Eurosport closure

[snes]

I appreciate that the supply of crystal ball gazers on here is strictly limited, so my post may be a little optimistic, but like many others, I was shocked to hear of the closure of Eurosport 1 and 2.

A previous poster on here had speculated that this might happen, but I was shocked to see how suddenly and quickly it happened - literally a months notice.

Now  I am approaching this situation as a current Sky viewer. I will lose my Eurosport at the end of the month, but  my contract ends in a few months. Others, not so lucky, have just signed up to a 2 year contract hoping to enjoy whatever sport the 2 channels offered - now they are left in limbo!

As I was in the early stages of planning a switch to EE TV (I am a BT BB customer at present) the sole package I was interested in, should I sign up, was the Sport package which included Eurosport 1 and 2. These will merge into TNT - so far, no problem. My major concern would be if the TNT package was pushed into the Big Sport package, in line with WBD's current apparent money grab, leaving me locked in for 2 years. As I only watch the cycling, I could not justify paying such an extra premium.

As I said at the start re crystal balls, I realise people on here can only speculate, but you have at least some experience with EE TV to suggest where this might be going. Unfair I know, but try and humour me!

I find the current Sport package to be an attractive and good value proposition - it would be a shame if it ceased to exist in its current form....

[Northerner]

Hi @snes 

As with everything in life nothing is guaranteed except death and taxes. 

WB could merge the channels even more or close them down, who knows but EE can only offer what is able now and has no control over WB discovery. 

Your choice what package you take. 

Thanks 

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Considering Eurosport and TNT were in the current sport package I would imagine that the content will remain in the same package. 

Who knows what will happen in future, but if TNT sport was scrapped, which I doubt, it would only mean the end of that current form of the sports package  and your options would be explained if that ever happened.

The packages havent had massive changes since Now TV was introduced in 2019 and BT began to phase out their other packages. Back then BT sport was a free add on with broadband. I have been a customer on and off since then. 

With anything that EE or WB decides, anyone outside their employment will only know when it happens, if it happens. 

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@snes wrote:

I will lose my Eurosport at the end of the month, but  my contract ends in a few months. Others, not so lucky, have just signed up to a 2 year contract hoping to enjoy whatever sport the 2 channels offered - now they are left in limbo!

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No they are not, all that is happening is the content (including cycling), that was on Eurosport is moving onto the TNT Sports channels and the Eurosport brand is closing.

[Midnight_Voice]

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I think many Sky customers have these two channels as part of Discovery+, and following them onto TNT, would have to pay £30 a month extra to get TNT, most of whose content they wouldn’t necessarily want.

Current Sky customers, have I interpreted that correctly?

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@Midnight_Voice wrote:

Current Sky customers, have I interpreted that correctly?

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You have, my bad.

I totally forgot (as they have changed so much around recently), that Eurosport was part of the standard Entertainment pack on Sky, so @snes is correct, apologies.

For those that have signed up expecting to be able to access the content, they still can, but only with that TNT Sports subscription. Sadly, content changes like this are written into contracts and you can’t get out of them because of it.