Setanta like the Arsenal
Saturday, December 1st, 2007Gunners TV to launch in January
Today sees sportscasters Setanta kick off with their Arsenal Month; focussing on the six matches the Gunners face leading up to the launch of the new Arsenal TV channel
The Arsenal TV channel will launch in January and will provide exclusive interviews with staff and players, replays of all the top matches and classic matches, along with coverage of reserves games and documentaries on the history of the club and behind-the-scenes access to staff-only areas of the Emirates stadium.
Arsenal TV will be included in the Setanta Sports pack at no extra charge – the channel will be available on Virgin Media, and Sky. Whilst not available on BT Vision per se, BT Total Broadband customers can sign up for a years free subscription to Arsenal TV Online, which provides live audio coverage of all matches plus access to a large library of exclusive content. Arsenal TV will also be available to Setanta customers in the Republic of Ireland.
The upcoming Arsenal matches for December are:
Saturday 1st December – Aston Villa v Arsenal
Saturday 8th December – Middlesbrough v Arsenal
Saturday 15th December – Arsenal v Chelsea
Saturday 22nd December – Arsenal v Tottenham
Wednesday 26th December – Portsmouth v Arsenal
Saturday 29th December – Everton v Arsenal
November 19th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
There’s plenty of time to sort this out before 2011. No need for our telly to get messed up by anyone!
I got Freeview for the living room when it first came out, and am thinking of getting BT Vision now, and moving my old Freeview box either into the kitchen or the bedroom.
November 21st, 2007 at 11:09 pm
BT Vision seems a bit expensive from what I’ve seen. You pay for the box, which I would expect, but then you pay for TV and Movies on demand! I really can’t see this service taking off anytime soon - nobody will pay ???????£1.99 to watch an episode of their favourite show, when they could watch it for free on Freeview - or subscribe to Sky and get all the television they need for 15 quid a month!
Just my 2 cents…
November 23rd, 2007 at 10:58 am
The movies and sport on demand are the real bonuses of BT Vision, if they can get the right deals in place it might save a trip to the local video shop on a rainy Saturday night (which can only be a good thing).
I don’t think it will penetrate the hardcore TV watchers who will go for the content of Sky or Virgin every time though.
November 26th, 2007 at 9:34 am
BT Vision viewers probably won’t pay ???????£1.99 to watch an episode of a TV show.
The main appeal of BTV is that is it essentially Freeview plus the odd pay per view movie or whatever.
I agree, I don’t think that it will ever command a Sky-sized market share, but it’s not really meant to be a replacement for Sky or a main competitor like Virgin would have been, had the whole channel farce not happened…