BT sport & Eurosport Merger

[Tracy24582]

So BT have signed a 650mill deal with Eurosport to do a merger, there are currently 2 Eurosport channels on the sky sports package, does that mean I've signed up to sports to ultimately end up losing 2 channels & have to pay extra once they create their new channel! 

[nigea99]

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@Tracy24582 wrote:

So BT have signed a 650mill deal with Eurosport to do a merger, there are currently 2 Eurosport channels on the sky sports package, does that mean I've signed up to sports to ultimately end up losing 2 channels & have to pay extra once they create their new channel! 

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Hi @Tracy24582 

I guess no-one here will know what the merger ultimately will mean

I would, however, point out that the Eurosport channels are not part of SKY Sports  subscription but part of the base Signature package (or older Entertainment pack)

[Tracy24582]

Thanks for info, I could never find out what sky sports were actually included, it said 8 channels, but just said including cricket football F1 & golf but never specifically stated what channels 

[SKY1992bf]

@Tracy24582  The 8 channels within sky sports package are

sky sports main event 
sky sports premier league

sky sports football 

sky sports cricket 

sky sports golf

sky sports F1

sky sports action/nfl

sky sports arena 

[nolte]

As well as the eurosport channels, sky sports mix, sky sports news, and sky sports racing are all part of sky signature pack

I wasn't aware the announcement was being made tomorrow as to future of eurosport and bt sports.

I do watch quite a bit of eurosport so I'm curious as to what will happen to cycling coverage.

[stereohaven]

There have been plenty of official reports on their plans from both BT and WBD (Eurosport), ever since the merger was announced.

I believe we will find out the new name today, but I think you should expect:

1. New brand from August
2. Less channels overall, with the content rights from BT Sport and Eurosport combined in the schedules
3. At least one 4K UHD channel
4. BT Sport app and Eurosport Player to close with all channels available via Discovery+ if you have a Sport subscription

I suspect you will find out how this impacts Sky and other platforms channel packges closer to August than now. 

If I was in charge of WBD (Warner Bros. Discovery), I would want to extract maximum subscription money out of my new sports offering and sell it as a new standalone pack on all platforms, so the content that you used to get on Eurosport as part of the Entertainment pack would no longer be available. 

But, WBD and Sky have a good, long standing relationship (free Discovery+ anyone?), so, who knows! 

[Super+Anthony]

No doubt they will find a way of increasing the bills for the customers, despite these tough times

[TimmyBGood]

@Super+Anthony 

Given the alternative would involve convincing certain sports 'stars' to take a pay cut and making the infrastructure around them rather less lavish, then yes, I'd imagine that's quite likely.

[lettice]

The internal name that Discovery and their partners have been using is TNT SPORTS.

Whether that would work in UK, not so sure.

[stereohaven]

TNT Sports has been confirmed as the new name for BT Sport from July 2023 with Eurosport continuing as before folding in at a later date.

Announced at BT today, and confirmed here: https://media.discoverysports.com/post/tnt-sports-the-future-name-for-bt-sport 

[oj01]

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@lettice wrote:

The internal name that Discovery and their partners have been using is TNT SPORTS.

Whether that would work in UK, not so sure.

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TNT it is. Confirmed here 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/c87e8344-b1eb-11ed-be6b-8488e113f360?shareToken=8c229116a3c56c574...

[stereohaven]

That is out of order, I had already posted that confirmation, some mod has hidden it! 

Grrrr... official confirmation here, as per my hidden original post: https://media.discoverysports.com/post/tnt-sports-the-future-name-for-bt-sport 

[nolte]

@stereohaven 

There is a spam filter that sometimes automatically hides posts with links 

The important sentence for eurosport:

• Eurosport, in the U.K & Ireland only, will become a part of this new brand at some time in the future. There are no plans to change the Eurosport brand in markets where it is available outside of the UK & Ireland.

I'd guess this is when the current carriage deal with sky comes to an end

In the discovery announcement:

• TNT Sports will present the live sports rights carried by BT Sport today, while Eurosport in the U.K & Ireland will continue to be available in the same way as it is today before being rolled into the new brand at some time in the future.

[CardiffMan1992]

@nolte 

Makes sense and than later HBO will be added probably. Odd that they have chosen a name that has absolutely no brand recongition in UK at all.

[FIL77]

If and when all this comes together under the same umbrella, do we expect it to be app based or actual channels. ? 

I ask as I am not a Q user and would feel even more short changed from my subs. 

Not having access to the full Paramount+ or Discovery+ is bad enough...