dopper Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 I got an email from Sky last week titled Changes To Your Sky Subscription  The message was short and sweet:  Hello Mark, We're getting in touch to let you know your ESPN subscription will be coming to an end on 31 July 2013, so it will no longer appear on your bill.  You don't need to do a thing but if you want to end your subscription earlier it's easy to do here.  Kind regards,  The Sky Team  This was a surprise to me. I hadn't requested to cancel my subscription, and the fact there was no option mentioned to renew my contract it seemed strange.  Yesterday I got a letter from Sky saying exactly the same thing.  I just Googled it and found the following reply on a Sky customers forum to somebody who had the same email/letter as me:  Good Morning tom454, Our agreed carriage date of the channel with ESPN has come to an end. Subsequent to BT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted April 30, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted April 30, 2013 Bloody hell. I can't be having ESPN Classics ceasing to exist. Awful news. Absolutely awful. Probably is the channel I watch most often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bono Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 When is the bt channel launched? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted April 30, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted April 30, 2013 Imagine it's pretty soon. August? Doesn't the new TV deal kick in next season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Yeah, BT are picking up the SPL & UFC coverage as far as I know. Also, ESPN are still going to be showing their US channel with the baseball and suchlike so maybe the classics channel will be retained also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted April 30, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted April 30, 2013 ..so maybe the classics channel will be retained also? Wikipedia are saying it will cease transmission.  ESPN Classics UK Wikipedia Page  I hope Sky bring back "Sky Sports Gold" like in 1996. Would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfMetal Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 BT sports pack kicks in towards I the back end of August IIRC. They were bidding for the NRL coverage before losing out to Premier Sports and they said that if they had got it then it would start from around Round 17, which is mid August time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Er......so what's happening with UFC? Will Sky customers not be able to watch anymore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Er......so what's happening with UFC? Will Sky customers not be able to watch anymore? Yeah, BT are picking up the SPL & UFC coverage as far as I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dopper Posted April 30, 2013 Author Share Posted April 30, 2013 I'm still confused. Â I thought BT was some kind of full cable package like Virgin Media. Â Is it simply a TV channel that Sky Customers can subscribe to, like we do now with ESPN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 It is simply a TV channel that Sky Customers can subscribe to, like we do now with ESPN? That's the impression I have, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted April 30, 2013 Moderators Share Posted April 30, 2013 Oh. I was under the impression that ESPN will still remain its own channel but only BT Vision customers have the option to subscribe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam619 Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 BT will have 3 channel available from August 1st two BT Sport branded channels and they will retain the ESPN branding for the other channel which is expected to use the ESPN America brand . Â They have bought ESPN lock stock and barrel getting all there existing TV deals but due to the fact that the UFC contract expires the day ESPN shuts down their UK Operations they have had to negotiable a new deal with the UFC which is believed to be a 3 year deal. ESPN Classic has not been bought by BT and thus will Cease to exist from July 31st unless a last minute deal is done to save it. Â ESPN America I think will be slightly re-focused once BT have control because it will no longer be tied together with the feed produced for Scandinavia as currently certain american sports such as the live NBA games can not be shown on their due to another broadcasting company have the rights to show the live games so getting a dedicated UK feed for ESPN America should improve the channel greatly. It is important to note we are lucky to retain ESPN America as all over countries across Europe that receive ESPN America will lose it from August 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Big Benny HG Posted April 30, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted April 30, 2013 I'm still confused. I thought BT was some kind of full cable package like Virgin Media.  It is simply a TV channel that Sky Customers can subscribe to, like we do now with ESPN? ESPN finishes on 31 July, but will be replaced pretty much immediately afterwards with new BT Sports channels. The new BT Sports channels will be broadcast on Sky (in fact, they are already trialling them as The Sailing Channel 1 & 2 or something), but won't form part of your Sky Sports 'package' (i.e. billed as one) in the same way as ESPN - it'll likely be a separate subscription to a separate party (like with BoxNation etc).  BT do have their own TV system as well ('YouView from BT' and the lesser 'BT Vision'), which is effectively Freeview+HD with additional streamed internet content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenryck Pilchards Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Does anyone know if BT Sports will be part of the XL package on Virgin Media? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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