fees of £49-£299 may apply.
  • To watch BT Sport on TV you need a Sky Digital receiver or BT TV subscription (minimum £5 a month for TV Essential)
  • BT TV customers will need to order & pay for a viewing card (£10) by phone on 1st August 2013.
  • You will not be able to watch ESPN or ESPN HD on your TV, or BT Sport channels in HD.

So you can't get BT Sport on its own through a Freeview receiver? So basically if you want it 'officially' through your TV you've still got to pay a minimum of £5 a month, and even then you can't get it in HD without a Sky box.

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PostRe: BT Sport prices announced; free for BT Broadband custome
by Zellery » Mon May 13, 2013 3:54 pm

Freeview boxes are compatible boxes I think.

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PostRe: BT Sport prices announced; free for BT Broadband custome
by KK » Mon May 13, 2013 3:57 pm

Doesn't seem to be particularly clear on the BT website whether you can buy a box (such as YouView) from a shop, and then get BT Sport at a later date - either free through BT broadband or on a monthly contract of £15.

I suppose you could always hook up your computer to the TV and watch BT Sport that way, which is easy enough.

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PostRe: BT Sport prices announced; free for BT Broadband custome
by Mafro » Mon May 13, 2013 4:10 pm

It's not being made available on Freeview.

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PostRe: BT Sport prices announced; free for BT Broadband custome
by Zellery » Mon May 13, 2013 4:16 pm

Ouch.

They're missing out on some potential subs right there. I guess they want people to migrate from Freeview to BT Vision.

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PostRe: BT Sport prices announced; free for BT Broadband custome
by Qikz » Mon May 13, 2013 4:23 pm

fees of £49-£299 may apply.


That's a pretty huge difference BT. :lol:

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PostRe: BT Sport prices announced; free for BT Broadband custome
by Fatal Exception » Mon May 13, 2013 4:23 pm

BT Need to get the IPTV stuff running on Youview. Or at least push them. I'd quite like to watch CCTV, which is available on pretty much every single other Freeview HD Box. banana splits.

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PostRe: BT Sport prices announced; free for BT Broadband custome
by systematic » Mon May 13, 2013 4:53 pm

KKLEIN wrote:Doesn't seem to be particularly clear on the BT website whether you can buy a box (such as YouView) from a shop, and then get BT Sport at a later date - either free through BT broadband or on a monthly contract of £15.


Looks like there will be a solution now: BT says it will offer its new sports channels to owners of retail YouView boxes after customer complaints.

BT customers only :fp:


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