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BT Sport UCL & UEL Free

Discussion in 'World Football' started by Highland_Bhoy, Jun 9, 2015.

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  1. Highland_Bhoy Gold Member Gold Member

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    http://sport.bt.com/sport-football/news/bt-sport-reveals-champions-league-plans-S11363984692816

    BT has revealed that all 351 matches from the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League next season will be free for customers who take BT TV.
    BT TV customers will be able to receive the full BT Sport Pack for free – comprising BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2, ESPN on BT Sport and the new BT Sport Europe channel, which launches on August 1 as the new home of top European football.
    BT Broadband customers who choose to watch on their Sky service, via the BT Sport App or on BT Mobile, will be able to add the BT Sport Pack for a small charge of £5 a month.
    BT also announced it will be launching a new Ultra HD channel in August, giving fans an outstanding viewing experience on BT Sport.
    New signings and ‘Goals’ show

    Gary Lineker, Jake Humphrey and Rio Ferdinand will front the live UEFA Champions League coverage.
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    They will join the BT Sport team which includes Paul Scholes, Michael Owen, Steve McManaman and Owen Hargreaves, as well as new signings Steven Gerrard, Harry Redknapp, Glenn Hoddle and Howard Webb.
    The channel will also broadcast a new ‘Goals’ show, presented by James Richardson, where viewers can tune in on Champions League nights to enjoy news and action across all eight games as it happens.


    'Undisputed home of European football'

    Keeping its promise to make televised sport more accessible to more people, BT will give its broadband customers the option of receiving BT Sport 1 for free for a third season.
    This channel will show all 38 live Barclays Premier League matches as well as the Aviva Premiership and SPFL.
    John Petter, chief executive of BT Consumer, said: "When we launched BT Sport we promised to make televised football far more accessible and affordable than it has been to date. We have opened the market to millions of new customers and we want to build on that as BT Sport becomes the undisputed home of European football.
    "We are of course giving our best offer to existing customers – broadband customers will get the new BT Sport Pack for the heavily discounted price of £5, whilst customers who take broadband and TV from us will get it absolutely free.
    "This is a new chapter for European football on TV. BT Sport will show hundreds of live matches throughout the tournament using the very latest technology. Our presenters and experts will also provide the smartest insight and analysis."
    Breaking new ground

    BT’s screening of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches will also see new innovation with regard to how viewers can watch games on BT TV.
    BT TV will be the only place where customers can watch all of the UEFA Champions League games in HD.
    A Red Button service will allow BT TV viewers to switch between matches and track the action with a new ‘Goal Alert’ function which will let the viewer know when a goal is scored in any of the games and check the latest stats.
    Customers will also be able to watch every game live on BTSport.com and on the BT Sport App. The app will include a new game timeline feature, allowing fans to view goals and events from any game, at any time.
    Fans will also be able to watch key events from multiple camera angles and enjoy a wealth of in-game analysis through new tournament and match pages.


    Free-to-air matches

    BT will make some matches available for everyone to watch, whether a subscriber or not, via a new, free-to-air channel on digital TV.
    Called BT Sport Showcase, this channel will show a minimum of 12 UEFA Champions League matches and 14 UEFA Europa League matches and these will be available to anyone to watch for free. Each participating British team will be shown at least once.
    Ultra HD launch

    Finally, the company has announced that in August it will also launch the first Ultra HD (4K) channel in Europe, BT Sport Ultra HD, and will also introduce a new BT TV Ultra HD set top box.
    The Community Shield will be the first broadcast, with other live events shown throughout the season, including selected games from the UEFA Champions League, Barclays Premier League, FA Cup and Aviva Premiership Rugby.


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    I'm sure theres already a thread.


    Pretty good that. Got a really good line up apart from Michael Owen.


    Good that we have a choice on what games to watch from both tournaments.
     
    Highland_Bhoy, Jun 9, 2015
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  2. honda Gold Member Gold Member

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    ultra hd screams excuse to buy myself a 4k tv :56:
     
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  3. PaddyBhoy Gold Member Gold Member

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    I was quite glad when BT got the rights over Sky but Glen Hoddle and Howard Webb as part of their team of 'experts'? Same guff being talked but different channel. Ah well at least it's bye bye to Chiles, Townsend and John Champion and the like. I wish the Spanish football team from Sky just covered all football.
     
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  5. Mr Shelby Moderator Moderator Gold Member

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    So, what is the script with this?

    Sky sports will still show a large proportion of the CL matches as well, eh?
     
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  6. Gundog Gold Member Gold Member

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    BT have the rights to all Champions League and Europa matches, Sky customers will be able to watch them via the BT Sports channels on Sky, not via the Sky Sports channels. The free games will be shown on a new freeview BT Sport channel.
     
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  7. AJ Styles Moussa Dembele's eyes Gold Member

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    No SKY have lost the rights BT will probably have 2 games over the main channels then the rest behind the red button

    Don't forget there world class punditry team of Robbie Savage and Michael Owen :97:
     
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    They'll make a * of it with all they English wanks in the studio who talk a lot of pish.

    They should have just used Richardson and the guys who did the French/Italian football who are a class above the * from Sky Sports.

    Lineker, Scholes, McManaman, Owen, Hargreaves :87:
     
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  9. Peej Gold Member Gold Member

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    Not sure about their choice of pundits. But either my money goes to sky or bt, six and half a dozen to me.

    Plus points is bt having all cl and europa games in one place - no more searchin for itv 4 and the likes.



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  10. Highland_Bhoy Gold Member Gold Member

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    The guys on the European Football Show seem to be good.
     
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    So to get it free you need to switch to BT TV? ... do they offer a decent range of channels, similar to sky?

    Or would I be better keeping Sky, ditching Sky Sports and signing up for BT Sports?

    How much will a subscription be for Sky viewers, anyone know?
     
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  12. Big Boss Gold Member Gold Member

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    Aye, thing is though a lot of people watching it will be the English Sky crowd and they won't bother watching pre/post match analysis because they'll think "who are these *" if they included the likes of Richardson, Laurens, Honigstein etc.

    But * me...Hoddle, Owen, Hargreaves, Harry Redknapp? That will be torture whenever an English side's playing.
     
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    He loves them really.. All for show.:bbpd:
     
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  16. AJ Styles Moussa Dembele's eyes Gold Member

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    £14.95 a month the subscription
     
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    Guess they'll be showing our first qualifiers on their other channels before they start the BT Sport Europe channel on August 1st?
     
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    BT will be awful I think.
    Awful pundits by all accounts.

    Sky are a class above.
    People like Jeff Stelling, Jamie Redknapp, Gary Neville, Carra, Souness are a class above the importers we will now be subjected to e.g. Steve McManaman ffs.

    Ffs, I hoped that BT would've fallen away by now.
     
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    Does that include BT1, BT2, ESPN, BT EUROPE?
     
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    * *, they've really pulled out the stops to try and cram it as full of * as possible. And they're all * English, just like...none of the players in the competition from the quarter finals onwards.

    Lineker is the only competent one.
     
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