Closure of Eurosport channels 28/02/25

[GD1]

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@cyril2 wrote:

no tennis,cycling,snooker

breach of contract

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No it isn't, read the contract that you alledge is being breached, it allows for channels to be removed as Sky don't make guarantees about channels or event availability given 90% of channels are outside of Sky's control 

[82bit]

Another example of the devaluation of the Sky offering if you ask me. What with the imminent yearly price hikes, closure of Eurosport, the loss of the traditional Sky Atlantic exclusives, and the announcement that Sky 'News' is effectively going to be wound down soon - a lot of people will be wondering if paying for subscription TV is even worth it any more. 

[Mark39]

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@82bit wrote:

What with the imminent yearly price hikes....

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A case of 'be careful what you wish for....' perhaps. 

[Captain+Moron]

Use to enjoy watching the British Super Bikes on Eurosports .Not Sky fault but from March to watch British Super Bikes or World Super Bikes this year will cost you £30 per month for Eurosports .I for one will not be watching BSB or WSB this year at £30 @ mmonth.Greedy TNT Sorts.Goodbye BSB and WSB 

[GD1]

@Captain+Moron   I have merged your post to this existing thread that is discussing the same subject, a new thread isn't required.

[TimmyBGood]

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@Captain+Moron wrote:

Greedy TNT

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Presumably MotorSport Vision and Dorna Sports are happy though...

[Sandybee]

Undertand the frustration with this news, but puzzling how a few are blaming Sky/Comcast which makes literally zero sense.  

Sure once any distributor (be it Sky, Virgin or whoever) negotiates carriage rights, it could in theory chose to subsidise those channles to the end consumer.  But that would be a massive subsidy per user, and not financially feasible - as such its a rather pointless thing to posit.  In the background too are the huge debt loads that many of the large media groups are now carrying, after years of mergers, and debt now beign rolled at 4-5% not the 1.5% it was initially raised at.  

Like it or not none of this is price friendly for consumers - a la carte sportts streaming hasnt been shown to work yet, especially for 2nd tier sports (golf, tennis have tried it with no success). So as consumers we're in a world of bundling, which is expensive if you have only specific interests.     All that is left to hope for (in the medium term) is that Max / TNT Sports move to offer more pricing tiers / options than the simple 31 GBP per month or nothing.   But i woudlnt expect them to reappraise for a good few years, if at all.

[MarkGoldsmith]

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@Sandybee wrote:

All that is left to hope for (in the medium term) is that Max / TNT Sports move to offer more pricing tiers / options than the simple 31 GBP per month or nothing.   But i woudlnt expect them to reappraise for a good few years, if at all.

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I agree. I think it would take the sporting broadcasting rights market to slump so that rights are much cheaper to obtain before we get a reappraisal like that unfortunately.

I highly expect Amazon and Netflix to try and snap up more sporting content over the next 5 years and look to bring in more expensive tiers for their platforms for this content.

[popacatapetal]

I've just noticed this article in PC Advisor:-

https://www.techadvisor.com/article/2589846/eurosports-uk-exit-is-bad-news-for-sky-and-virgin-media-...

Bit disappointing for Sky Viewers

[nigea99]

@popacatapetal 

As you will see I have merged your post onto the existing discussion regarding this

[Paulkf]

Will we still able to watch Roland garros grand slam tennis via D+ this year 

[TimmyBGood]

@Paulkf 

Probably not on the revised default version of Discovery+ bundled through Sky after February 28th: there doesn't appear to be any sports in the 'Basic' tier.

Warner Bros Discovery Inc is presumably paying a huge amount for French Open broadcast rights, and would probably quite like some return on this investment:  'giving away' sports content in Discovery+ Standard on Sky platforms always did feel like something of an oversight.

[japitts]

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@MarkGoldsmith wrote:

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@Sandybee wrote:

All that is left to hope for (in the medium term) is that Max / TNT Sports move to offer more pricing tiers / options than the simple 31 GBP per month or nothing.   But i woudlnt expect them to reappraise for a good few years, if at all.

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I agree. I think it would take the sporting broadcasting rights market to slump so that rights are much cheaper to obtain before we get a reappraisal like that unfortunately.

I highly expect Amazon and Netflix to try and snap up more sporting content over the next 5 years and look to bring in more expensive tiers for their platforms for this content.

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I'm far from convinced that the case for sporting events going online-only, and not having any broadcast coverage, is made yet. Sky, TNT, BBC & ITV all have options for you to stream if you'd rather, but they also have broadcast channels - the reverse is not true thus some viewers are excluded.

Also a lot of the noise around "isn't Netflix great, all sport should be on Amazon" seems based around those existing users who would expect every premium sports content to be included in their existing monthly fee and thus be "cheaper" for them. They're living in cuckoo-land if they think that'll last.

[Sandybee]

100% agreed - we're in a state of flux or transition, and yes the case for (major) sports being online only is also very unproven to me too.

The Max / TNT issue is one of a vertically itegrated media group - with both over the air distribution and an online platform = tryign to monetise the rights portfolio it has.   That its doing so by using both traditional + online seems to me to be a good middle ground, at least from a customer experience point of view.   The NFL seems in a good place w.r.to all this - lots of broadcoast choice each weekend, supplemeted by a pretty decent online (GamePass) platform for those who want more.

Much as i will miss the cheap-to-me Eurosport, as long as TNT Sports Premium allow dipping in and out, a month here and there for 30 pm isnt the end of the world. Yes its more fiddly and involved, but asbent fixed long contracts, we're not suddenly now forced into paying 12*30 (360) per year.

[theredhouse55555]

The thing that I do not understand is how are T.N.T. going to squeeze 6 channels worth of sport in to 4. I am prsuming that will be on the red button. Also very sad that as from 2026. The Tour de France will now longer be on I.T.V. 4. I am just so disappionted by the news. After many years of saving both Eurosport channels twice on Sky E.P.G s. It was not Brexit but U.S. Capatlisim that ended Eurosport in the U.K. N. Ireland and The Republic of Ireland. £30 a month is too much for the T.N.T. sport app and T.N.T. have now admitted that Eurosport branding will have the same long ad-breaks same presenters and even the sam mircophones with the Eurosport E on the mikes. Also on my Smart T.V. Discovery + does not load. (removed)

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