| BT Sport 13:44 - Mar 6 with 6278 views | stonebridgers |
I see that BT Sport have won exclusive rights to Champions league football until 2021 which means no highlights of games or live coverage on free to air TV. They have said highlights and the final will be available on social media.
After seeing the boxing thread on here earlier about the PPV market it wont be long before they start doing it with football.
I am not that bothered about the CL but what a shame that the so called elite competition in Europe isn't available to watch without paying a subscription. |  |
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| BT Sport on 13:53 - Mar 6 with 5420 views | Juzzie |
People need to stop renewing their subscriptions.
I cancelled Sky Sports last summer. Don't miss it. Still get BT Sport included though with my Virgin Media package but once they separate it I won't pay extra. |  | | |
| BT Sport on 14:06 - Mar 6 with 5382 views | Toast_R |
BT Sport are the worst thing to have happened to Sport in this country.
The viewing figures for CL and Europa Cup football must be pathetic in the UK since they bought the rights. |  | | |
| BT Sport on 14:14 - Mar 6 with 5364 views | paulparker |
Does anyone really still watch the champions league ?
I gave up about 5 years ago , its the same fixtures every year in the group stages all of the big clubs breeze through
more fool BT for spending the money , its a lame duck of a competition until the semi finals and now some games will kick off at 6pm , what a load of bollox |  |
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| BT Sport on 14:18 - Mar 6 with 5345 views | stevec |
Great news, means another 5 seasons of never having to watch it.
Now if they could just shift Premier League football onto BT Sport too.... |  | | |
| BT Sport on 14:24 - Mar 6 with 5327 views | runningman75 |
A friend of mine is an Arsenal fan. A disgruntled fan was offering tickets for tomorrow following their usual champions league failure. He asked if I wanted to go to the emirates but more exited to be going to QPR vs Barnsley tomorrow. | | | |
| BT Sport on 15:17 - Mar 6 with 5231 views | DWQPR |
| BT Sport on 14:06 - Mar 6 by Toast_R |
BT Sport are the worst thing to have happened to Sport in this country.
The viewing figures for CL and Europa Cup football must be pathetic in the UK since they bought the rights. |
Wrong. The worst thing to happen to sport in this country was/is SKY. | |
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| BT Sport on 15:17 - Mar 6 with 5224 views | Northernr |
I might, might, watch the second leg of Leicester Sevilla. If so it will be the first Champions League game I've watched all the way through since last year's final I think, and even then I only saw all of that because it was on in the pub.
Dire competition, absolutely chock full of games that are either meaningless or totally noncompetitive or both. Same teams, give or take one or two, coming out of the group stage each year. Really only starts to get interesting at the quarter final stage and even then I only mean 'interesting' in the same way I'd probably watch Burnley v Everton if I was at home and it was on. |  | | |
| BT Sport on 15:46 - Mar 6 with 5132 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
Get down to your local free house and watch it and support the pub trade. |  | | |
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| BT Sport on 15:56 - Mar 6 with 5111 views | Dorse |
I couldn't give a monkeys about the Champions League. In all the years it's been going, how many games actually stand out as memorable? ManUre against Juventus in the semi and Liverpool's come-back against AC Milan? And that's about it. Fcuk all else makes the cut. Good riddance. |  |
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| BT Sport on 15:57 - Mar 6 with 5109 views | Toast_R |
| BT Sport on 15:17 - Mar 6 by DWQPR |
Wrong. The worst thing to happen to sport in this country was/is SKY. |
Yes and No.
At least Sky modernised sports broadcasting and have given coverage to the football league which was non existent before.
All BT have done is come in and half inched a lot of sport people were already able to see as part of their existing subscription with Sky or for free on terrestrial TV, and hold everyone to ransom for it. That's the way I see it. Have they actually improved anything at all?
Do I really want to spend an extra £30 a month to watch the games they show? No
Is it annoying that I used to get those games anyway before BT got involved? Yes | | | |
| BT Sport on 16:02 - Mar 6 with 5089 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
| BT Sport on 15:56 - Mar 6 by Dorse |
I couldn't give a monkeys about the Champions League. In all the years it's been going, how many games actually stand out as memorable? ManUre against Juventus in the semi and Liverpool's come-back against AC Milan? And that's about it. Fcuk all else makes the cut. Good riddance. |
Wasn't there a 8-7 game involving Monaco and Dinamo Bellend one year?
Otherwise like yourself it's passed me by. | | | |
| BT Sport on 16:05 - Mar 6 with 5075 views | Dorse |
| BT Sport on 16:02 - Mar 6 by BazzaInTheLoft |
Wasn't there a 8-7 game involving Monaco and Dinamo Bellend one year?
Otherwise like yourself it's passed me by. |
No, it was 9-9 between the Scranton Ocelots and FC Fartzkins. 14 players sent off and the away team forgot their kit and had to play in their vest and pants. | |
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| BT Sport on 16:10 - Mar 6 with 5067 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
| BT Sport on 16:05 - Mar 6 by Dorse |
No, it was 9-9 between the Scranton Ocelots and FC Fartzkins. 14 players sent off and the away team forgot their kit and had to play in their vest and pants. |
Haha.
I'm sure I went to the eastern european city of Fartzkins on a stag do once. | | | |
| BT Sport on 16:41 - Mar 6 with 5011 views | bob566 |
champions league quarter finals on are good games. You're pulling a hood over your head if you can't admit this. Is it worth a bt subscription. No way.
I'm hoping this is for the UK only and not over here in Ireland.
TV3 and RTE2 show them over here on the tv license. | | | |
| BT Sport on 17:01 - Mar 6 with 4958 views | SimonJames |
| BT Sport on 14:06 - Mar 6 by Toast_R |
BT Sport are the worst thing to have happened to Sport in this country.
The viewing figures for CL and Europa Cup football must be pathetic in the UK since they bought the rights. |
I couldn't give a monkey's about the CL. But with BTSport I get to see a lot of Premiership rugby that I wasn't able to see before. |  |
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| BT Sport on 17:01 - Mar 6 with 4959 views | daveB |
Champions League highlights are already available on Youtube for free via BT Sport, I don't think they care too much on viewing figures. Much like Netflix and Sky as long as you sign up and pay your monthly subscription then they don't care if you watch it or not. Shame they won't be on terrestrial tv anymore but the money being paid is ridiculous.
Their coverage is pretty good though, the 8pm Premier League show on a Saturday night going through the Premier League results is what Goals on Sunday used to be like before it became a bit of a parody of itself |  | | |
| BT Sport on 17:09 - Mar 6 with 4936 views | qpr1976 |
| BT Sport on 15:56 - Mar 6 by Dorse |
I couldn't give a monkeys about the Champions League. In all the years it's been going, how many games actually stand out as memorable? ManUre against Juventus in the semi and Liverpool's come-back against AC Milan? And that's about it. Fcuk all else makes the cut. Good riddance. |
There was a good final in Russia (I think) where a certain racist slipped and missed a penalty. My how we laughed ! Surely that makes it memorable ?? | | | |
| BT Sport on 17:12 - Mar 6 with 4935 views | Watford_Ranger |
Apparently BT told Sky not to attempt to muscle in on BT's main areas otherwise they'd use their bigger muscles to take away Sky's core. Sky were arrogant enough to try anyway and they've probably both prospered from it.
Is there another industry where more competition ends with consumers paying more? | | | |
| BT Sport on 17:44 - Mar 6 with 4887 views | traininvain |
| BT Sport on 17:09 - Mar 6 by qpr1976 |
There was a good final in Russia (I think) where a certain racist slipped and missed a penalty. My how we laughed ! Surely that makes it memorable ?? |
Not to forget Iniesta scoring last minute at Stamford Bridge to make the likes of Drogba well and truly lose the plot.
Also seem to remember Luis Garcia getting quite a contentious goal to knock them out at Anfield.
Ah happy memories. |  | | |
| BT Sport on 17:49 - Mar 6 with 4873 views | TacticalR |
| BT Sport on 15:17 - Mar 6 by Northernr |
I might, might, watch the second leg of Leicester Sevilla. If so it will be the first Champions League game I've watched all the way through since last year's final I think, and even then I only saw all of that because it was on in the pub.
Dire competition, absolutely chock full of games that are either meaningless or totally noncompetitive or both. Same teams, give or take one or two, coming out of the group stage each year. Really only starts to get interesting at the quarter final stage and even then I only mean 'interesting' in the same way I'd probably watch Burnley v Everton if I was at home and it was on. |
That's the whole point. The danger of the old knockout system was that teams like Malmö, Nottingham Forest, and PSV Eindhoven could get to the final. So what if they were actually Champions? Much better to see renowned teams in the competition that have won the Fourth Place Trophy year in year out than a load of jumped up johnnies. |  |
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| BT Sport on 19:31 - Mar 6 with 4730 views | HollowayRanger |
haven't watched a match since chelski final |  |
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| BT Sport on 19:43 - Mar 6 with 4710 views | smegma |
| BT Sport on 19:31 - Mar 6 by HollowayRanger |
haven't watched a match since chelski final |
I've never subscribed to either Sky Sports or BT Sport. If CL is on ITV and I'm at home, I'll watch it. Not bothered if I miss any of it though. | | | |
| BT Sport on 21:08 - Mar 6 with 4615 views | terryb |
The PSG Barcleona first leg was well worth viewing.
Forget the English clubs & you can see very good games with some excellent football being played.
Is the next few years any different to this season? Live matches are already only on BT. | | | |
| BT Sport on 09:10 - Mar 7 with 4467 views | simmo |
The group stages are meaningless, you could pick the 1-4 order that they will finish as soon as they are drawn and get most bang on. But the QF's and especially the SF's are usually very good, when the likes of Juventus play Bayern etc and you see the genuine elite of Europe rather than the Premier League 'big boys' like Arsenal, it doesn't compare.
Not fussed BT have taken it other than it will probably mean they move further away from lower league football, which is a shame. |  |
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| BT Sport on 09:25 - Mar 7 with 4446 views | robith |
Shows how full of it UEFA are. They've been publicly lambasting BT for low viewing figures and not putting good enough games on the free to air Showcase (or indeed telling people it exists).
Yet when it comes to down payment time, all those concerns magically disappear!
Football is rotten mates, not long for this world |  | | |
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