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BT Sport on Freeview - Free tomorrow for launch night

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 21:07:59 GMT

from 6pm to just after midnight

http://www.a516digital.com/2013/07/bt-sport-launch-night-to-be-free-to-view.html

Re: BT Sport on Freeview - Free tomorrow for launch night

Drewde — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:00:07 GMT

Thanks for letting us know! I had no idea.

Re: BT Sport on Freeview - Free tomorrow for launch night

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:07:39 GMT

No probs - Thats why I was speading the word, typical BT leaving everything to the last minute again !

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jumpsuit — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:18:40 GMT

Curses! We can't get freeview in our area.

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jimco999 — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:02:52 GMT

channel 58/59 but scamble im a bt customer how do i get in?

Re: BT Sport on Freeview - Free tomorrow for launch night

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:29:20 GMT

Hi there

Im sure this question is going to be asked many times.

You cannot use the BT Sports Channels (scrambled) though your TV's tuner or otherwise. You must use BT TV (YouView and BT Vision+ boxes). The channels are merely placeholders on Freeview to use via BT's Vision+ box (BT's YouView I believe its streamed over the internet with the BT infinitey package)

See : How to get BT Sport

#Note: Reason why it worked 01/08/2013 is because BT allowed the channel to be unscrambled (a marketing exercise)

Cheers

** This also to me raises an interesting debat on private enterprises having placeholder channels on a public DTT (freeview) to use on their own equipment.

Re: BT Sport on Freeview - Free tomorrow for launch night

Catmambo — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 18:01:01 GMT

I've slowly come around to BT Sport. Originally I thought it would be shocking, but fair play, they have put some good cash behind it and marketed fairly well, so be good to see how it plays out.

Re: BT Sport on Freeview - Free tomorrow for launch night

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 18:54:54 GMT

Dont get me wrong though, anything to get rid of the Sky monopoly is a good thing. Whether BT stumps up the cash next time round though, remains to be seen. What worries me, is exclusitivity on one platform only. Needs to be fully open on all paytv platforms (BT > Virgin).

Unfortunately I dont have Sky or BT to watch the channels (I barely have Freeview HD channels at the moment, but thats a different story). But did enjoy the T20 Carribean match late last night

Oh and while Im on the subject of Sports>Cricket. Hurray for the Aussies, finally making a game of it.

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Catmambo — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 11:08:22 GMT

Yes its good to have competiton for sure, whether it would ever be fully unbundled though I don't know. In't the current sky deal with the premier league worth £3bn over 3 years or something. The value is insane and pushes prices up for fans at the gate. There is also the delicicious irony that people hate the idea of a banker getting a £2m a year salary, but hey Bale is apparently worth £100m and £100k a week salaries are totally ok in football.

I'm not a huge fan of football to be honest mainly for the wobbly scruples, poor sporting conduct and even occassional homophic & racist elements that real their ugly heads every now and then.

Indeed good that Oz have finally put on some runs. Clarke had a great bat. Trott has been terrible this test, really hope they drop him for the next one...

Re: BT Sport on Freeview - Free tomorrow for launch night

jimco999 — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 11:29:07 GMT

i have got the bt sport app on my pc all ok, i have to sign in as a bt customer.

What i would like this app on my smart tv or bluray player both sonys.

Jimco

Re: BT Sport on Freeview - Free tomorrow for launch night

Anonymous — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 11:22:29 GMT

I would like a sports app, where-as I can pay to watch individual teams.

As an example:

My Dad follows Coventry City in the football. Why not an app where he can pay on a monthly/seasonal subscription to watch all the games live. Sky and other providers are only interested in the premier league - what about the rest of the teams !

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jumpsuit — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 11:35:27 GMT

Money is at the root of everything.

I'm guessing they have already crunched the numbers and worked out they can

make more money in other ways 😞

My condolences regarding supporting Coventry (on many levels hehe)

Re: BT Sport on Freeview - Free tomorrow for launch night

Anonymous — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 11:48:19 GMT

@jumpsuit wrote:
My condolences regarding supporting Coventry (on many levels hehe)

I give my dad enough stick on that too

Re: BT Sport on Freeview - Free tomorrow for launch night

Drewde — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:55:52 GMT

I'm not a big fan of the score graphic being on the bottom of the screen. Sky tried that but had to revert back. Or the video box that pops up all the time during play.

Re: BT Sport on Freeview - Free tomorrow for launch night

huxley123 — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:50:24 GMT

I don't suppose there's much chance of Sony adding a BT Sport app to the Bravia menu.

I thought not.

Re: BT Sport on Freeview - Free tomorrow for launch night

AlecJS — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:20:53 GMT

If we insist and show interest we might get it - eventually. I don't, but perhaps others could try using the social networks to add the pressure?

Re: BT Sport on Freeview - Free tomorrow for launch night

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 17:46:06 GMT

@AlecJS wrote:
If we insist and show interest we might get it - eventually. I don't, but perhaps others could try using the social networks to add the pressure?

You would be best adding pressure to BT, not Sony. Unfortunately I can not see a reason why BT would want to add an application to a TV - they would rather lock you into their closed subscription based eco-system in a tripple or quad package (ie Phone, Internet, YouView).

Re: BT Sport on Freeview - Free tomorrow for launch night

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 11:25:22 GMT

For the Rugby fans

BT Sport is having a second free evening on Freeview (Channel 57) tomorrow (Friday 13th). From 7pm to 10pm showing Harlequins vs Saints

Re: BT Sport on Freeview - Free tomorrow for launch night

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 15:03:27 GMT

Reposting the following from : http://www.a516digital.com/2013/10/bt-sport-goes-free-this-october.html

"BT Sport goes free this October

BT Sport will be available for free during the weeks of the 7th and 14th October on Freeview channel 57 as part of the broadcaster's "Open October".

Freeviewers will be able to sample content from BT Sport, including The Claire Balding Show from 7pm Monday-Friday.

Then on the weekend of the 26th and 27th October, BT Sport 1,2 and ESPN will air free to view on Sky, BT TV and Virgin Media."

Re: BT Sport on Freeview - Free tomorrow for launch night

budgieman52 — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 19:28:10 GMT