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Now TV Entertainment & Movies

dihetherington — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 15:12:28 GMT

Hello,

I am a new customer with BT including the latest deal £34.99 per month for which includes full fibre 100 and the now entertainment pack. Question is it's £6 per month for the now entertainment for 24months but if I want to add the cinema pack within 24 months will that put it up to £27 per month and if I then downgrade back to entertainment only will I go back to my promotion price of £6 or the full price of £17?

Re: Now TV Entertainment & Movies

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 15:56:13 GMT

@dihetherington I would have thought that the £6 package would remain for the 24months. If you add Cinema then it should go to the cinema package at current price plus your entertainment package at £6. If you downgrade then it should revert back to £6. But I am sure someone on the forum can help with this..

Re: Now TV Entertainment & Movies

garybs29 — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 16:00:50 GMT

In that situation it'd be much simpler to add the cinema pass as a standalone 9.99 monthly pass, keeps the discounted rate too & cheaper overall

Re: Now TV Entertainment & Movies

dihetherington — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 16:03:21 GMT

From what I know now to get cinema you have to go to big entertainment to get cinema. Would be interested in an answer to this. See what happens

Re: Now TV Entertainment & Movies

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 16:03:48 GMT

Obviously your call & we all have different tastes. But I'd be amazed if you could find enough to watch on Now Cinema to justify a 24 month contract. I struggle find anything worthwhile when I'm given free access. I would suggest you'd be better off subscribing to Cinema directly with Now, using a different email address. That way you'll get discounted prices not available with BT & can dip in & out as you choose.

Re: Now TV Entertainment & Movies

dihetherington — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 16:05:40 GMT

Cinema now pass independent of BT I'm guessing is the get round I'm guessing like you say. I figure this won't appear in the epg but that doesn't really matter, I can use another email address and use my Google TV hdmi

Re: Now TV Entertainment & Movies

garybs29 — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 16:11:39 GMT

It's not independent at all, log into the now account associated with BT & add the cinema pass that way, adds it on @ 9.99 pm instead of via big entertainment

Re: Now TV Entertainment & Movies

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 16:19:41 GMT

@garybs29wrote:
It's not independent at all

It is if you subscribe through Now rather than BT. The key being to use a different email address to keep the accounts separate. That currently gives new members a 7 day free trial. At the end of the trial you cancel & will almost certainly be offered a half price deal.

Where it potentially gets messy is with HD, as taking HD with Now or BT won't give you HD with the other.

Re: Now TV Entertainment & Movies

dihetherington — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 16:25:30 GMT

Gary, so not through the BT box just go to the web log in directly to the now TV account on pc a d get now cinema £9.99 separate to BT?

Re: Now TV Entertainment & Movies

garybs29 — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 16:27:19 GMT

@dihetheringtonwrote:
Gary, so not through the BT box just go to the web log in directly to the now TV account on pc a d get now cinema £9.99 separate to BT?

Yes you can log into the now account associated with the BT account & add it to the BT bill (probably 7 days free as well) or use a completely separate now account too

Re: Now TV Entertainment & Movies

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 16:33:44 GMT

@garybs29wrote:
Yes you can log into the now account associated with the BT account & add it to the BT bill (probably 7 days free as well) or use a completely separate now account too

Have you done this? Pretty sure I've read numerous reports that once a Now account is linked to BT, everything must be done through BT. But as the OP already has the BT account, I guess it's easy enough for them to try without actually completing. I'm also pretty sure that no discounts will be offered via BT, but happy to be proved wrong.

Re: Now TV Entertainment & Movies

BillyM — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 16:58:40 GMT

Hi @dihetherington

I went through the process last week - adding NOW Cinema to Big Sport.

1. Log into MyBT

2. Click manage Your products

3. Click manage TV and Sport

4. You will see the TV package you are on. Click on Swap your package. [Don't worry nothing bad will happen as you are given the option later on to confirm or to cancel]

5. You will see options to switch your package. Ignore that, instead click on Manage add-ons further down the screen.

6. You will see options to select various add ons including NOW Cinema.

All the add-ons are on a monthly rolling contract (not 24 months). When you don't want NOW cinema add-on any more repeat the process and switch it off.

Regarding your question about whether the Entertainment package will be £6 if you switch package and then back to Entertainment. I would contact BT directly to ask. I don't think anyone on this forum has been through that process so can't advise you definitively. For example @Anonymous reckons £6 would still be available. if you switch and then switch back, I on the other hand think it is a time limited offer so Entertainment would be £17. But we're both speculating - check BT before switching.

Re: Now TV Entertainment & Movies

dihetherington — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 18:50:23 GMT

Thank you for your help 😃 If I can add the now cinema as an add-on rather than change the entertainment plan that is what I prefer. I just presume from the start as I'm a new user to get now cinema I have to change from entertainment to big entertainment but if I can add it separately that's great.