UK ISP TalkTalk Sign Deal to Bring BT Sport to their TV Platform
Customers of TalkTalk’s broadband based TV service may be pleased to learn that the premium BTSport content will be available to them from June 2016, which means that they’ll be able to subscribe to the related TV channels on a rolling monthly contract directly from BT.
Subscribers to BTSport, as well as getting access to live streams of the top Premier League and UEFA Champions League games (not to mention VIVA Premiership Rugby, MotoGP, UFC, NBA and Major League Baseball etc.), will also be able to watch fixtures on the go through the BTSport app, and on all six red button channels from September 2016.
TalkTalk customers can already gain access to premium sport content via channels including Sky Sports, Box Nation and Premier Sports at extra cost.
Aleks Habdank, TalkTalk TV, said:
“TalkTalk TV is fast becoming one of the most compelling and competitive TV services. Our customers already have access to 98% of the nation’s top TV programmes as well as latest blockbusters and must-see box sets on TalkTalk TV Store.
Enabling our customers to subscribe to BT Sport, alongside our existing sports packages, continues our ongoing efforts to become the go-to destination for sport and entertainment. The big appeal is choice and flexibility; people enjoy having flexible access to a huge range of free and paid-for content, without being tied into a lengthy subscription.”
Sadly TalkTalk said that BT has yet to announce the price for their sport channels, but this is expected to follow “shortly“.
Sports channels available to TalkTalk TV homes:
401 – Sky Sports News HQ
402 – Sky Sports 1
403 – Sky Sports 2
404 – Sky Sports 3
405 – Sky Sports 4
406 – Sky Sports 5
407 – Sky Sports F1
408 – BT Sport 1
409 – BT Sport Europe
410 – BT Sport 2
411 – BT Sport ESPN
450 – BT Sport Extra 1-6 (Red button channels) – from September 1st
414 – Premier Sports
415 – Box Nation
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