BT Sport - Launch of BT Sport Ultimate

BT Sport Lite is still available to Plusnet customers, though this page only promises Premier League and not rugby and Scottish football.

There's still a bit of a technical separation in that BT Sport Extra 1 can only be accessed from BT Sport 1, and BT Sport Extra 2-6 can only be access from BT Sport 2, 3 or ESPN, so occasionally you get something on BT Sport 2, 3 or ESPN simulcast on BT Sport Extra 1.

Note that, in the Republic of Ireland, BT Sport, ESPN and Box Nation are no longer bundled with Eir Sport channels, as BT channels are now distributed in both UK and Ireland by Sky. (And that explains why BT channels are missing from Eir Sport's website.)

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/eir-confirm-that-customers-will-no-longer-receive-bt-sport-free-of-charge-1.3942893
https://www.bonkers.ie/blog/broadband-phone/bt-sport-espn-and-box-nation-to-be-pulled-from-eir-sport-pack/

Got email from Sky Ireland yesterday about them selling by sports and premier sports but I’m in uk so not helpful currently to me

BoxNation did not move with the rest of the BT Sport channels to Sky though, and is once again only available by standalone subscription.

Sky has in turn done carriage deals for BT Sport and Premier Sports with both Vodafone and eir, but not with Virgin Media who previously had a falling out with eir. Seemingly the reluctance to do a deal is on Virgin Media’s part (it may or may not have to do with BT’s coverage of the Champions League, which Virgin Media also has non-exclusive rights to - as long as they keep BT Sport off their own platform, they have exclusivity at least among VM customers).

Bit inconsistent branding on the mic covers. Quick example - the MotoGP guys have the full BT Sport logo (along with their new shirts), while National League is using just the BT logo.

Hmm. Suppose it'll grow on me, and still miles better than the boring midpoint to expand out left/right of Sky Sports captions, but not sure I like the new 'refresh' with the double flash icons to introduce the captions.

There was something very neat and stylish in having a solid double colour block wipe from bottom, to introduce the text before a single colour wipe to remove it, as of old.

NB ....

BTSX1 is currently being used for World Rally Championship coverage, which as Lee mentioned is on some platforms 'hard wired' to BTS1. Make of that what you choose.

Speedway on Monday had the full logo, though they're black like the MotoGP windshields, so probably from the same batch. Keep an eye on the boxing tonight to see what's they've gone for on the dark blue ones...

FA Shield using just the BT logo on dark blue.

Is it just BT Sport that has changed it's logo to this generic font? Or BT as a whole? Cos all the BT webpages I've looked at have the old logo on the banner at the top, even the homepage www.bt.com ? This is another case of inconsistent branding at the launch of a new graphics package.

BT as a whole is rebranding, it'll take time. Meanwhile the pictures on Ultimate are superb on BTTV.