BT to offer free Premiership Football to Broadband Customers

[Goldberg]

I have been holding out calling them to get a You View box until I know what they are offering for next season (price etc..) for the new sport channel.
Turns out they are going to offer it for free for Broadband customers! Let's hope more details emerge soon..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22462525

BT offers free Premier League football in BSkyB battle



BT Sport will show Premier League matches free to broadband customers

BT is to offer free Premier League football coverage to its broadband customers, the telecoms company has announced.

After winning a three-year deal to show 38 Premier League games a season, BT has signalled its intent to challenge BSkyB's dominance of sports pay-TV.
BSkyB's shares fell nearly 6% as BT unveiled its plans, which includes a £10-a-month broadband package.
BT has 6.3 million broadband customers, but just 750,000 pay-TV customers.
The aggressive move is an attempt to establish itself as a major multi-platform provider, offering TV, internet and telephone in one package.
BT Sport's channels will also show 69 live Aviva Premiership rugby matches per season, plus live football from leagues in Germany, France, Italy and Brazil.
Chief executive Ian Livingston said: "UK sports fans have had a rough deal for too long. Many have been priced out of the market, but we will change this by giving away BT Sport for free with our broadband.
"Sports fans are the winners today."
BroadbandBSkyB dominates the pay-TV market with around 10 million customers, but lags behind BT with 4.3 million broadband customers.
BT Sport is also taking on BSkyB in pubs and clubs with a 12-months-for-nine subscription and free installation special offer lasting until 1 July.
Around half the premises taking up the offer will end up paying £135 a month, BT said, while packages for hotels and betting shops could undercut Sky by 75%.
Former BBC presenter Jake Humphrey will front BT Sport's Premier League coverage, and Manchester United player Rio Ferdinand will provide opinion and analysis, along with several other sports stars.
BSkyB's share price was down 6% in early afternoon trading, with BT's stock 2.4% lower. Some investors have worried that a battle for customers between the companies could drive down margins and profits.

[Goldberg]

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[raelmadrid]

guess espn america is gone forever

[k11jrp]

Also acquired MOTO GP as of today

[evilsatan]

And UFC, their new twitter account has been sending me info all day.

[Geko]

I have BT internet. So fair play...!


So.... Do you get it free with your Sky account too? or only via the internet?


Edit - Seems to be with the sport app online only.

[Goldberg]

Looks like if you have broadband with BT you can access it on Sky but prob need username/pass??

[EvilBoB]

I checked. You call BT up and they do it for you. No username/pass - they just activate it on your Sky card like the old adult channels.

[raelmadrid]

do BT offer static IPs on home connections?

[Goldberg]

do BT offer static IPs on home connections?

It's not default I know that much. I pay £60 every 2 years for my own domain name and dyndns

[EvilBoB]

do BT offer static IPs on home connections?

Nope. I have a domain registered with 1&1 and use a cname to point at my free dynamic dns which the homehub automatically updates.

[Goldberg]

What he said but I pay for the DynDns

[TAR]

My brother works for bt and gets everthing for free. Ive got him looking into linking my sky card to his account. Worth a try.