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Eurosport now available ?

derryviewer — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 15:49:06 GMT

Hi all,

Hopefully I'm not going to alert BT to a mistake on their end which may ruin it for many viewers but Eurosport appears to have become available on my BT subscription.

I have the Big Entertainment package with the £16 BT Sport add on. As far as I know Eurosport is only available with Big Sport and VIP packages.

I'm hoping this is the fruit of the BT Discovery deal, can BT confirm that we are now getting Eurosport as part of our packages?

Re: Eurosport now available ?

Brucemeister5 — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 18:02:40 GMT

The Eurosport channels (both SD & HD) have also become available on our box. We have Entertainment with BT Sport and HD/UHD as two of our add-ons. However, the channels are still not available on BT Player on our box or on the app.

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Hunter2660 — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 09:46:47 GMT

Ditto. BT Sport only subscription and Eurosport is now available on my Youview box, but NOT on BTTV app. Interesting though.

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Brucemeister5 — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 10:05:36 GMT

I set up a recording of the speedway on Eurosport 2 last night when I found that the channels had become available. I actually watched it live, but when I went to play back the recording it wasn’t available and it had only partially recorded anyway(Pro tv box issues?). I’ve just tried to watch it again and it does play back now but there’s no sound(due to a technical issue I’ve just discovered)I have a feeling that we are getting these channels as part of the Discovery JV, but it’s taking time for everything to be set up properly.

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ozsat — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 12:52:57 GMT

It has been added to my Sport only Box Pro service - but it is not in the BT Sport app.

The first three minutes of audio on the speedway was missing on all platforms.

Re: Eurosport now available ?

ozsat — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 13:19:59 GMT

On the BT Player website - both Eurosports have a flag indicating I need to upgrade to view them.

Yet all the subscription channels I don't have do not have this flag.

Perhaps @DarrenDev can explain what should be happening?

Re: Eurosport now available ?

DarrenDev — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 13:23:18 GMT

Looks like someone clicked a button a bit early.
An announcement will be made "soon" about changes to channels and subscriptions.
For now, just enjoy the unexpected early access. 🙂

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Nstar01 — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 20:49:33 GMT

This "soon" is kinda making me impatient lol. Been keeping a close eye on the community forum for over a month since early september for any updates / announcement.

On a serious note, i am hoping It will be available on the BT Sport Monthly pass App too.

Re: Eurosport now available ?

DarrenDev — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 21:03:22 GMT

No plans to add Eurosport to the BT Sport app, however it will be in the TV app, and access to the Discovery+ app is also coming soon too.
By "soon" I can only say things are coming in stages over the next 2-3 months. There's still a lot to do - connecting systems between 2 different very large companies is difficult and needs a lot of testing.

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biohazardx9 — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 05:50:08 GMT

Excellent. I do hope we also get some guide channels from it too (as I know disc+ carries tlc, discovery and others)

Re: Eurosport now available ?

Brucemeister5 — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 14:18:21 GMT

According to someone ITK on another forum, the British Speedway and Speedway GPs are being shifted over to the BT Sport channels for the coming season. All part of the JV of course, but Eurosport had the rights to these competitions before the JV was approved. It will be interesting to see how this develops as we have been told that BT Sport content will be folded into the Discovery+ app with the BT Sport app being closed down.

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biohazardx9 — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 18:13:53 GMT

That's interesting, you have a link to that?

I watch speedway. Does this mean that bt sport ultimate may show it!? I hope so!

Re: Eurosport now available ?

Brucemeister5 — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 10:45:47 GMT

It’s not official, just someone on another forum who’s heard something. I don’t think he would have posted it unless he was sure of his source. This sort of thing has happened a few times with things being leaked or switched on before an official announcement since the JV was agreed.

I’m pleased to have the speedway back now without having to pay extra since the rights went over to Eurosport. It will be interesting to see how the rebranding of the Eurosport and BT Sport channels takes shape over the coming months under the JV.