With so many of the best live sporting events disappearing from free to view channels, sports fans are subscribing to digital TV services. This guide gives you the low down on what exactly digital television offers to sports fans, and what is the best value way to get it.
TV Sports Packages
| Cheapest for Sports Sky: £40 a month |
Sky Sports HD Sky: £50.25 a month |
Virgin Media Sports £35 a month |
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Last updated: 1 September 2011
Sports coverage
Unfortunately, few of the best live sporting events are shown on the free to view tv channels these days. If you’re a sports fanatic you will want a digital TV service that offers the best coverage of the sports you are interested in. Which sports channels do digital TV providers offer and which is best value for you?
Sky Sports
Sky Sports offers 4 channels – Sky Sports 1, 2, 3 and 4, give live coverage of some of the biggest and best sporting events from around the world. Over 100 sports are covered, including Grand Slam Tennis, the European Golf Tour, Motor Sports, live International Cricket, Premiership Rugby and of course, Premier League Football.
So which providers offer which Sports Channels?
The sports channels you can access depend on which provider you choose to get your service with. Most do offer you the option to add on either Sky Sports or ESPN, or even both, if you want complete sports coverage. Below is a summary of which services each provider offers, and how much it could cost you.
Sky Digital
Sky offers the Sky Sports pack which includes the 4 Sky Sports channels. If you do have high definition TV and want to subscribe to Sky’s HD programming, then you will also get access to all four of Sky Sports HD channels.
The packages shown below are to give you an indication of the cost of getting Sky Sports, remember you can build your own package to suit your needs.
| Entertainment & Sport | Entertainment Extra & Sport | Entertainment Extra, Sports & Movies |
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| Get Sky’s Entertainment pack with all the Sky Sports channels
Option to add Sky broadband and Sky talk freetime |
Get all 6 Sky mixes All the Sky Sports channels Option to add Sky broadband base and Sky talk freetime |
Get all 6 Sky mixes All the Sky Sports and Sky Movies channels Option to add Sky broadband base and Sky talk freetime |
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Know you want? Visit Sky’s site to choose your mixes with Sky Sports
Virgin Media
With Virgin Media you can sign up to either Sky Sports or ESPN Sports, or even both if you want.
The packages shown below are to give you an indication of the costs, remember you can customise the package according to which TV size you want.
| TV Size M+ & Sky Sports | TV Size L with Sky Sports and ESPN | TV Size XL and ESPN |
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| Over 65 TV channels 4 Sky Sports channels Phone Size: M (includes line rental) |
Over 100 TV channels 4 Sky Sports channels and ESPN Sports channels Phone Size: M (includes line rental) |
Over 165 TV channels ESPN Sports channels Phone Size: M (includes line rental) |
Know you want?
Visit Virgin Media’s site to choose your Sports channels
BT Vision
BT Vision sport brings you a range of sport for you to enjoy live and on demand, so you can watch what you want, when you want. They offer two packages:
Want to get BT Vision with Sports?
Visit BT’s site to order online
How do I choose?
Ultimate Sports Packages:
If you want total sports coverage, then you need Sky Sports and ESPN Sports, so this leaves you with a choice of two providers – Sky or Virgin Media.
Just want Sky Sports:
Great for football, cricket, golf and rugby. You can get Sky Sports with Sky, Virgin Media or BT.
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