Austin 3:!6 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Its so tough to become a cricket fan in this country. First of all they dont show any live cricket in freeview channels (used to do before) and now Sky lost all rights to Hotstar UK app of India matches. And the worst part is, Sky never formally announced anything. Sky signed 5 year IPL contract in 2017 but aparently they wont show it this year but no announcement. Hotstar is charging 25£/month subscription. Those of us who already paying Sky, would need to pay additional fee to get digital hotstar. This is non-sense. So Indian cricket fans in Britain, gear up...except world cup...no Indian cricket this year on Sky. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk UrmiSinhaRay, mancalledsting and BrantFUGH 1 1 1 Link to comment
kosingh Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Thank god for ummm...unregulated streams Ridgepi 1 Link to comment
Sooda Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 28 minutes ago, Austin 3:!6 said: Its so tough to become a cricket fan in this country. First of all they dont show any live cricket in freeview channels (used to do before) and now Sky lost all rights to Hotstar UK app of India matches. And the worst part is, Sky never formally announced anything. Sky signed 5 year IPL contract in 2017 but aparently they wont show it this year but no announcement. Hotstar is charging 25£/month subscription. Those of us who already paying Sky, would need to pay additional fee to get digital hotstar. This is non-sense. So Indian cricket fans in Britain, gear up...except world cup...no Indian cricket this year on Sky. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk / REally? Its increasingly become pointless to have Sky Sports. A lot of EPL football is on BT Sport as is rights to Ashes in Australia, and tennis is on Amazon prime UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
Forever Indian Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 57 minutes ago, Austin 3:!6 said: Its so tough to become a cricket fan in this country. First of all they dont show any live cricket in freeview channels (used to do before) and now Sky lost all rights to Hotstar UK app of India matches. And the worst part is, Sky never formally announced anything. Sky signed 5 year IPL contract in 2017 but aparently they wont show it this year but no announcement. Hotstar is charging 25£/month subscription. Those of us who already paying Sky, would need to pay additional fee to get digital hotstar. This is non-sense. So Indian cricket fans in Britain, gear up...except world cup...no Indian cricket this year on Sky. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk Isn't it £5 per month? I got the annual subscription of hotstar UK, will IPL be covered in that? Ridgepi 1 Link to comment
Austin 3:!6 Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 Isn't it £5 per month? I got the annual subscription of hotstar UK, will IPL be covered in that?Yes IPL is in hotstar. Also its 12£ a month + tax. Below is the message I got from Hotstar: We currently do not have a plan exclusively for Sports, we have the below mentioned plans For Monthly Sports + Entertainment Pack, pay 11.99 GBP/Month + 20% Taxes (No Free Trial) For Yearly Sports + Entertainment Pack, pay 59.99 GBP/Year + 20% Taxes (No Free Trial)[/Quote] Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk Link to comment
Austin 3:!6 Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 sir post (link) with big news when you are the one who starts ThreadNo IPL in Sky....check their schedule for 2019. Also, no India mens matches.Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk Link to comment
Austin 3:!6 Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 REally? Its increasingly become pointless to have Sky Sports. A lot of EPL football is on BT Sport as is rights to Ashes in Australia, and tennis is on Amazon prime Problem is I am only cricket and horse racing fan, not much into football. So Sky Sports racing is must for me but with cricket out, need to find an alternate way. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk Ridgepi 1 Link to comment
Forever Indian Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 8 hours ago, Austin 3:!6 said: Yes IPL is in hotstar. Also its 12£ a month + tax. Below is the message I got from Hotstar: I think they have reduced it now, I checked the hotstar website again and it is 5.99 per month + tax of 20%. So will be around 7 quid per month. I have taken the annual subscription as it is useful for me for watching regional movies as well. Austin 3:!6 1 Link to comment
Austin 3:!6 Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 I think they have reduced it now, I checked the hotstar website again and it is 5.99 per month + tax of 20%. So will be around 7 quid per month. I have taken the annual subscription as it is useful for me for watching regional movies as well.Ok sounds a good deal thenSent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk Ridgepi and Forever Indian 1 1 Link to comment
WeStMiDz Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 I have spoken to a trusted source within the Sky cricket team. They said reason being Star consider Sky a rival now so are reluctant to give them the rights. With regards to the IPL, Sky do want it but Star would prefer a streaming platform. It's still up in the air whether they'll reach an agreement. Link to comment
WeStMiDz Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 10 hours ago, Sooda said: REally? Its increasingly become pointless to have Sky Sports. A lot of EPL football is on BT Sport as is rights to Ashes in Australia, and tennis is on Amazon prime My source reckons BT sports is going to fade away - apparently the viewing figures are terrible for cricket, Champions League etc. Link to comment
puneet28 Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Watching cricket in Australia too is getting expensive. Official broadcaster Kayosports is $25 per month. Either I use online links which is not reliable or use vpn to access Indian hotstar. Link to comment
Cricketics Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 1 hour ago, WeStMiDz said: I have spoken to a trusted source within the Sky cricket team. They said reason being Star consider Sky a rival now so are reluctant to give them the rights. With regards to the IPL, Sky do want it but Star would prefer a streaming platform. It's still up in the air whether they'll reach an agreement. USA is a as big a market for UK for bcci like anyone, in fact USA is their biggest market now fays outside India and they have done thr same thing here. Hotstar has basically taken over here for India’s home cricket series. So if you had Willow TV channel, you won’t be getting to see any home series. Luckilly Willow will show IPL this year and world cup, but may not show IPL next year. People have willow tv channel at home on theiir tv packages(some also some subscribe online) and its annoying for them to subscribe seperately to willow tv channel and still not able to watch India’s home games. The channel is currently playing PSL. Link to comment
Sachinism Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 14 hours ago, Austin 3:!6 said: Its so tough to become a cricket fan in this country. First of all they dont show any live cricket in freeview channels (used to do before) and now Sky lost all rights to Hotstar UK app of India matches. And the worst part is, Sky never formally announced anything. Sky signed 5 year IPL contract in 2017 but aparently they wont show it this year but no announcement. Hotstar is charging 25£/month subscription. Those of us who already paying Sky, would need to pay additional fee to get digital hotstar. This is non-sense. So Indian cricket fans in Britain, gear up...except world cup...no Indian cricket this year on Sky. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk 12 Illegal streams FTW Ridgepi 1 Link to comment
Austin 3:!6 Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 Sky will not show 2019 IPL in UK, Star India to exploit rights on Hotstar https://media.sportbusiness.com/news/sky-gives-back-2019-ipl-rights-in-uk-star-india-to-exploit-rights-on-hotstar/ Link to comment
Austin 3:!6 Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 I think they have reduced it now, I checked the hotstar website again and it is 5.99 per month + tax of 20%. So will be around 7 quid per month. I have taken the annual subscription as it is useful for me for watching regional movies as well.Its still showing 12£ Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk Link to comment
Austin 3:!6 Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, Stumped said: They've doubled the price for the IPL. Struggling to see how Star can expect to bring in more from this than Sky would pay for the rights personally. The only loser here is the IPL brand. SKY made it very famous even among local masses in UK with their build up shows on IPL etc. It had gathered a fantastic following on the last 2 years. Now, not many will be bothered to watch in digital platform and eventually the popularity of the league will reduce. #SELFGOAL putrevus and YCCC 2 Link to comment
Forever Indian Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 14 minutes ago, Austin 3:!6 said: Its still showing 12£ Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk They have increased it now cos of IPL I guess. Austin 3:!6 1 Link to comment
mishra Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Sky sports is dead after workd Cup Link to comment
WeStMiDz Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 It's on Star Gold in the UK mishra 1 Link to comment
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