Free Premier League Football Next Season for BT Broadband customers

Quentin

BT will be showing 38 matches next season over 3 channels.

These will be free to their BB customers though a set top box purchase is needed (or subscribe to BT television from £5/month).

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

littleboo

Quentin wrote: »

BT will be showing 38 matches next season over 3 channels.

These will be free to their BB customers though a set top box purchase is needed (or subscribe to BT television from £5/month).

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

I don't think that's correct, the BT web site says there are 3 ways to watch one of which is streaming to a PC or a tablet.

MillicentBystander

I think the poster meant the only way to get it on your TV is by purchasing/using a set top box? They have an app that allows you to stream to your tablet/PC, of course. When you take into account the fact that BT BB is at price that is a premium to alternative suppliers, it will need a calculator to ascertain if switching to their BB is financially viable.

JJ_Egan

MillicentBystander wrote: »

I think the poster meant the only way to get it on your TV is by purchasing/using a set top box? They have an app that allows you to stream to your tablet/PC, of course. When you take into account the fact that BT BB is at price that is a premium to alternative suppliers, it will need a calculator to ascertain if switching to their BB is financially viable.

I am wondering how it will play with tv that have Internet built in .
But as a BE customer until July i will wait and see what springs forth from this .

jje

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FYI - if you've got sky, you can add the channels to your package free too

Quentin

ringo_24601 wrote: »

FYI - if you've got sky, you can add the channels to your package free too

No. It costs £12/month plus a one off £15 fee for sky customers to "add the channels".

It's only "free" if you are a BB customer.

OldGreyFox

MSE has covered it here:

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/phones/2013/05/bt-sport-is-its-free-offer-any-good

ashm1

I have looked at the 10gb broadband product and ways to access and in a non infinity network i would have to access online. Presumably this would use up the download allowance?

JJ_Egan

ashm1 wrote: »

I have looked at the 10gb broadband product and ways to access and in a non infinity network i would have to access online. Presumably this would use up the download allowance?

Yes it will and if you watched a lot the lower allowance may not be enough .

Its not free premier league football but better termed some free games but not all .

jje

ali-t

MillicentBystander wrote: »

I think the poster meant the only way to get it on your TV is by purchasing/using a set top box? They have an app that allows you to stream to your tablet/PC, of course. When you take into account the fact that BT BB is at price that is a premium to alternative suppliers, it will need a calculator to ascertain if switching to their BB is financially viable.

Do you know if the app will allow for the games to be streamed through an xbox rather than a laptop?

VisionMan

Quentin wrote: »

BT will be showing 38 matches next season over 3 channels.

These will be free to their BB customers though a set top box purchase is needed (or subscribe to BT television from £5/month).

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

Sorry for correcting you, but thats not true. There will be many ways for BT BB customers to view these new channels. And these are through/on -

A BT Vision box

A YouView box

On a PC/laptop or an iPad

And on a Sky HD/SD box

Heres a FAQ's article from the Guardian on what it costs and how to get it -

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2013/may/10/bt-sport-what-you-pay

Hope that helps.