BT Sport yes or no

I thought I read that the activation fee is £49. have they reduced it or what?

£15 online I think.

Just looked at the ad again earlier CC, don't think it says anything about £15 online though.

BTW, be warned. If taking BT Vision, they cannot yet supply ITV in HD outside of England - i.e., certain ITV franchises such as STV, Ulster etc etc will NOT be in HD. No idea why.

Jul 29, 2013 -- 4:58PM, The Bhoys wrote:

i have bt but no box. how do I view these games? ive 6 months contract left after that im looking at something cheaper in all honesty its far to expensive

If you have BT broadband just go to Btsport on google and its free to watch.

Jul 28, 2013 -- 10:17PM, Ibrahima Sonko wrote:

you know what i meant.Today, tv can be streamed through phonelines.Cant believe the last 2 posts, especially by tobes. Idiot saying they are shared

I was just responding to Sideshow as he seemed puzzled that he couldn't get BT Sport despite being a Sky customer and having 'a BT line' . The Sky customers who can get BT Sport without any BT broadband/phone subscription will get it through the Sky dish which he doesn't have . And the 'BT Line' is just something that was originally BT that Sky have taken over , so not something of any use in dealing with BT unless he wants to move his phoneline back to them , which he clearly don't.I think Ayers was just saying that BT have to give over space and equipment at telephone exchanges to Sky/Talk Talk et al so in that sense they do 'have to share' (the telephone exchanges) .Once Sky or whoever else are providing the line then it is a Sky line really , though referred to as 'BT line' just to distinguish them from Cable telephone lines.

I just changed from SKY BB TO BT BB,  I got it free for 1 year the offer has now ended.

BT Make like 3billion profit per year, there revenue last year was 18billion, believe it not..They own all the telephone lines, nearly & everyone else rents from them.
BT SPORT IS A MUST FOR ANY SPORTS PERSON.

Accessed today for firstime, took  couple of minutes and insited I installed something called "SilverLight" this is some software to do with DRM. It did give you the option to disable it, but if you select that then BTSport doesnt work. Not sure what this is, Im a bit suspicious its going to monitor by activities online ie viewing illegal streams. Did a google for it and couldnt really find much about it other than its poorly thought of by most and Netflix dumped it. Oh and BTSport has ads :(

virgin put their package prices up by 4 pounds just recently and then lose espn,but really there isnt any alternative,BT customer service is woeful and their broardband not much better SKY tv is quite good but then again the broardband where i live is woeful,so i think ill be staying with virgin

I have BT BB but they told me this dosent make me eligible for free BT sport as its only for residential broadband, THEY NEVER MADE THIS CLEAR IN THE ADS!

But I ordered anyway simply for the Serie A & Bundesliga, they only have about 36 EPL games so cant really see the attraction there tbh.

They should get Boxing, and PDC darts included as well.

i watch most soccer online on my tv so not gonna get ripped of by bt & sky

Aug 1, 2013 -- 11:16AM, ronin4s wrote:

Accessed today for firstime, took

Damn quotes.

Silverlight is the MS video streaming software. Nothing to worry about unless you have a *nix box and then it's a bugger to install.

BT & Espn are being added to the Setanta package here in Ireland.

Think it's an extra €20 a month, and given the 12.45pm (BT) and 3pm (Setanta) kick off times for the prem games I think I'll give it a skip.

Just registered through BT infinity.

Looks okay to me and free.

I have tried to sign up to BT Broadband as I was looking to upgrade my Broadband to Fibre Optic and the Free BT sport swayed me towards joining them. However, it has been a complete nightmare. FInally an order worked and its in progress but we will see. I think if I cancel it will cause more problems so I am just going to carry on and see what happens! (as well as spending ages on the phone to them!)

I hope this sport is worth it. However if it is anything like the joining process, it wont be!

Fibre optic broadband is worth it.

Aug 1, 2013 -- 12:02PM, CJ70 wrote:

Damn quotes.Silverlight is the MS video streaming software. Nothing to worry about unless you have a *nix box and then it's a bugger to install.

ty Cj170 :)  BT are full of **** already, apparently they "launch" at 6pm officially with Live and "exclusive" coverage of the Bayern v Man City game. You know, the one on Betfair for free too.

just launched

Aug 1, 2013 -- 12:02PM, Dan Chipowski wrote:

BT & Espn are being added to the Setanta package here in Ireland. Think it's an extra €20 a month, and given the 12.45pm (BT) and 3pm (Setanta) kick off times for the prem games I think I'll give it a skip.

Setanta, now there IS a bunch of crooks if ever i heard of one. Never did get my refund for their online package of scottish footy etc. when they decided to stop broadcasting online, sorry went "bankrupt" pfff.

rio Ferdinand first face ffs

its 6.02pm on my watch! lol

it's €16 a month in Ireland with UPC for BT 1&2 Setanta Sports and ESPN

oxcart chamberpot

over staffed

froze on me already!

This is cringeworthy

Owen "Ive scored goals all my life" but mostly been injured.

Not ray 'wooden' stubbs

what the feck has david james got on his heed

On Setanta online yu were able to change the amount of bandwidth and screen size. Lower bandwidth and small screen gave the best picture. BT have only an option to enlarge screen, my picture on my pc is awful, it stalls breaks up and stutters constantly.

ESPN on BT SPORT is showing the Milan game live, its 0-0 on there and 1-0 on Befair! Its a good 5 minutes behind!!

danny baker

David James = Sideshow Bob

the attention grabbing BT sport logo in the bottom corner is a nightmare

ditched it already, 2nd game in a row thats 5 minutes behind kick off.

ronin4s 01 Aug 13 19:41 
ditched it already, 2nd game in a row thats 5 minutes behind kick off.


just noticed that myself. absolutely useless channel for betting in play

http://www.nutjob.eu/ watchn here.

ffs at least you have a choice virgin media so nodont look like missing much

weirdly it says BTSPORT in the bottom corner of Nutjobs screen? So maybe the TV channel is not like the pc channel?

nutjob is not behind at all, cheers

its fantastic, 10 x better than boring sky sports.

1st night, bound to be little hick ups

would you rather be listening to boring gary the hands neville
or these 3!

no contest

even made itv news on now,

says challenging sky, more like ko'd sky!

OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Matt Dawson

its so over the top! lol

I agree though Ron. It's been a very promising start.

anyone else getting pictures with sky even tho they havent ordered.

Im on a multiroom box at the moment and its on that

thought they had made it freeview for a few days but a mate has checked on his dodgy dreambox
and its definitely encypted

encrypted

pano7 why do u say dodgy dreambox may I ask?

that's the gf's name I think

dont really want to get into a discussion on dreamboxes mate.
only reason i brought it up is u can tell with ecm times if channels are encrypted or freeview.
and the btsport ones are encrypted so people who avent paid on a sky subscription,
legitimate or not shouldnt b getting pictures.

pan its just i got a dreambox and wana now wat u mean by dodgy just. Is he having problems? ive had a few nothing major but would like to no if others have had also

Anybody tried BT sport on an ipad? Keeps freezing etc, just crap. OK on laptop earlier, but it's started the same bother on that too now. Great start BT.

pan07, same here.
I haven't ordered it either and my broadband is with sky as part of their package.
I assumed today was part of a free launch of the new channel

no they work like a dream just meant from a legal point of view.
but make the most of it cant see it lasting past august sky are in the process of ending your fun.

I read somewhere it was free today for all.

At midnight, the switch is flicked.

u serious. How so?

Is it free to air tonight? just gone to it and it's on.

yeh same here tenpins just thought it weird that it was encrypted
boxnation for instance will just go freeview when they promoting

Cheers mc just answered my question, I have espn purely to watch the premiership so that will have to go.

new box pairing method bhoys some people already gone off.
just a matter of time b4 they get to everyone.
if your server is running an sd box instead of hd tho you might b ok for another year
as sd boxes probably cant take the new pairing method.

jesus mate I have no idea how to check but I do no last week the box was definatly working poorly. last 5 days r so perfect tho mate. worst thing is I only got mine 2 months ago and paid for full year . if they do go is there no way of getting it back?

if u dont no the geezer who sold u the subsciption then u probably fooked.
he's the guy u shud b asking but if he sold u a full years subscription only 2 month ago
then he sounds like the kind of person who dont give a dam.
its been known for a few months sky r taking action and august wud probably be the end at least for hd channels.
no one we a conscience shud av been selling yearly subs.

well I don't really no the guy that sold the box but I got his num off my das mate from football. seemed genuine enough mate and said if any problems give him a buzz. is it just the hd chs going as I have no probs watching normal chs. he did mention it would eventually be cut of but would be a matter of time before back on. why is it expected to go before august?

also mate mines a skybox is that the same thing?

sky sent letters out to people with old thompson hd boxes a couple of months ago,
they offered them brand new boxes free of charge as the thompson boxes cant take the new pairing method.
they have since sent reminders out to people who have still not swoped saying they will lose premium channels in august if they dont swop .
you may just lose hd but my guess is you will lose all premium channels.

the only fix i see is for your server to use an old sky sd sub, apparentley there are still around 3-4 million customers with these boxes no way will sky be giving free upgrades to these folk as they would have to drop their £10 hd charge.

why would sky do that? they r illegal surly? There was no information took of me when I signed up for it.

sent letters to legit customers with legit thompson sky boxes.
once they update the encryption the legit customers with legit boxes wouldnt recieve channels if they dont swop

jesus im baffled by this I really am. so when would u expect I will no if mines guna go?

saturday august 17th at a guess lol

. do you really believe they will be successful in shuting it down? I seriously hope not but noing with sky they will. if they do anychance theyl get it going again?

yes 99% bhoys and no idea about getting it going again it certainly doesnt look good.
as i say a sd sub shud work for a while longer but your guy wud av to set one up and unless he's very on the ball you gonna have a few days,weeks b4 its back running again we sd channels.

looks like its back to sky go for me. only really started working fine last week to a it was not working here and there for a bit. I live in Ireland will this have any affect?

wouldnt av thought it will make much difference pal might give u a little while longer.
back on topic my bt sport still working past midnight.

wish I never discovered this thread now was happy there for a bit

I'm an infinity customer, phoned them yesterday to enquire about the free sport. Was told I need a new Vision box as the service won't work with the silver one I've had for a few years. New box is £49, so not exactly free.

However as an infinity customer they've activated the service online which seems to work. I'll check it out on my laptop tomorrow as they are showing the remaining LFC friendlies, starting with Gerrard's testimonial.

our lass works in the broadband , bt sports office so got free box,bt sports, hd etc

with my hd,ruk,multi rooms and full sky pack i,m into sky for about a ton a month
thinking about paying 20 for sky sports 1 and 2 on bt vision and ditching the whole sky package with ch 4 now doing a more in depth coverage of racings big meetings, it looks like i,m paying a ton a month for sky sports 3,4 [ golf ] and a few early  or late races at the big meetings.
only doubts are eventualy havnt sky got the option of switching their football to sky 3 and 4

All the Scottish footie for £12 per month.  Bargain!

Do i need to get bt sport now so i can watch ESPN?

and if so how much does it all cost?

Just checked on BTSport1 and the scottish game is the same as the ESPN match last night 3-4 minutes behind. What alot of crap.

What a joke - BT Sport not available on multi-room, so if you have SKY in more than one room you have to choose where you want to watch it, otherwise pay for another subscription...! Epic Fail

yeah not good that Art, waiting for the App pin which apparently can take upto 10 days

also sky multiroom,but only working upstairs how can i switch it to downstairs?

Any one know how much a month BT sport is with sky?

Just rang sky to find out how much ....got to ring BT

Shant be bothering unless they have NFL games. Next year Moto GP will be a different matter if Eurosport doesnt cover it

Multiroom not available for BT Sports.  Was the same as Premier Sports and (formerly) Setanta.  Total sh1t. You have to pay a subscription for each viewing card.

BT Sport are NOT showing the Glastas v Porto game, despite what Betfair think.

tbf BT have no option but to charge per box , or else people would take the piss.

Sky require multi room customers to have all the boxes connected to a phoneline so that the box sends a signal back to them , proving that the box is in the house. If they don't get the signal when they check then , eventually , they will start billing the customer as if he has several separate accounts: instead of, say, £55  for main room and £10 for the extra one, they will bill him £110.

BT can't check the sky boxes like that . So if someone phoned up, gave BT his Sky viewing card and then gave them 3 more for his 'multirooms' ..... BT may have just connected his dad's house, his brothers house and his mates house all for free . People would latch on to that pretty quickly and BT would be pissing away a lot of the fortune they've spent on these premier league rights.

thats fair but when sky install sky+ and multi room they put old box upstairs or where you want it with viewing card in it,surely bt have a way to get bt sport to the tv you want.

I guess you could phone BT and say you made a mistake and maybe they could cancel it on one card and activate it on the other , but they may have a minimum (31 days probably) before you can swap.

Alternatively if you phone sky technical and tell them you want to use the BT Sport viewing card in your other box they would be able to 'pair' the cards , so you could have the BT Sport card working in the box you want.

Does Jake Humphrey ever go home?

as my sky multi room is in a caravan 60 miles away[ i,m sure plenty of others do the same ]and it has no phoneline connection i doubt the above scenario is true,as long as you pay the 10 quid dont think sky to bothered what people do with their multiroom, obviously they had to stop pubs, clubs etc from getting people to bring their viewing card down the local
i,m sure a sky dish off ebay,an old sky box and a multiroom subscription gets your old man down the road away

I havnt got a box for sky or bt and was saying to mate today at football I will have to stream my bt on laptop. he says no u phone them and they will send you a box to watch it. I said yeah but I will have to pay an extra 5er a month so im not doing that. he says no its free. is it? I cant imgane so

1st Time Poster, yes there are many people who do what you do , and far more who have the boxes in their house but don't bother connecting them, and have yet to incur any penalty for it.

But people do indeed get charged full subscription for extra rooms , i have seen many of their bills , and they complain 'i've had it set up like this for years!' but SKy are within their T&C rights to come after people for it , even after years , even if they don't get around to most people.

Here is an example

http://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-HD-SkyHD-Sky-3D/Phone-Line-not-connected-now-I-m-been-charged-extra/td-p/37289

Bhoys, it's only free online. If you order a BT vision box, it's £5 per month and £49 activation fee.

Stick with your laptop. You can use an HDMI cable from laptop to HD TV and it's virtually the same. Also, BT say they can't supply ITV HD outside of England yet! Crap, imo.

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