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UnderGround Forum >> ESPN UK Possibly leaving UK market
| 3/3/13 8:54 AM | |
Four Star
Member Since: 2/7/13 Posts: 1 |
I would imagine the new BT sports will be available on sky, virgin, talktalk and through BT themselves. This channel is carrying premiership football, no way they keep that service exclusive. 
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| 3/3/13 8:55 AM | |
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Four Star
Member Since: 2/7/13 Posts: 2 |
And since we are all complaining my sky plus cut off before the main event started. good job the YouTube police hadn't started their shift.
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| 3/3/13 9:02 AM | |
BigTedBear
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Member Since: 1/14/12 Posts: 112 |
Recorded the event on sky + and the show on next and still didn't get the whole event nice one ESPN.
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| 3/3/13 1:50 PM | |
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tom_hkr
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Member Since: 1/6/13 Posts: 31 |
After last night i fucking hope so, the time for sky sports is now, or a ufc channel! Come on Zuffa sort it out 
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| 3/4/13 8:57 AM | |
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Flannerz
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Member Since: 8/7/06 Posts: 472 |
BigTedBear - Recorded the event on sky + and the show on next and still didn't get the whole event nice one ESPN. I did exactly the same. I always record the show after and that cut off 2mins before Wand KO'd Stann! BT Sport getting the UFC would be good for me as I'll probably get the channels as they have the 1st pick of the televised Premier League games last year. BT could actually do well as ESPN and Setanta before them always had the least attractive package of Premier League games. |
| 3/4/13 9:15 AM | |
NorthernIrishZombie
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Member Since: 3/2/12 Posts: 476 |
Bootsy Collins -NorthernIrishZombie -Bootsy Collins - To be fair it seemed the actual main card started 40 mins late hence why the broadcast started awkwardly in the middle of the FB prelims. Not really ESPN's fault. No, it was live.
ESPN started broadcasting at 2am, an hour before the main card started (3am), hence catching the last two prelim fights. To be fair, the main card probably went a bit long which is why it overran.
I think UFC 157 also has a 2am start time (with prelims from midnight), which again sounds like they're broadcasting an hour of the facebook prelims (since the main card actually starts at 3am). Now, this all might just be a mistake on ESPN's part in that they're starting/ending broadcasting an hour earlier than they're supposed to. I've no idea why they'd suddenly change it though. I just assumed on Saturday that they were giving us an extra hour of prelims as a nice bonus. |
| 3/4/13 9:20 AM | |
FearTheClown
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Member Since: 7/29/11 Posts: 755 |
NorthernIrishZombie -Bootsy Collins -NorthernIrishZombie -Bootsy Collins - To be fair it seemed the actual main card started 40 mins late hence why the broadcast started awkwardly in the middle of the FB prelims. Not really ESPN's fault. They usually state on the planner when they're showing prelims but its odd that they didn't this time. I watched the Mizugaki/Caraway and Fukuda/Tavares fights on facebook, if I'd known they were on ESPN, I would have preferred watching them on my HD TV and then set another additional programme to record afterwards to ensure I'd get the full main card, what with the planner being 1 hour behind. |
| 3/4/13 9:29 AM | |
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MysteriousNinjaFromMars
Member Since: 12/11/11 Posts: 412 |
Man I wish the UFC was on channel 5 |
| 4/3/13 1:26 PM | |
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El Toro UK
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Member Since: 7/11/12 Posts: 159 |
Jon Joe any updates from Garry Cook on this today? |
| 4/3/13 1:29 PM | |
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Bisping=Gatekeeper4Life
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Member Since: 8/16/11 Posts: 2593 |
*cough*updates*cough*
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| 4/3/13 6:30 PM | |
john joe
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Member Since: 8/21/06 Posts: 6692 Fighters Only, web/editorial |
El Toro UK - nah, he lets nothing slip that guy :/ |
| 4/6/13 6:10 PM | |
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El Toro UK
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Member Since: 7/11/12 Posts: 177 |
Garry Cook more or less said they've secured a BT Vision TV deal in the Fuel TV 9 post fight presser just now. Other then confirming we'll be getting extra UFC programming he didn't give an other specifics away.
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| 4/6/13 7:01 PM | |
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Localcup
Member Since: 1/5/10 Posts: 360 |
Got tv and telephone through sky, bt are just clowns. Oh well
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| 4/6/13 7:07 PM | |
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Bisping=Gatekeeper4Life
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Member Since: 8/16/11 Posts: 2614 |
Big UK deal ends up being with BT fucking Vision. Fuck, fuck fuck. Seems like the sport will always be second rate in the UK. Hope the channel it goes onto ends up being available on Sky and also Virgin or the sport will die. Nobody wants BT fuckin Vision.
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| 4/6/13 7:08 PM | |
UGCTT_Bromovich
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Member Since: 7/25/12 Posts: 4139 |
Fucking hell...
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| 4/6/13 7:18 PM | |
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Bofbro
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Member Since: 3/5/11 Posts: 1081 |
Something very wrong if it goes on BT. Cook is a joker and a chancer imo. |
| 4/6/13 7:29 PM | |
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Maldini2706
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Member Since: 11/23/06 Posts: 1228 |
BT Vision have the first choice Premiership games for the next three seasons. Everyone will want BT Vision. |
| 4/6/13 7:36 PM | |
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kimbo's kimbo
Member Since: 4/13/10 Posts: 117 |
How's it all gon work then? Will BT have a standalone channel where they'll air UFC, or will we need to switch providers altogether just to catch the UFC cards? If so, fook that.
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| 4/6/13 7:49 PM | |
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BruceLeroysLowKick
Member Since: 2/4/12 Posts: 19 |
kimbo's kimbo - How's it all gon work then? Will BT have a standalone channel where they'll air UFC, or will we need to switch providers altogether just to catch the UFC cards? If so, fook that.No real details released yet. There will be a "BT Sport" channel which will air on BT Vision (and Youview) but whether or not this channel will be resold to Sky/Virgin etc has not been announced. BT have also bought ESPN image rights and catalogue in the UK so may continue to operate at least one ESPN channel (as well as BT Sport)
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| 4/6/13 7:54 PM | |
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Bisping=Gatekeeper4Life
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Member Since: 8/16/11 Posts: 2616 |
Maldini2706 - BT Vision have the first choice Premiership games for the next three seasons. Everyone will want BT Vision.Source for first choice please. I believe they have bought ESPN's games, which was fourth choice.
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| 4/6/13 7:57 PM | |
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SlickRick01
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Member Since: 4/14/09 Posts: 302 |
It has been announced that the BT Sports channel will be available on Sky Sports: BT secures Sky slots for sports channels 20 November, 2012 | By Alex Farber BT has secured two EPG slots on the Sky platform in preparation for the launch of its sports channels. The broadcaster, which has secured rights to air FA Premier League football, international football and Aviva Premiership rugby packages, has acquired the placeholders on the pay TV platform, which it has temporarily branded as Sailing 1 and Sailing 2. Currently in testing and yet to go live, BT will rebrand and launch the channels next year, with viewers able to dial a phone number in order to access the content. Due to BT’s existing infrastructure it is able to manage the customer relationship directly, rather than rely on Sky to re-sell its channels. A BT spokesman confirmed the EPG slots had been secured ahead of the launch. “Sailing 1 and 2 are placeholders for the new BT Sport channel, which will be launching next year,” he said. “For test purposes they will be showing sailing, treasure diving and kayaking content.” |
| 4/6/13 7:59 PM | |
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Bisping=Gatekeeper4Life
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Member Since: 8/16/11 Posts: 2617 |
SlickRick01 - It has been announced that the BT Sports channel will be available on Sky Sports:Voted up, now they just better not price the fucker through the roof.
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| 4/6/13 8:01 PM | |
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SlickRick01
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Member Since: 4/14/09 Posts: 303 |
Bisping=Gatekeeper4Life -Maldini2706 - BT Vision have the first choice Premiership games for the next three seasons. Everyone will want BT Vision.Source for first choice please. I believe they have bought ESPN's games, which was fourth choice. "And Scudamore’s team were able to extricate every possible penny from what were previously the least attractive match choices by the ‘game changer’ of including a total of 18 first picks in BT’s set of 38 games to be shown on the Saturday 12.45pm slot and midweek and Bank Holidays." They will have some top flight Premier League games. This automatically makes BT Sports relevant. |
| 4/6/13 8:01 PM | |
Fraser_Finlay
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Member Since: 8/14/11 Posts: 13818 |
SlickRick01 - It has been announced that the BT Sports channel will be available on Sky Sports:So... To watch UFC you need to have either Sky or BT? That fucking sucks for people like me who are with Virgin...
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| 4/6/13 8:02 PM | |
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SeanSheehanBA
Member Since: 12/1/11 Posts: 443 |
Hope its free on sky like espn is (in ireland) Doubt it though. This is a very bad deal. UFC should have done all they can to get on sky. Even a short term deal to show sky how much it can grow |
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