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There is a new tv channel starting up in the next few weeks on Freeview. Sommet Sports.

According to their facebook page they will have coverage of the Bundesliga, Capital One Cup and the Europa League.

Finally we may get some coverage of some of the stuff that SKY is not even remotely interested in.

Their promo video is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-ZbUrc81i4



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This was supposed to start a month ago. Am at the stage of I'll  believe it when I see it. 

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"Sommet Sports promises to offer Australian Rules Football (AFL) as well as the beautiful game, including the Scottish, German and Chinese FA cups and the Argentinian league and German Bundesliga."

So we might get to see Killen, Old and Rojas...

WIN!

 

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Junior82 wrote:

"Sommet Sports promises to offer Australian Rules Football (AFL) as well as the beautiful game, including the Scottish, German and Chinese FA cups and the Argentinian league and German Bundesliga."

So we might get to see Killen, Old and Rojas...

WIN!

 

Fallon on commentry?
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Only in Scotland.  Not in China "Fallon? No Fallon here. Fallon Gone"

An oldie but had to be thrashed one more time.


I'll get me coat...


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Silly question but can you see this channel if you have Sky and not Freeview?

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Silly question but can you see this channel if you have Sky and not Freeview?


No. It will not be carried on SKY.
And it will only be on UHF Freeview not satellite.
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That sucks a fat one then.

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sky will pick it up eventually. and charge us another .91c a month to cover the "costs"

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theprof wrote:

sky will pick it up eventually. and charge us another .91c a month to cover the "costs"

I thought Sky might not be showing it because they view it as a competitor. I think a lot of people have Sky just for sport, and if this new channel gets a few viewers and makes some money off advertising then it might start competing with Sky for broadcast rights to certain sporting events - so if Sky carry Sommet they will be exposing them to more viewers, increasing Sommet's revenue, and therefore enabling a competitor to gain traction against them. The mainstream free-to-air channels that Sky does carry are not only expected from the viewer but are also not really offering a competing business model, so Sky carries them. A free-to-air sports channel on the other hand cuts right into a major selling point for Sky
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Tegal wrote:

This was supposed to start a month ago. Am at the stage of I'll  believe it when I see it. 


Test pattern up now on Channel 114. It is a hidden channel so you would have to do a rescan of UHF digital and then type 114 into your remote.
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it's a moot point until Sommet come onto satellite as SKY can't pick it up until then.

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sounds good to me especially with the bundsliga getting better and better

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bun1 wrote:

Tegal wrote:

This was supposed to start a month ago. Am at the stage of I'll  believe it when I see it. 


Test pattern up now on Channel 114. It is a hidden channel so you would have to do a rescan of UHF digital and then type 114 into your remote.

Just checked and our TV (SONY - Welnix take note) and it's automatically up.  As far as test patterns go it's mint.  Not so much the high pitch whining noise.


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Tegal wrote:

This was supposed to start a month ago. Am at the stage of I'll  believe it when I see it. 


Testing has now started. Had some football show on. Rumours that they may play the Scottish FA Cup Final this weekend.
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Pretty jealous of those who can get bit. A shame sky can't pick it up. 

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Could you not use a separate cable from your aerial/dish wall socket to the TV (assuming it is a digital TV that receives Freeview)?  

Would have to manually change over the cable each time but you'd only be doing for the Scottish FA Cup, so not very often.

Edit: Some F1 programme on atm.

*yawn*

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Football Review on now.

Mancini has been fired!!!!!!


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Football Review on now.

Mancini has been fired!!!!!!


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Tegal wrote:

Pretty jealous of those who can get bit. A shame sky can't pick it up. 

you could buy a separate freeview receiver with the money you'll save on a Nix season ticket this year
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Good investment.  Will actually be saving quite a bit so can have Sky and Freeview and a humungous flat screen TV with interweb connection and lots of refreshments.


Sunday evenings (7 pm onwards) in the lounge or man cave will be choice.


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bun1 wrote:

Tegal wrote:

This was supposed to start a month ago. Am at the stage of I'll  believe it when I see it. 


Test pattern up now on Channel 114. It is a hidden channel so you would have to do a rescan of UHF digital and then type 114 into your remote.

Thanks for the heads up. Watching it now. Its showing European basketball.

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Football Review show on now. This is great especially as I don't have Sky.

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It's the same one as last night.


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It's just replays ! 

 #areyouskyindisguise

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Its only a test transmission so thats to be expected.

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^ this.

nufc_nz - you see that phrase "TEST TRANSMISSION" in the top centre of the screen?

That means that what you are watching is a "test transmission".

In other words the transmission is a test.

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From the Sommet Sports facebook page:

FOOTBALL
Scottish FA Cup 
Argentinean League 
German FA Cup 
Chinese FA Cup 
Chelsea TV

Football League & League Cup 2013/14 & 2014/15 

The UEFA Europa League 2013/14 & 2014/15 
The Bundesliga 2013/14 & 2014/15 
The FA England home internationals 2012/13, 2013/14 & 2014/15

 The FA Community Shield 2012/13, 2013/14 & 2014/15

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bun1 wrote:

From the Sommet Sports facebook page:

FOOTBALL
Scottish FA Cup  - The northern hemisphere's very own Chatham Cup
Argentinean League - She fell over
German FA Cup - Vatch zer tiki-taka Fussball
Chinese FA Cup - She fell over, and threw the game
Chelsea TV - They keep falling over 

Football League & League Cup 2013/14 & 2014/15  - Accrington Stanley vs anyone except Woolwich

The UEFA Europa League 2013/14 & 2014/15 - Spurs in action yet again
The Bundesliga 2013/14 & 2014/15  - Marco und Freunden mit das schöne Spiel
The FA England home internationals 2012/13, 2013/14 & 2014/15 - hoofball at its finest, or a cure for insomnia - you decide

 The FA Community Shield 2012/13, 2013/14 & 2014/15 - something else that Woolwich won't win.

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Will be interesting to see if those games are live, and how many games from each of them they are gonna show.

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I'm just happy to be able to watch football on free-to-air 


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Junior82 wrote:

I'm just happy to be able to watch football on free-to-air 


I tried to find the joke in here and then realised it is part of the 5%.
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Just keeping you on your toes there Patrick!


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Sommet sports are showing England vs Ireland live tomorrow morning

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I have a sky box - can I get this channel?

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axxaa wrote:

Sommet sports are showing England vs Ireland live tomorrow morning

Watched the first half this morning before I went to work. Love free to air live football!! Hopefully my recorder has recorded the second half.

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nice game 1-1 rooney looked good second half

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