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Re: New English Cricket TV Rights up in May
« Reply #15 on: March 29, 2017, 10:42:50 AM »
Quote from: Biggie Smalls on March 29, 2017, 10:38:54 AM
That seems quite ridiculous. ...is bt sport part of a sky subscription or would you be forced to pay for yet another service ?

BT would flip it the other way and say you don't have to have sky to subscribe to BT.
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Re: New English Cricket TV Rights up in May
« Reply #16 on: March 29, 2017, 10:42:55 AM »
Quote from: Biggie Smalls on March 29, 2017, 10:38:54 AM
That seems quite ridiculous. ...is bt sport part of a sky subscription or would you be forced to pay for yet another service ?

You can get it through Sky at at extra cost, or you can have BT on its own. If BT were to win all cricket i would cancel my sky sports subscription as i dont really watch football anymore and i'd rather watch paint dry than watch F1
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Re: New English Cricket TV Rights up in May
« Reply #17 on: March 29, 2017, 10:47:45 AM »
You can also get bt sports with some phone networks, I got it "free" with my latest EE mobile contract
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Re: New English Cricket TV Rights up in May
« Reply #18 on: March 29, 2017, 11:01:23 AM »
Quote from: iand123 on March 29, 2017, 10:42:55 AM
You can get it through Sky at at extra cost, or you can have BT on its own. If BT were to win all cricket i would cancel my sky sports subscription as i dont really watch football anymore and i'd rather watch paint dry than watch F1

absolutely, I only have Sky for the cricket and thinking of dumping the whole thing and tracking on BBC.

I don't see a situation thou where BT sport has all cricket coverage.....just don't think that will happen in the future
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Re: New English Cricket TV Rights up in May
« Reply #19 on: March 29, 2017, 11:01:51 AM »
Wow , being a cricket fan in england sucks....expensive,  convoluted . I'd be kodi-ing it up big time !
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Re: New English Cricket TV Rights up in May
« Reply #20 on: March 29, 2017, 11:07:03 AM »
Quote from: Biggie Smalls on March 29, 2017, 11:01:51 AM
Wow , being a cricket fan in england sucks....expensive,  convoluted . I'd be kodi-ing it up big time !

yes it's a real pain. it's very much a Sky/Murdoch dominated environment.

it's harmed cricket in this Country, in my opinion. We are now seeing just how much exclusive TV rights has damaged the game at grass roots.

viewing figures for cricket have been going down, and continue to do so. That is an undisputed fact

a sad one actually.
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Re: New English Cricket TV Rights up in May
« Reply #21 on: March 29, 2017, 11:54:11 AM »
Different services
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Re: New English Cricket TV Rights up in May
« Reply #22 on: March 29, 2017, 12:16:01 PM »
Quote from: alexhilly1492 on March 29, 2017, 10:47:45 AM
You can also get bt sports with some phone networks, I got it "free" with my latest EE mobile contract

Isnt that only for 3 or 6 months though?
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Re: New English Cricket TV Rights up in May
« Reply #23 on: March 29, 2017, 12:16:58 PM »
Quote from: iand123 on March 29, 2017, 12:16:01 PM
Isnt that only for 3 or 6 months though?

24 the entire length of my contract
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Re: New English Cricket TV Rights up in May
« Reply #24 on: March 29, 2017, 12:17:45 PM »
Quote from: ppccopener on March 29, 2017, 11:01:23 AM
absolutely, I only have Sky for the cricket and thinking of dumping the whole thing and tracking on BBC.

I don't see a situation thou where BT sport has all cricket coverage.....just don't think that will happen in the future

I think the ECB are hoping they will go for it to drive the price up as realistically i cant see it going much higher than it already is worth.

My mate has BT so i watch on the iPad with his login currently. I think i'll get a device such as an Apple TV to put it on the big screen for the ashes
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Re: New English Cricket TV Rights up in May
« Reply #25 on: March 29, 2017, 12:18:25 PM »
Quote from: alexhilly1492 on March 29, 2017, 12:16:58 PM
24 the entire length of my contract

Ah ok, nice! When i was renewing they were only offering 3 or 6 months as far as i could see. Decent deal for you though mate
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Re: New English Cricket TV Rights up in May
« Reply #26 on: March 29, 2017, 12:39:31 PM »
Quote from: iand123 on March 29, 2017, 12:18:25 PM
Ah ok, nice! When i was renewing they were only offering 3 or 6 months as far as i could see. Decent deal for you though mate

I've been with orange/ee for years so I think that helped and they had a decent sale on in march

I'm lucky as I have bt and my parents sky go on my phone so I have best if both, miss free to air cricket remember watching 2005 ashes on channel 4
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Re: New English Cricket TV Rights up in May
« Reply #27 on: March 29, 2017, 01:52:13 PM »
Is anyone a baseball fan? No? Just me?

Well anyway, I pay roughly £80 per year for the At Bat subscription. You can watch every major league baseball game (there are quite a few as each team plays just short of 200 from spring training onwards) live, as live, condensed or highlights. It also has loads of other good features like ball tracking (hawkeye) etc. It works on your phone, laptop, apple tv and amazon fire stick.

I'm not trying to advertise it at all. Just think though, if you could do that with cricket.

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Re: New English Cricket TV Rights up in May
« Reply #28 on: March 29, 2017, 02:08:25 PM »
Last time I heard, the ECB were sat on a big pile of money. Why do they suddenly need to triple the cost to the broadcasters?

Oh yeah.
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Re: New English Cricket TV Rights up in May
« Reply #29 on: March 29, 2017, 02:26:27 PM »
Quote from: HallamKeeper on March 29, 2017, 01:52:13 PM
Is anyone a baseball fan? No? Just me?

Well anyway, I pay roughly £80 per year for the At Bat subscription. You can watch every major league baseball game (there are quite a few as each team plays just short of 200 from spring training onwards) live, as live, condensed or highlights. It also has loads of other good features like ball tracking (hawkeye) etc. It works on your phone, laptop, apple tv and amazon fire stick.

I'm not trying to advertise it at all. Just think though, if you could do that with cricket.

Me to! Not seen this but seems like a good idea especially for cricket

Who you support?
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