BT Sport fiver a month

pen1

Chris75 wrote: »

Haven't they already broken that promise? Are you not getting Sport Lite free rather than Sport1?

"BT Sport Lite" is the name for BT Sport 1 & BT Sport Extra 1.

The guarantee is that BT Sport 1 "will show all 38 live Barclays Premier League matches" and feature the Aviva Premiership and SPFL, although note it doesn't guarantee all of the latter.

BT Sport Extra 1 is a "red button" service that will carry additional content. I assume that it will be used as an "overspill" service if, for example, an SPFL fixture clashed with a Premier League fixture.

Dawning

BT BB customer, watch BT Sport on Sky.

I renewed my BB contract, Infinity 2, for a further 12 months 3 weeks ago. Stupidly assuming that included BT Sport mean just that. Should have seen this coming, knowing BT as I do, however...

I haven't yet had the email about the £5 charge.

My current Sky deal runs out in October and I doubt that I'll continue with Sky when it's up.
Can someone who has the Ts & Cs about the £5 charge for BT Sport please tell me, if I watch BT Sport and pay the fee from 1st August till mid October when I let Sky go, will I be able to cancel BT Sport then or will I be contracted in to it ?
If I can cancel it, what's the notice period?
Asking this question now because if I can't cancel it after a couple of months I may as well just downgrade now to Lite, or cancel BT Sport completely.

I'm very annoyed with BT about this charge, but not surprised. They paid a huge amount for football and it had to be funded from somewhere.
I'd also hazard a guess and say that this year's £5 will be next year's £9.99 .....

stockton_2

Dawning wrote: »

BT BB customer, watch BT Sport on Sky.
Can someone who has the Ts & Cs about the £5 charge for BT Sport please tell me, if I watch BT Sport and pay the fee from 1st August till mid October when I let Sky go, will I be able to cancel BT Sport then or will I be contracted in to it ?
.....

If you do nothing and pay the £5 a month will you be deemed to be in a new contract? I don't think anyone knows the answer to that question. I have the email and have looked at some Ts & Cs but the answers do not come jumping out at me.

The only thing it states for certain is that if you want to end your BT Sports contract now, as a result of these changes, you must do so before the end of July.

The only safe thing to do in your case (I would guess) is to downgrade to BT Sports Lite (providing that does not trigger a new contract) or end BT Sports altogether, now while you can. Otherwise things could get messy when your current contract ends and you want to leave.

rexel

rang bt downgrade to bt sport lite. as I am on a discounted broadband package I asked would this change my discount he said all will remain the same but losing new bt sport channel which costs £5 per month

Dawning

dpc1979 wrote: »

BT record all converstations. I am waiting for BT to get back to me as when i renewed my BB in April/may i asked the question if i would still get all my bt sports channels free for the next 12 months - I was told yes.

I was told and then received a txt with a ref number and that i would also receive a reply in 10 working days. I have also lodge a complaint using the Resolver service.

Can someone point me to the Resolver service please? I've had a quick look round MSE but can't find it and am raging with BT at the moment over a different issue. Also waiting for them to listen to a call and get back to me.

HB2K

Hi all. Joined the forum to share some advice:


As a BT Sport customer via Sky (I'm a triple play Sky customer who just needs BT Sport for watching UFC events), I just phoned the cancellations team to complain about the increase from 1st August from £13.50 per month to £19.99 per month to cover the cost of the new BT Sport Europe channel I'm not going to watch. I'm not sure the agents fully understand what is happening - I was first offered BT Sport Lite, which actually isn't possible as a Sport only customer and in any case doesn't suit my needs. Anyway, I was very quickly offered a £6.50 discount per month on a new 12-month contract. So my advice is to get on the phone if you are not a broadband customer, because this discount seems easy to come by.

afc80

just off the phone to bt sport as i wanted to cancel , they dealt as follows

i watch bt via my sky box

Your BT Sport starts on: 22 Jun 2015
About your BT Sport Pack
You'll still be able to watch:

BT Sport 1 on channel 413

BT Sport Europe (from 1 August 2015) on channel 414

BT Sport 2 on channel 417

BT Sport//ESPN on channel 426
Don't miss out with BT Sport Extra
When we've got clashes - including when we're showing up to eight UEFA Champions League games a night - we'll show some of that great content on BT Sport Extra. To find it, just press the red button on your remote whenever the red button appears on the screen, then choose what you want to watch.
Watch on the move with the BT Sport app
You'll still be able to catch those big games and sporting highlights when you're out and about with the BT Sport app. Just go to the app store on your smartphone and search for BT Sport. (You'll need to use your BT ID to log in to the app. It's usually your contact email address.) You can also watch BT Sport online at btsport.com
You'll need to use the Sky viewing card below:
********
Your BT Sport contract is for: 12 months



Money matters
Your monthly charges



BT Sport Pack £13.50

BT Sport Pack Special Offer £-6.49
£6.49 discount for 12 months BT Sport Pack





Your monthly total £7.01

Dan-Dan

HB2K wrote: »

Hi all. Joined the forum to share some advice:


As a BT Sport customer via Sky (I'm a triple play Sky customer who just needs BT Sport for watching UFC events), I just phoned the cancellations team to complain about the increase from 1st August from £13.50 per month to £19.99 per month to cover the cost of the new BT Sport Europe channel I'm not going to watch. I'm not sure the agents fully understand what is happening - I was first offered BT Sport Lite, which actually isn't possible as a Sport only customer and in any case doesn't suit my needs. Anyway, I was very quickly offered a £6.50 discount per month on a new 12-month contract. So my advice is to get on the phone if you are not a broadband customer, because this discount seems easy to come by.

I use only for UFC as well , and have been offered the same deal , which i accepted

HB2K

Maybe its a special MMA fan discount?!

dpc1979

@dawning
resolver dot co dot uk