General : BT Sport when champions league arrives

[muppetman11]

What will be the subscription options of BT Sport once Champions league and Europa league is added ?

At the moment we have the following options

Virgin Media , BT Sport (HD) included with XL pack or available as an add on to lower tier subs

Sky , BT Sport £13.50 (SD) or £16.50 (HD) , free (SD) if you have BT BB (HD) costs £3

BT TV , Free with BT Infinity

Talk Talk TV , not currently available

[blue666666]

The deal was for three years, so we should get a year free for the champ league but after that who knows. We may pay or virgin may get us a good deal again.

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

What will be the subscription options of BT Sport once Champions league and Europa league is added ?

At the moment we have the following options

Virgin Media , BT Sport included with XL pack or available as an add on to lower tier subs

Sky , BT Sport £13.50 (SD) or £16.50 (HD) , free if you have BT BB

BT TV , Free with BT Infinity

Talk Talk TV , not currently available

remember free HD on VM too

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by Dave42

remember free HD on VM too

It wasn't a comparison of packages Dave however I've edited my first post to reflect that , I was merely trying to see what will change when the champions league gets added. Haven't BT already said they'll charge extra for European football or did I hear that wrong ?

[blue666666]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

It wasn't a comparison of packages Dave however I've edited my first post to reflect that , I was merely trying to see what will change when the champions league gets added. Haven't BT already said they'll charge extra for European football or did I hear that wrong ?

you did hear right

BT to charge for Champions League after £900m deal
Broadcaster will end free-access policy as Sky and ITV accuse rival of overpaying for TV rights

link http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...900m-deal.html

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Could BT launch a champ league channel and charge for on virgin, to get around the xl deal we have now?

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

It wasn't a comparison of packages Dave however I've edited my first post to reflect that , I was merely trying to see what will change when the champions league gets added. Haven't BT already said they'll charge extra for European football or did I hear that wrong ?

well would not be surprised MM we all know prices only going up and up

[Mad Max]

Any further increases will only drive ppl away, as for me, they can ram it right up their chocolate starfish if they want more cash for the footie.

[MovedGoalPosts]

I can only hope that there is a charged add on package.

Indeed any existing sports channel that incurs additional charges shouldn't be given away for free as one way or another we the customer are paying. If it wasn't for the BT sports, how much cheaper would BT's broadband and or phone line rental be, and in turn that lower price would influence competition with the other providers including Virgin Media. Why should those who don't want these exorbitant sports have to subsidise those that do and thus indirectly contribute to the overpaid inflated football clubs?

[MalteseFalcon]

But then you could argue the same IF Atlantic ever comes to VM. Would those who don't want the channel be happy to pay extra for the channel? I wouldn't.

[theone2k10]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

What will be the subscription options of BT Sport once Champions league and Europa league is added ?

At the moment we have the following options

Virgin Media , BT Sport (HD) included with XL pack or available as an add on to lower tier subs

Sky , BT Sport £13.50 (SD) or £16.50 (HD) , free (SD) if you have BT BB (HD) costs £3

BT TV , Free with BT Infinity

Talk Talk TV , not currently available

Also available to plusnet customers via the Sky platform £5.99p/m sd £7.49p/m hd

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Mad Max

Any further increases will only drive ppl away, as for me, they can ram it right up their chocolate starfish if they want more cash for the footie.

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