Can I ask why they are so bad?
BT Sport
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lack of viewers
crap pundits
SD picture is unwatchable on the few occasions they let a game be shown free to air
i was under this impression aswell, they only had another season or so
They're no better/worse than ITV. People are just irked that they have to pay for a subscription service to watch European footy and rightly so.
Yeah i was hoping it would go back to ITV. I read their ratings for CL matches dropped from something like 4.5m on ITV to 200k on BT's free channel.
Love my BT account. It is much cheaper than sky.
It was disgraceful of UEFA to give every CL game to a paid subscription based channel in the first place.
In the UK you're looking at about £60 a month for Sky and Sky Sports, then a further £22 a month for BT Sport. That's just for SD. You can probably negotiate both down, but still, it's a lot of money since BT took all the European games and UK football fans are suddenly expected to subscribe to both. Or visit the local much more regularly.
Yeah I get BT Sport HD free with my broadband.
I genuinely don't notice much difference in the games, be they BT Sport, Sky or ITV.
That being said, I rarely watch the build-up or post match analysis (only build up if it's a huge Chelsea game, only post-match if it's a big Chelsea win).
That being said, I rarely watch the build-up or post match analysis (only build up if it's a huge Chelsea game, only post-match if it's a big Chelsea win).
Not specifically speaking about BT but a couple of their employees I find incredibly annoying, namely James Richardson and Jake Humphrey, especially the latter. The smug prick!
My son has a cheap BT mobile sim and for an extra £5 per month get BT Sports on his phone , my phone and on my laptop and you can have 2 devices running at the same time.
That's pretty steep and I can relate as we pay a high price for both EPL plus the CL, La liga and Serie A here in Norway. Can't stand the CL coverage at Viasat.
And in UK we don't get to watch 3 o'clock kick offs which so crap.
It's silly. I keep repeating myself because it p..... me off but we used to get 3 games at 4pm Saturday and at a better price as well. Viewers from other countries get to see less games from the PL and that can't be good.
Another nail in the coffin of European football. Hear even the highlights wont be shown on ITV anymore. It is though UEFA have met & said how can we destroy people in UK watching Champions League. I know give it to a subscription channel like BT. Hopefully, the ratings will keep falling. I only care about English football these days.
Anyone thinks BT Sport should get Richard Keys and Andy Gray should. I sometimes miss Andy Gray's commentary to be honest. All they need is a couple of good commentators alongside Ian Darke. Now that we have to live with it (Watching Champions League and Europa League on BT til 2021), I think it would definitely improve their coverage and increase in audience.
ITV coverage used to be crap let's be honest. People just don't like paying extra money which is fair enough.
I have just had a email from BT , and it says the have exclusive right to the CL live until 2021.
http://ecomm.bt.com/optiext/optiext...4u1bjmXEEutGgPe8gNCw5XfR5Z0lu2Bc6UG4elHYtdmWX
http://ecomm.bt.com/optiext/optiext...4u1bjmXEEutGgPe8gNCw5XfR5Z0lu2Bc6UG4elHYtdmWX
Richard Keys should never be allowed back on air ever horrible little man.
Same with the danish
Same.
The obsession with coverage baffles me. I tune in one minute before kick off, take the dog out and brew up at half time and turn it off straight after the game (unless it is a great win
).Always thought that BT's app was pretty good though.
That is their current business model, to try and tie everyone in to their other services with the football.
I think it makes European football seem less important. I have BT and a basic (heavily discounted) Sky Sports subscription, but there's something different about matches that everyone can see. That one match a week free on terrestrial made it seem like a bigger deal, and the highlights kept the stories bubbling.
I hope it backfires on BT and UEFA. I hope it's pisses off the sponsors and leaves BT with no option other than to broadcast more matches/highlights free - proper matches, the big games, not just the leftovers - or to sell them (heavily discounted) to a proper channel.
I hope it backfires on BT and UEFA. I hope it's pisses off the sponsors and leaves BT with no option other than to broadcast more matches/highlights free - proper matches, the big games, not just the leftovers - or to sell them (heavily discounted) to a proper channel.
£28/m for HD now I think they want, unless you have their broadband. Well they can feck right off with that, and I have indeed fecked them right off. Bye bye BT Sport.
Just get their broadband?
You think it was the only incident ever happened, I am pretty sure the large majority of pundits and experts have been making remarks even worst than that on daily basis. I, being a female, am well aware that guys usually do that and its pretty normal, Keys and Gray were just unlucky to be caught on Camera as they weren't aware of it.
Not just that incident it is his whole persona I can't stand he's a horrible little man.
Well here in Iceland we pay 100£/month for this.. So this is a bit of a bargain..
Martin Keown is a fecking mess. Bellerin has been excellent tonight and Arsenal have been let down by the officials apparently.
Let me stop you there Bubz. That's all you needed to say. As Man Utd fans, we all know and we have all known for the best part of 20 years now.
Anyone see that Jose interview? First question they ask him is a leading question about the number of games and injuries.
Jose answers the question but ends the interview in a positive, saying we're happy were fighting on 2 objectives.
Cut back to the studio and they slate Jose for moaning. Dean Saunders (who? Why the feck is he there?) Says he doesn't know why Jose is moaning. Then Captain Obvious joins in as well.
There's no regard for the number of injuries we have at all. The number of games is a sign of our success, but with a full squad there's be no complaints.
Jose answers the question but ends the interview in a positive, saying we're happy were fighting on 2 objectives.
Cut back to the studio and they slate Jose for moaning. Dean Saunders (who? Why the feck is he there?) Says he doesn't know why Jose is moaning. Then Captain Obvious joins in as well.
There's no regard for the number of injuries we have at all. The number of games is a sign of our success, but with a full squad there's be no complaints.
Said it in the matchday thread.
Sky get Lampard who is decent. Whilst BT get morons like Saunders and Owen.
Its ridiculous. Its like they set the interview up to get Jose to moan, and he didn't even moan that much. But it didn't stop their planned slating.
Its dumb how you need to have their broadband or risk paying an extortinate amount for BT Sport alone
Hoddle and Savage were a disgrace today, and I'm sure it was because they wanted the ingerlush manager to win and keep his team up instead of that dirty foreigner at Hull, then their fellow xenophobes on Sky can feel vindicated.
Berbatov is a upgrade on Owen and Savage.
Improving on Owen & Savage is easier than improving on an exam result for an exam you didn't even turn up for.
Just called up BT Sports telling them that £28/month was too expensive. The guy said let me see if I can find out if we have any discounts. One minute later, the price was dropped to £10.99 for the next 12 months. Much better.
That implies to me that football sales are not going as well as predicted. If they were, it is doubtful they would have discounted it like that.
I think Sky/BT will more often than not come up with discounts/deals if you push them or threaten to cancel, especially cancelling.