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BT vision’s Sky Sports pricing has ushered in the next era of pay TV competition with its launch of the best deal in the UK for Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2, at only £16.99 per month. With BT Vision Sky Sports deals, consumers can add the sports channels for the per-month amount, on a monthly contract. For just £11.99, they can choose to add either Sky Sports 1 on its own, or Sky Sports 2.

The Sky Sports BT Vision pricing means that customers who commit to a broadband and call bundle on a 24-month contract can get a deal that is better still, starting at only £6.99 for ESPN, Sky Sports 1 and BT Vision’s ‘on demand’ sports channels. Alternatively, for £11.99, they get ESPN, Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2, as well as ‘on demand’ sports. The second deal is £205 less expensive than the equivalent Sky currently offers, and £281 less than a year’s worth of Virgin Media.

BT customers will be able to sign up for the Sky Sports BT Vision deals right away, well before the start of the next Premier League football season, due to kick-off on the 14th of August.

Sky and BT recently signed an agreement in which BT is set to receive a wholesale supply of Sky Sports on BT Vision. The deal will enable BT clients to sign up for the sports subscription channels in the beginning of July, and BT Vision clients can watch Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2 from the 1st of August, in plenty of time to enjoy the Premier League football season from its launch on the 14th of August. BT is due to announce its pricing for the popular sports channels soon.

Watch Sky Sports on BT Vision

According to BT Retail’s chief executive, Gavin Patterson, the company is pleased to have Sky Sports on BT Vision, as it means it can offer the two great sporting channels to its clients prior to the kick-off of the football season. Patterson is confident that BT’s customers will be eager to subscribe to Sky Sports on BT Vision.

This can only be good news for the consumer, with cheaper prices all round! We look forward to making a Sky Sports Pricing Comparison table for you shortly but there are  Sky Sports packages on BT Vision from £6.99! Now that is a cheap Sky Sports offer than cannot be ignored, especially before the Premiership kicks off!

It looks like BT’s announcement has sparked a war of Fibre Optics with Virgin Media!

BT’s new fibre optic-based brand of broadband – the Infinity service - boasts speeds of as much as 40Mbps, and will give clients upload speeds of as much as 10Mbps, BT claims. By 2011, four million users will have access to it. The basic Infinity service will cost £19.99 pm on an 18-month contract, but only users on a £24.99 pm contract will have 10Mbps uploading.

BT Infinity Broadband

Virgin Media has refuted BT’s claims that the Infinity service is superior to theirs, especially on upload speeds and price. The XXL service from Virgin Media offers 50Mbps speeds, and it claims that, while both operators use copper wire for the final stretch to the client’s house, its DOCSIS 3.0 coaxial cable technology is 25% quicker than BT’s VDSL2 copper wire technology.

BT pointed out that the Infinity Option 1 service is £7.47 pm less than Virgin Media’s XXL broadband. Virgin Media responded that BT’s Infinity service is inferior value because of BT’s 20GB download cap. It also claims that BT’s compulsory phone line costs £11.54 pm extra, while Virgin Media charges only £11 pm, making the price difference just £2.47. The war of words seems set to continue until the final showdown in December.

View More Information on BT Infinity here and to find out if you are eligible.

BT HomeHub

BT have launched some great offers on their BT Vision service.

Online exclusive BT.com offer - FREE Vision+ box when a customer takes a value pack (bronze, silver, gold) - Offer runs until 18th September 2009.

This applies to all online purchases, including packages.

LIMITED TIME OFFER - ENDS 4th SEPTEMBER 2009!!

Customers who order broadband with Vision (plus package) will get a bit of a bonus if they order before 4th September - 3 months free broadband AND free Vision+ box!

Thats quite a saving right there. Order Broadband with Vision Now to take advantage of this offer.

BT Launch Community Channel

BT have launched the ‘Communicating for Success’ Channel, on BT Vision.  The aim of the new channel is to showcase the  power of sport and education. This follows a partnership between BT and the Football Foundation, which is the UK’s largest sporting charity.

Read more about the new channel here.

BT Vision+ Box

Great news! BT have improved the 3 month discounts on their BT Vision Value packs.

Bronze Value pack - £7.34 - no change
Silver Value pack - £10.27 - was £10.76
Gold Value pack - £12.23 - was £12.72

The bad news is that the inclusive Vision + box offer will end From midnight tomorrow (3rd July 2009). The Vision + box will be chargeable at £90.

The Vision+ box has a massive hard disk (160gb) offering recording capability of 80 hours. Plus all the functionality you would expect such as live pause, rewind, record and store.  I would get your BT Vision orders in before tomorrow night to save yourself £90

Setanta & ESPN

BT have just announced that they will still be showing live football on Vision Sport on their BT Vision digital TV system.

“Regrettably Setanta GB has gone into administration. Setanta Sports 1 is no longer broadcasting. No other aspect of your BT Vision service is affected.

It is important you retain your BT Vision/Setanta Viewing Card.

ESPN America on BT Vision
BT Vision is pleased to announce that ESPN America is now available on BT Vision. The channel is currently available on Channel 34 from noon-3am, at no additional cost to all existing Setanta Sports customers.

Barclays Premier League rights
ESPN has bought the exclusive rights to the 46 Live Barclays Premier League matches in the 2009/10 season and 23 matches a season from 2010-2013 that were previously to have been shown by Setanta Sports.

ESPN is planning to launch a channel in early August which will be the destination for ESPN’s Premier League coverage next season. BT Vision is in discussions with ESPN. Further information will be published as soon as it becomes available.

Vision Sport continues 2009/10
Vision Sport will also continue to be available on BT Vision. During the 2009/10 season this will deliver 242 Barclays Premier League matches just hours after the final whistle. Motorsport fans can enjoy every race from the 2009 Moto GP World Championship and action from the FIA GT Championship, plus there’s the latest from TNA Wrestling. In addition there’s also a huge archive of classic sport including boxing, cricket and rugby.”

BT Vision Box

Save £45 Online on a BT Vision+ Box. Offer Ends July 3rd!

BT Vision is great on demand digital entertainment. It comes with all your Freeview channels as standard and a huge range of films and TV shows on demand. There are 1000s of hours of entertainment to choose from – and you only need to pay for what you want to watch.

Despite the seriously innovative technology that went into the Vision+ box, it’s easy to install. You don’t need a satellite dish or new cabling. You just need BT Total Broadband, a Home Hub (which BT supply to you free of charge if you don’t have one) and the supplied powerline adaptors. They don’t even need to be in the same room. Just plug in BT Vision and prepare to be entertained.

Full Terms and Conditions on the BT Vision Site

Why not Find out how BT Vision Works?

BT beats the economic cold front with 3 months Free Broadband!
Online Exclusive BT Offers.

It’s April so BT think it is time to shower their customers with online exclusive offers on their Broadband packages.

From today BT will be offering 3 months free broadband on packages where customers bring their calls back to BT.

That means that anyone ordering either  the ‘broadband and call package’ or the ‘triple play package’ (Broadband, calls and BT Vision) will get three months of BT Total Broadband absolutely Free.

The up to £30 off promotion will still run on broadband - Options 1 and 3 only. Offers cannot be combined

BT Packages are really popular at the moment and these offers are online exclusive!