It's been a while since the BT Group acquired mobile network EE and now we're seeing the fruit of that alliance. All EE pay monthly customers, new and existing, will be able to access BT's sports channels for free for six months.
Access is through the BT Sport mobile app for phone and tablet. All of the channels are available to stream live through the application: BT Sport, BT Sport 2, BT Sport Europe and ESPN on BT Sport.
As long as you have a pay monthly handset, tablet or SIM only plan for iOS, Android or Windows you will be able to sign up for the free access. After six months, you can either cancel the subscription or carry on, paying £5 a month.
EE customers on pay monthly packages will be able to sign up to and use the BT Sport app for free from 27 July.
Top comments
psychofox
11 Jul 165#56
From their site: EE have announced an exclusive BT Sport App offer for new and existing pay monthly customers, providing them with six months free access to all live sporting action on the BT Sport channels.
From 27 July, EE customers on consumer and small business pay monthly handset, tablet and SIM only plans* will be able to access to all the BT Sport channels on their smartphone or tablet. Sports fans can stream the most anticipated action live, or watch highlights over EE’s award-winning 4G network as well as WiFi whenever they choose.
need to look into this when I return from holidays.
big8yearold
11 Jul 16#21
Nope you cant. tried this a while back. No dice.
mango carrot
11 Jul 16#22
I've definitely used AirPlay with the iPad app - I wonder if there's certain types of account that are blocked?
mojohnson
11 Jul 16#23
Does this include t-mobile / orange monthly deals ?
angelsmg
11 Jul 16#24
Reading on tech radar's link, the streams will come out of your data package rather than across wi-fi.
davidc
11 Jul 16#25
That's annoying for those of us not interested in any sportball as all that extra streaming could well slow down the EE data network which is marginal at times. Only hope is the EE monthly data caps will mean this will be wifi only for most.
eraserhead66
11 Jul 16#26
Shame it doesn't include EE Broadband customers!! :disappointed:
angelsmg
11 Jul 161#27
Extract from techradar link, http://www.techradar.com/how-to/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/ee-offers-free-bt-sport-how-to-get-it-and-what-s-really-on-offer-1324672 , provided by chookaroo:-
3. It'll use your data allowance
This won't come as much of a surprise – it would have been a massive bonus if it didn't take your bytes to watch this sport. EE told us that the rise of watching football on the go inspired the offer, with a big spike in catching some action on the go showing there's an appetite for it.
However, make sure you've got a decent bundle if you're going to be keeping up with the latest sporting shenanigans – you could be munching up to 2GB of data on a phone if you're going to watch the whole match and hoover up the half time show too.
karlie88
11 Jul 161#28
Ta OP. £5 per month for unlimited mins, texts, 16GB of data and now 6 months BT Sports ain't too shabby...
Fellows
11 Jul 16#29
Where was that deal from?
merb0786
11 Jul 16#30
Might be worth mentioning the deal starts from 27th July
salam999
11 Jul 16#31
Awesome deal, will be signing up to add to my 75perecent off sky deal which equals to very cheap football season, can't wait
Anyone know the cheapest pay monthly deal with EE at the moment?
rafalution2
11 Jul 16#34
Thanks
garryallen
11 Jul 16#35
I've used it with iPhone too. Air playing to an Apple TV if that makes any difference.
alex_dis
11 Jul 162#36
So you have to use data allowance and can't use Chromecast ? Well, that's b*llocks then.
:disappointed:
jameshothothot
11 Jul 16#37
i doubt it as we pay cheap deals. eg when I was with giffgaff we never had any o2 offers
Anth2210
11 Jul 16#38
Thats only when you're not connected to WIFI
Dante666
11 Jul 16#39
So I'm already in a monthly contract, does this mean I can get it? I know it might appear to be a stupid question
alex_dis
11 Jul 16#40
Surely that goes without saying - like any other time you stream something. Why would they have specifically mentioned it otherwise?
I'm hoping you right, but...
TwistedNerve
11 Jul 16#41
yes it is, coz it clearly states new and existing!
888eyeball
11 Jul 16#42
EE will hit you with the correct price as soon as they realise their blunder on the pricing
Websta
11 Jul 16#43
BT have brought it out that you can only stream via Airplay and Chromecast if you are on their broadband, i.e. if you have Sky Broadband or any other provider it won't work. Earlier last season everything worked fine, but, it suddenly stopped working and I found out that was the reason why.
crookusmaximus
11 Jul 16#44
As a current BT mobile customer with Sport for a while now, can safely say BT sport is poor at moment with regard to the live sport they show, even prem games are few. I hope they bid for more in future.
andreasuk
11 Jul 161#45
Can you use wifi instead of using ee network?
This is gonna be the question.
googleboogle
11 Jul 16#46
Owt for nowt I suppose.
Pondlife
11 Jul 161#47
It has all the champions league and europa though. Matches in German, Italian and French leagues too.
alex_dis
11 Jul 161#48
On the face of it, it seems ridiculous that you would have to use mobile allowance. How much data for streaming a typical game, if you include pre, post-match and half time? Only people on big data packages (or unlimited) would be able to watch more than 2 games a month. I think Tech Radar must have got this wrong.
mango carrot
11 Jul 16#49
Ahh ok, thanks for clarifying ... I think that's put me off again :wink:
andreasuk
11 Jul 16#50
im agreement with you on this for the same reasons.
itll be probably up to you if you want to use your allowance.
if you do thats fine but you can only watch a couple of hrs a month or something like that.
deeperthought
11 Jul 16#51
Good deal but annoying to me having signed up to BT for a year to get sport when I have 2 EE contracts.
Anth2210
11 Jul 16#52
Yes, you'll be authenticated by the ID rather than your mobile number so no need to use Mobile Data only
omfgzbilly
11 Jul 16#53
Thanks!
andreasuk
11 Jul 161#54
Thanks..this is a fab deal in that case!
Hamzahshakeel
11 Jul 16#55
How or where did you get such a massive discount?
psychofox
11 Jul 165#56
From their site: EE have announced an exclusive BT Sport App offer for new and existing pay monthly customers, providing them with six months free access to all live sporting action on the BT Sport channels.
From 27 July, EE customers on consumer and small business pay monthly handset, tablet and SIM only plans* will be able to access to all the BT Sport channels on their smartphone or tablet. Sports fans can stream the most anticipated action live, or watch highlights over EE’s award-winning 4G network as well as WiFi whenever they choose.
i do laugh at people complaining that there are conditions attached to a freebie...BT own EE...they pay £900M / year for sport so they are entitled to do what they like with it..the people complaining on here are the ones already paying sky £90/ month without question
Smithy_83
11 Jul 16#58
anyone know if an apple HDMI adaptor will work? I remember before Sky Go wouldn't work but Iplayer etc would, never tried BT sport? have since changed to lightning connector so would need a new adaptor.
deeperthought
11 Jul 16#59
But can't you see how loyal customers (especially just signed up ones) are disgruntled that they may have been able to get what they want with their phone contract without needing a BT TV/Broadband contract? Where does that same situation exist with Sky or Virgin?
Smithy_83
11 Jul 16#60
Answered my own question via a google search, seems they blocked this in 2015 :-(
alikcan
11 Jul 16#61
can I cancel the deal easily after 6 months of free access cos I don't want to pay the £5 month for the rest ??
Sp0oner
11 Jul 16#62
I guess it depends if our phone numbers are listed on the EE database and how registering with the BT Sport app will work. Giffgaff aren't owned by o2 only piggyback on the network where as Life Mobile is EE and just a trading name.
bellboys
11 Jul 16#63
Not to mention their 'expert' analysts are shuffle. :smirk:
iambangali
11 Jul 16#64
Thanks OP! Take the heat!! :man:
bootymaster
11 Jul 16#65
The deal doesn't go live got another 2 weeks, but i'd imagine it's a months notice (it was when i cancelled bt sport, with bt directly).
geekonthepc
11 Jul 16#66
Cheers op
Gavinge
11 Jul 16#67
Hoping someone reposts this at the start of the season :stuck_out_tongue:
andysfast
11 Jul 16#68
SO 1 match and all your data is gone and you have to pay BIGTIME data rates, so thats the catch. I got stung like this last time. Had all you can eat unlimited data, till I ran into the fair use limitation. Perhaps this scam is a different one by BT.
loop
11 Jul 16#69
I assume this doesn't include access to BT Sport channels on Sky digital boxes?
shah00
11 Jul 16#70
How to get the BT Account number? the link been posted earlier to register for BT ID asked for BT account number, where do I get that from?
olly_g
11 Jul 16#71
BT sports a complete rip off unless you're a footy fan, you're paying for all the football rights they buy up
alex_dis
11 Jul 16#72
But in the meantime, you'll miss out on Rugby, Basketball, MotoGP and UFC :laughing:
alex_dis
11 Jul 16#73
It's OK, I think we've established Tech radar got it wrong and you will be able to wifi it.
idbroadhurst
11 Jul 16#74
get a few motogp's out of it, and without ChromeCast my trusty screen mirroring cable will get a dustoff
delboyd
11 Jul 16#75
Life Mobile are a separate entity, an MVNO.
jakewoods_05
11 Jul 16#76
This is brilliant! I just recently cancelled my bt broadband and changed to sky, they want £23 pm without bt broadband :wink:
Cenobite
11 Jul 16#77
Would you be able to install the app on an android/Kodi box?
stiffy93
11 Jul 16#78
does anyone one know if this still applies to bt sport on sky TV?
arvy1
11 Jul 16#79
Will this work on T-Mobile pay monthly ?
(Got all you can eat data).
tfish
11 Jul 16#80
Be aware this is BT vison, one of the most complained about companies in the UK. It will take you 7 months to cancel the deal.
StillTheFlyest
11 Jul 16#81
Shame there's no deal for BT wifi
hobsgrg
11 Jul 161#82
What TechRadar are saying but has been misunderstood is that if you use 3G/4G it WILL come out of your allowance, but if you use WiFi it won't. It has been the case in the past that some things don't come out of your allowance but this won't be one of them. So they were just confirming that if you use mobile data to watch it will come out of your allowance which is fair enough.
hobsgrg
11 Jul 161#83
Correct, you can only access it on phone or tablet and other methods are specifically blocked.
delboyd
11 Jul 161#84
Only if it takes a SIM.
bobbdizzle
11 Jul 16#85
UFC 202! Nice!
scott_safc
11 Jul 16#86
My EE contract is up in 6 months, the length of this deal, so if I can continue to get BT Sport for a fiver a month for 7 month once I'm out of that contract then I won't be complaining... :smiley:
Anth2210
11 Jul 16#87
Free for life for EE staff....whoooooooo
bargainhunter666
11 Jul 16#88
Why did you feel tied in? Plusnet (i know BT company) offer better broadband deals and footy is available. Personally I am naughty and have a firestick.
hass123
11 Jul 16#89
Thanks for the info, guess I'll be sticking to mobdro and livesport24.com
hass123
11 Jul 16#90
Brock Lesnar what a victory at ufc200, everyone expected him to get smashed. Now to face Randy Orton at Summerslam in August!
darkrev
11 Jul 16#91
ive followed the link but it has a field for an account number I can't get past. can you help please?
bargainhunter666
11 Jul 16#92
BUT and a BIG BUT ..you have to be a naff EE employee! Must get you down and if you are customer service then do your job!
metalnigel
11 Jul 16#93
Just a heads up it'll be £9 a month if you want HD.
Donzy12
11 Jul 16#94
Sorry if this question has been asked, as there are 61 replies but, could you perhaps sideload on to the firestick and use it that way instead of the chromecast? Cheers
iskillz
11 Jul 16#95
Can't complain about 6 months free of BT Sports, but I really do hope they reconsider blocking Chromecast. I doubt I will keep this after 6 months if Chromecast is blocked.
iskillz
11 Jul 16#96
Although, if you have one of them Lenovo tablets with the projector, that could be a workaround?
delboyd
11 Jul 16#97
YEAH YOU TELL THEM!! Bloody employed people what a joke!!!!
So glad me and you sit on here all day and **** off the employed people while squeezing in a cheeky Cornetto bought with our dole!!!!
Agharta
11 Jul 16#98
Are they only allowing people to access Sport via Android and iOS devices and even then only on those devices' screens? Seems very restrictive even for a freebie.
Be nice if they had an app for Windows 8.1/10 (not Windows Phone) then you could hook up your Windows tablet or laptop to a TV.
Or even better just use a web browser as you can if you have a BT account with Sport included.
bargainhunter666
11 Jul 16#99
anyone with a firestick will have KODI so won't bother.
wz4jc3
11 Jul 16#100
That's great news!
si121
11 Jul 16#101
Is the right answer. Sky Go and Spotify were free to stream for Vodafone users for a while.
leecarter
11 Jul 16#102
fire sticks are **** shield all the way
chookaroo
11 Jul 16#103
I'm sure I had a reason not to use Plusnet last year, but I can't remember. Might have been because of 18 month minimum term, or something like that. Great if there are other ways to get BT Sport though.
Kamikaze1987
11 Jul 16#104
Is this app available on an android tv ? TIA :smile:
secretjedi
11 Jul 16#105
Nice one
Deeco
11 Jul 16#106
HD?
Agharta
11 Jul 16#107
DOWNLOAD THE BT SPORT APP: For Apple iOS via the App Store | For Android via the Google Play Store | For Windows 10*
*Please note that not all features on the BT Sport app are currently available via Windows 10.
Supported operating systems
Windows 10
Windows 10 Mobile
aaronzack
11 Jul 16#108
Thanks OP, perfect timing as I moved to EE yesterday
Sparkz2k16
11 Jul 16#109
Seems no different to the swapables package on Orange panther tariffs a while ago. They gave you access to rubbish (literally, like horroscope apps or 1 free game download a month) or sky sports. You could swap the deal each month (but it was only worthwhile keeping to sky sports). You could access on phones with data connection (which verifies your details), then resume viewing with wifi. This seems to be the same. A cold deal as 6 months free is nothing. You can get totally free BT sports from being on a BT package anyway (I looked at switching to BT from EE and having a contract phone, BT infinity, line rental, BT TV including free BT sports package was barely £40 PCM). This is not very good really
imk83
11 Jul 16#110
Hi I've got one of those droid boxes. Would this work straight from a chrome browser plying on the droid box?
Sparkz2k16
11 Jul 16#111
No it wouldn't as you need to verify your device using a mobile data connection first (Others have answered that many times in this thread). You either use it on mobile or tablet, or don't bother at all
Agharta
11 Jul 16#112
They specifically say to download the app so I doubt it works in any browsers.
EN1GMA
11 Jul 16#113
So that's why Virgin mobile put their prices up. Virgin piggy back off EE and not BT own EE, I'm sure bt won't want a competitor in the home phone/bb/tv market to have any advantage. So I'm sure they will be squeezing Virgin for more money to lease their coverage.
How bt can takeover EE without it being against competition laws.....
Sparkz2k16
11 Jul 16#114
The app, with more likely than not a data connection login as they can verify the device and user that way
hobsgrg
11 Jul 16#115
Maximum of 960 x 540 (quarter FullHD) unless things have changed in the last year
No this ONLY works on phone or tablet.
hobsgrg
11 Jul 16#116
I'm on BT, just to make you aware BT Sport isn't free. BT offer it to you for free when you sign up to a contract however it is only free for the minimum term of the contract. After that you have to pay for it or agree to a new contract, it's their way of trying to keep you locked in.
chattyuk
11 Jul 161#117
So 6 months is nothing and its a cold deal because you can get BT Sports if you buy a full package from BT? Where's the logic in that? What about for the people who have an EE phone and no BT packages?
vickyboy123
11 Jul 16#118
get it with virgin tv. great if you're a ufc fan
Sparkz2k16
11 Jul 16#119
Huge logic. Let me explain then. I currently pay £11.99 per month for my contract and i'm entitled to this "free" 6 months.
Most people will pay significantly more for their pay monthly phone, maybe £29.99 or more a month. Yet they get this same "free" deal with no extra perks. It's nothing but a hook and hope deal. 6 months free in the hope some forget they are signed up in order to put them into paying £5 a month.
When actually for the total amount, people are better off switching to BT and having the same or cheaper bills with BT sports included 100% free.
It will be a clear flop like sky sports swapables was (look it up, poor quality video for starters). The main point was about being offered something better. Not 6 months of "free" BT sports on a tiny screen that most people will forget about like they did with swapables (which were so unpopular, they are no longer available).
It would have been better to see the ability to login to BT and have free viewing of BT sports on all devices.
Sp0oner
11 Jul 16#120
Yes but they are owned by EE.
delboyd
11 Jul 16#121
Ahhhh Muppet, my bad. Getting Life Mobile mixed up with Lyca Mobile. Doh. Life Mobile as in Phones4U, I forgot about that!
You're right I'm wrong :wink:
hobsgrg
11 Jul 16#122
Owned by EE but run as a completely separate company. O2 own GiffGaff but GiffGaff customers don't get O2 priority or any other O2 deals, neither do Life customers get deals for EE customers. Ownership is irrelevant, they are run as totally separate entities.
EE want customers to be with EE rather than Life (higher ARPU or average revenue per user which is the key metric networks use), but would rather have them on Life than with a different company. To avoid devaluing the brand (in marketing speak) as a Life customer you won't get anything that is exclusive to EE customers.
stuntman9883
11 Jul 16#123
heat
Sp0oner
11 Jul 161#124
No worries still might not help with this deal but will find out when the day this deal starts and try my number just out of curiosity.
delboyd
11 Jul 161#125
Pedantic but O2 don't own GiffGaff, they both have the same parent company, Telefonica :smiley:
robertr
11 Jul 161#126
I wouldn't have called ALL 351 Champions League and Europa League games last season poor, plus they have the rights for the next 2 seasons as well.
abdiman
11 Jul 16#127
Does anyone know if this £5 a month subscription is open to non EE customers?
hwangeruk
11 Jul 161#128
FYI, if you get a BT Sport account - there is also a pretty decent Windows 10 (and Windows 10 mobile) app.
Much nicer than the p1key Sky Silverlight webpage on Windows.
Agharta
11 Jul 16#129
Problem is you have to use a p1key version of Windows to use it on the Desktop.
NSA
11 Jul 16#130
Thanks for the post. Gonna look into this now...
hwangeruk
11 Jul 16#131
.
Anon32
12 Jul 16#132
O2 do not own giffgaff. Telefonica own giffgaff and they own o2 as well! It is different because if they ever sell or list o2 giffgaff will still be owned by telefonica!
Also i have a lifemobile £1 sim bit cheeky but reckon that will work with this deal?
calumlegend
12 Jul 16#133
Good deal, but only interested in chrome casting it to the big screen. EE have to see sense don't they? I coming into the last 6 months of my contract and would be prepared to pay £5 month extra after that for this if I could cast it.
vulcanproject
12 Jul 16#134
BT sport is great if it's a freebie. Get it with my fibre deal I haggled. Course it's a bit slim pickings in the summer but they do still have good stuff. I really like watching Indycar on it. Used to watch it years ago but lost the ability, now can watch every race live. I watched the Indy 500 end of May.
It even has A LOT less ad breaks than the American coverage, hilarious I can watch more of their sport than they can :stuck_out_tongue:
Blasphemous
12 Jul 16#135
Marking for later... start of new season later.
Gavinge
12 Jul 16#136
I'm already using someone's account for PC :stuck_out_tongue:
Just want for on the go myself
Batmobile543
12 Jul 16#137
Already got BT sport. :disappointed:
alfreer1
12 Jul 16#138
I left EE mobile but still have my landline and broadband with them, is that included?
magnusmagnus
12 Jul 16#139
I've got BT Sport until November, I'll hold off to use this until then.
Yeah we never saw the glasto sim, of com getting it wrong. On the half price three deal and cricfreeing the football
Anth2210
12 Jul 16#142
wow....
hobsgrg
12 Jul 16#143
No:- "BT Sport is on its way to EE - free for 6 months exclusively for our pay monthly phone, SIM only and connected tablet customers." Only if you have a phone contract or tablet data sim, PAYG customers aren't eligible either.
Lymey
12 Jul 161#144
How much extra to have no Michael Owen commentating?
arvy1
13 Jul 16#145
can this be had for £5 a month if not on EE or do not qualify forthe deal?
Agharta
13 Jul 16#146
If you have BT Broadband they do have it on offer at times. I paid £48 for a year of BT sport about 3 months ago via my sister as she has BT Broadband. I watch it on my PC in a browser and can connect my laptop to the TV if required so more flexible than this freebie.
Agharta
13 Jul 162#147
You have to move your finger to mute on the remote control so not much extra effort! :smiley:
I rarely listen to football commentary as it's banal at best so play music when watching football.
Owen is a bit of an acquired taste I suspect.
arvy1
13 Jul 16#148
Nah not really answered my question.
I get sometimes bt have it on offer, i was contemplating going via the bt mobile route for £5 And quidco but that only gives you bt sport lite, even for a month or so for champions league this is good value as you get the full channels, i have t-mobile via EE however it is unlikely to receive the bt sport deal.as long as quality is decent
HotUkDale
14 Jul 16#149
Great find. Have some heat. Cheers :wink:
Zak809
14 Jul 16#150
can you wait and activate later? I mean what if the offer is not available next year? Is the offer 6 months from the 27th July?
ChampionshipManager
15 Jul 16#151
Good luck streaming all 351 Champions League games on your data plan.
ZaGaZ
15 Jul 16#152
will this work on life mobile? heat anyway....
hobsgrg
15 Jul 161#153
No it won't, not even all EE customers get it! "BT Sport is on its way to EE - free for 6 months exclusively for our pay monthly phone, SIM only and connected tablet customers."
djbeach73
15 Jul 16#154
can (websta?) xplain how U chromecast/airplay if av BT broadband?Is Ur login linkd2Ur infinity a/c so can use mobi data wen away frm ome?
abdiman
16 Jul 16#155
Does anyone know how long this deal lasts for? I want to wait until the season begins to activate it
mcormack
16 Jul 16#156
Not really more flexible, I miracast the app to my TV (no wires etc)
andreasuk
16 Jul 161#157
You can use your wifi broadband.
Itd been confirmed.
Agharta
16 Jul 16#158
In one sense it is as I can use it anywhere with WiFi as I don't need a mobile signal to authorise the app before streaming via WiFi.
I thought people were saying you can only watch the app on the device and not use Chromecast etc?
Unless that restriction is purely with this version which is more limited!
mmurdoch
17 Jul 16#159
Not arsed over streaming to phone or tablet shame there's no deal for EE customers via there sky box
deany76
18 Jul 16#160
All the UEFA Champions League matches are Live so if you start watching on December 4th 2016:
The 2017 UEFA Champions League final, is scheduled for Saturday 3 June 2017 in Cardiff.
abdiman
18 Jul 16#161
Will this offer be around then though. That's the question.
Blasphemous
20 Jul 16#162
Just marking this again to remind me.
tightasagnatschu
23 Jul 161#163
If you fill your details in on the online form then EE will text/email you when it's going live.
Blasphemous
24 Jul 16#164
Just got a text the other day mate but didn't have time to sort it... if i don't mark it I'm bound to forget! Cheers though.
tightasagnatschu
24 Jul 16#165
To be fair I'd commented in thread earlier for the very same reason too. Must be an old timer thing.
androidavis
27 Jul 16#166
Just signed up. Thanks op. Will sign up again in about six months if it's still available as there is another ee sim in household
ewaandneil1
27 Jul 161#167
Live now if text sport to 150
Rickardo
27 Jul 16#168
Anyone know the cut off date for existing eligible customers to sign up? Obviously no point in starting it before the season started and going to look at fixtures to see when's best to start the 6 months from.
the porter
28 Jul 16#169
Anybody tried it yet ?
Gaz1979
29 Jul 16#170
I signed up with the intention of downloading the app on my iPad - Then realised I can't use it on my iPad as it doesn't have a sim. Silly me! Don't really fancy watching footy on my iPhone, plus it'll kill my battery. :neutral_face:
furber
29 Jul 16#171
I believe you get a BT ID so you can use it on app on phone or tablet
abdiman
29 Jul 16#172
You're kidding right? You can't use this on a device without a sim? If so that's terrible
abdiman
29 Jul 161#173
'The BT Sport app is only available to watch on smartphones and connected tablets that contain an EE SIM using the latest iOS, Android and Windows operating systems.'
Not such a good deal.
Gaz1979
29 Jul 16#174
Indeed! I registered as normal, then went to sign in on my iPad and a message popped up stating I could only use the device with my sim, or something along those lines. Does seem a bit stupid to me!
callagc
29 Jul 16#175
BT sport is an excellent affordable option compared to sky which is good but is way over priced
shaky1910
29 Jul 16#176
just signed up and activated it on my phone
tried Chromecast and it casts perfect
also downloaded it to my galaxy tab s2 tablet and signed in and this also worked even though it's over WiFi
for £5 per month after the offer finishes it'll be worth £5 per month to watch it on a TV using Chromecast as opposed to what sky charges for sports
seem a genuinely great deal to me
heat added
Rickardo
29 Jul 16#177
What phone did you cast from?
shaky1910
29 Jul 16#178
LG G4 and the tablet is a Galaxy S2 9.7
Chromecast is the mk1 version
iain_ba
29 Jul 16#179
Not sure why this is working for you. Tried both a tablet and phone.
Tablet - gives an error message after signing in with the BT id. Something along the lines of this only works with devices with an EE SIM.
Phone - there is no option to cast.
Do you have BT broadband?
shaky1910
30 Jul 16#180
sky fibre
kbfanclub
31 Jul 16#181
OK. Decided to give it a try. Possibly if you've got a BT ID already or a BT email you might get away with other devices. Unfortunately I've got neither as I've not been with BT for a number of years.
So, text sport to 150. Get a reply with a link to a BT sign up page where you put in moblie number, email and choose a password. Then get an email back from BT confirming sign up. User name is email and password you just signed up with. Download app from normal store.
On tablet, can watch anything catchup but anything live gives error message saying EE sim not present.
On phone, can watch both catchup and live but no chromecast option. However, can use the screen mirror option to cast to TV although this does tie up the phone and needs to be connected to power supply otherwise drains the battery rapidly. This seems to be the best workaround unless someone can find a better way.
In the app settings there is an option to turn off the data and use wifi only. Was hoping for something more reliable than KODI but I'll give it the six months and review my options then.
Phone is HTC10, tablet is Nexus 9, casting through Shield TV box with sky broadband and just realised as I'm typing this that these have all been purchased as a result of deals on here.:smile:
pltylr
31 Jul 16#182
So, text sport to 150. Get a reply telling me this is only available to EE subscribers. I sent from a domestic, 3g enabled EE phone on a two year contract. Anyone got any advice on how to get this working? (Wifi was off, using EE connection to send the message)
kbfanclub
31 Jul 161#183
No idea. Mine was sent with wifi on although I understand all texts go over the phone network anyway.
Is it a smartphone (just with the 3g instead of 4g/4g+)? Is it with EE direct and not one of their many subsidiary/third party companies that use EE's network?
jjcaho7
1 Aug 16#184
Can i join on 21 Dec ? So that the free 6 months will take me to the end season , 21 May 2017..... :smiley: . Or must it be done within a time limit ?.
alex_dis
1 Aug 161#185
Probably. If you look at the T&Cs or any of their advert smallprint, there's no mention of an expiry, but they do have the right to pull the offer at any time. Personally, I'm going to activate in September when the Champs League starts, then just pay £10 for the last 2 months of the season as I have BT broadband.
alex_dis
1 Aug 161#186
I think you've got your dates wrong. Joining late December will take you to late June
jjcaho7
1 Aug 16#187
:smile::smile: ....you are right about the date !!,mmmm...also never thought about EE pulling out of offer anytime... Rethink now..:wink:
psychofox
1 Aug 161#188
I think you need to be on a 4G contract as well.
kippy
2 Aug 16#189
thanks i've just signed up — and put 3-mth and 6-mth reminders on my calendar lol. Haven't been able to access (up to 24 hrs apparently), wondering if my wifi iPad will be usable, screen size is better obviously.
--- update
speaking of the devil, it's working now on phone. AND ipad (connected to wifi). superb!
WyseGuy
3 Aug 16#190
Setting a reminder to self :-)
qazsed321
4 Aug 16#191
once I've signed up can I log into other devices that don't have an ee sim and watch bt sport?
also can I watch on more than one device at the same time??
anthony212
5 Aug 16#192
you can install the app on as many devices as you want, it's just that you can only have 2 streams playing at once
pltylr
6 Aug 16#193
Ah yes it is a 3G contract
iain_ba
6 Aug 16#194
People are saying you can but I have tried and get a message saying "Sorry, you need a device with an EE SIM to view live content or access the enhanced player" So based on my experience I would say no you can't use it on other devices without a EE SIM (well to watch live content)
jamsammy99
6 Aug 16#195
Spent 40 minutes on the phone trying to set it up. They came back with some bs that it has to be a minimum 12 month sim plan. They fobbed me off by saying my £30 a month contract was a rolling monthly data sim and was not eligible. Total cop out.
argosextra
7 Aug 16#196
How do I sign up
nickahmed
12 Aug 16#197
Does your ipad have an ee sim? I can watch on my phone which has an ee sim but cant when i try and watch on my ipad - i get a message that says - "Sorry, you need a device with an EE SIM to view live content or access the enhanced player" So based on my experience I would say no you can't use it on other devices without a EE SIM (well to watch live content)
nickahmed
12 Aug 16#198
I get this message too on my ipad. My ipad doesnt have an ee sim but phone does so i can watch live content on my phone but cant watch live content on my ipad. Strangely though, i could watch the community shield on my ipad , live, using the app the other day so not sure how?
nickahmed
12 Aug 16#199
You mention the screen mirror option. I have iphone / ipad. My iphone has ee connected sim but ipad doesnt. I can watch live on iphone but not on ipad. Any idea what i could use to mirror iphone screen to ipad?
PartickMonkey
12 Aug 16#200
All signed up and working... But...
How easy is it to cancel after the 6 months are up? When and what is the best way to go about this?
Gozer
12 Aug 16#201
AAARRRGGGHHHHH!
Everything seemed to be going fine with the registration and it accepted my answer for Mother's maiden name. However when I clicked the email link to verify my BT ID, it said my answer is incorrect as answers have to be at least 3 digits! Yet the real answer is only 2 digits and it accepted that answer on the sign up page.
Now I'm stuck and can't do anything, the only advice pages are about re-setting usernames and passwords. No help on security question and calling both BT and EE has got me no-where but has given me an extreme head-ache and suicidal tendencies! Customer support?!? They should rename that!
Has anyone got any ideas how I can get around this? Thanks!
alex_dis
12 Aug 16#202
Just to clarify - are you saying your mother's maiden name is 2 letters long ?
No need for condescending response. Like I said 'to clarify'. Did have a possible answer, but forget it.
rdbradshaw
19 Aug 16#205
Oh dear turns out you can't stream it to your to via the bt app
iain_ba
19 Aug 16#206
Useless eh?
If EE think after the 6 months is up I would be willing to pay £5 a month to watch anything on my phone screen they are stupid.
rdbradshaw
19 Aug 16#207
True , have already put a reminder in calendar to cancel 17th Feb 2017
deany76
21 Aug 16#208
Sorry I'm behind on this lengthy thread.
I have a calendar reminder for 04/12/16 to start te 6 month clock ticking - which covers the Champions League and the final in June 2017 - am still okay with this setup
thanks
deany76
25 Aug 16#209
anyone? thanks
alex_dis
26 Aug 161#210
Should be, unless BT and EE decide to pull the offer before December, but as previously mentioned - there is no stated expiry date which suggests you should be OK to activate it before the end of this year.
deany76
26 Aug 16#211
thanks for your reply, appreciate it
pengwyn
3 Sep 16#212
Thinking of getting a lenovo yoga tab 3 pro with the projector. Has anyone actually got this working. Also my mate has the deal but if I use my pay sim but with his login details can I do that. Does it matter what ee sim you use or is it restricted to the contract sim
pengwyn
8 Sep 16#213
Can anybody explain how you miracast this from a phone to a TV. Many thanks in advance
spmahrous
11 Nov 161#214
this offer expires on 27th November 2016
Deeco
11 Nov 16#215
Thanks for noti, can you signup now and still use it after 6 months?
sgillow
11 Nov 16#216
I am on a t-mobile pay monthly plan and when I texted SPORT to 150 they said I needed to be on EE. I had hoped that as T-mobile was essentially EE that I would be able to take up the offer, oh well.... :-(
phillred
30 Mar 17#217
Just cancelled mine, Payment was due in 5 days
No probs at all cancelled immediately
b33r
30 Mar 17#218
Yeh I cancelled mine a couple of weeks ago through the EE app. Remember to cancel people!
alex_dis
30 Mar 17#219
Everyone should get a reminder text from 150 telling them that their subs is about to end and you can reply to stop it continuing.
thebox
21 Jun 17#220
Can you get the app on a Smart TV so you can watch it on that instead?
intuder
24 Jun 17#221
Nope I have never seen a TV app i just use a chromecast
Opening post
It's been a while since the BT Group acquired mobile network EE and now we're seeing the fruit of that alliance. All EE pay monthly customers, new and existing, will be able to access BT's sports channels for free for six months.
Access is through the BT Sport mobile app for phone and tablet. All of the channels are available to stream live through the application: BT Sport, BT Sport 2, BT Sport Europe and ESPN on BT Sport.
As long as you have a pay monthly handset, tablet or SIM only plan for iOS, Android or Windows you will be able to sign up for the free access. After six months, you can either cancel the subscription or carry on, paying £5 a month.
EE customers on pay monthly packages will be able to sign up to and use the BT Sport app for free from 27 July.
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EE have announced an exclusive BT Sport App offer for new and existing pay monthly customers, providing them with six months free access to all live sporting action on the BT Sport channels.
From 27 July, EE customers on consumer and small business pay monthly handset, tablet and SIM only plans* will be able to access to all the BT Sport channels on their smartphone or tablet. Sports fans can stream the most anticipated action live, or watch highlights over EE’s award-winning 4G network as well as WiFi whenever they choose.
http://sport.bt.com/football/news/bt-sport-app-available-for-free-to-ee-customers-S11364072791855
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Thanks in advance
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http://www.techradar.com/how-to/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/ee-offers-free-bt-sport-how-to-get-it-and-what-s-really-on-offer-1324672
http://www.techradar.com/how-to/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/ee-offers-free-bt-sport-how-to-get-it-and-what-s-really-on-offer-1324672 , provided by chookaroo:-
3. It'll use your data allowance
This won't come as much of a surprise – it would have been a massive bonus if it didn't take your bytes to watch this sport. EE told us that the rise of watching football on the go inspired the offer, with a big spike in catching some action on the go showing there's an appetite for it.
However, make sure you've got a decent bundle if you're going to be keeping up with the latest sporting shenanigans – you could be munching up to 2GB of data on a phone if you're going to watch the whole match and hoover up the half time show too.
Last few comments explains the deal.
Already mentioned in the OP.
:disappointed:
I'm hoping you right, but...
This is gonna be the question.
itll be probably up to you if you want to use your allowance.
if you do thats fine but you can only watch a couple of hrs a month or something like that.
EE have announced an exclusive BT Sport App offer for new and existing pay monthly customers, providing them with six months free access to all live sporting action on the BT Sport channels.
From 27 July, EE customers on consumer and small business pay monthly handset, tablet and SIM only plans* will be able to access to all the BT Sport channels on their smartphone or tablet. Sports fans can stream the most anticipated action live, or watch highlights over EE’s award-winning 4G network as well as WiFi whenever they choose.
http://sport.bt.com/football/news/bt-sport-app-available-for-free-to-ee-customers-S11364072791855
(Got all you can eat data).
So glad me and you sit on here all day and **** off the employed people while squeezing in a cheeky Cornetto bought with our dole!!!!
Be nice if they had an app for Windows 8.1/10 (not Windows Phone) then you could hook up your Windows tablet or laptop to a TV.
Or even better just use a web browser as you can if you have a BT account with Sport included.
*Please note that not all features on the BT Sport app are currently available via Windows 10.
Supported operating systems
Windows 10
Windows 10 Mobile
How bt can takeover EE without it being against competition laws.....
No this ONLY works on phone or tablet.
Most people will pay significantly more for their pay monthly phone, maybe £29.99 or more a month. Yet they get this same "free" deal with no extra perks. It's nothing but a hook and hope deal. 6 months free in the hope some forget they are signed up in order to put them into paying £5 a month.
When actually for the total amount, people are better off switching to BT and having the same or cheaper bills with BT sports included 100% free.
It will be a clear flop like sky sports swapables was (look it up, poor quality video for starters). The main point was about being offered something better. Not 6 months of "free" BT sports on a tiny screen that most people will forget about like they did with swapables (which were so unpopular, they are no longer available).
It would have been better to see the ability to login to BT and have free viewing of BT sports on all devices.
You're right I'm wrong :wink:
EE want customers to be with EE rather than Life (higher ARPU or average revenue per user which is the key metric networks use), but would rather have them on Life than with a different company. To avoid devaluing the brand (in marketing speak) as a Life customer you won't get anything that is exclusive to EE customers.
Much nicer than the p1key Sky Silverlight webpage on Windows.
Also i have a lifemobile £1 sim bit cheeky but reckon that will work with this deal?
It even has A LOT less ad breaks than the American coverage, hilarious I can watch more of their sport than they can :stuck_out_tongue:
Just want for on the go myself
http://ee.co.uk/comingsoon/bt-sport-offer-register-your-interest
I rarely listen to football commentary as it's banal at best so play music when watching football.
Owen is a bit of an acquired taste I suspect.
I get sometimes bt have it on offer, i was contemplating going via the bt mobile route for £5 And quidco but that only gives you bt sport lite, even for a month or so for champions league this is good value as you get the full channels, i have t-mobile via EE however it is unlikely to receive the bt sport deal.as long as quality is decent
Itd been confirmed.
I thought people were saying you can only watch the app on the device and not use Chromecast etc?
Unless that restriction is purely with this version which is more limited!
The 2017 UEFA Champions League final, is scheduled for Saturday 3 June 2017 in Cardiff.
Not such a good deal.
tried Chromecast and it casts perfect
also downloaded it to my galaxy tab s2 tablet and signed in and this also worked even though it's over WiFi
for £5 per month after the offer finishes it'll be worth £5 per month to watch it on a TV using Chromecast as opposed to what sky charges for sports
seem a genuinely great deal to me
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Chromecast is the mk1 version
Tablet - gives an error message after signing in with the BT id. Something along the lines of this only works with devices with an EE SIM.
Phone - there is no option to cast.
Do you have BT broadband?
So, text sport to 150. Get a reply with a link to a BT sign up page where you put in moblie number, email and choose a password. Then get an email back from BT confirming sign up. User name is email and password you just signed up with. Download app from normal store.
On tablet, can watch anything catchup but anything live gives error message saying EE sim not present.
On phone, can watch both catchup and live but no chromecast option. However, can use the screen mirror option to cast to TV although this does tie up the phone and needs to be connected to power supply otherwise drains the battery rapidly. This seems to be the best workaround unless someone can find a better way.
In the app settings there is an option to turn off the data and use wifi only. Was hoping for something more reliable than KODI but I'll give it the six months and review my options then.
Phone is HTC10, tablet is Nexus 9, casting through Shield TV box with sky broadband and just realised as I'm typing this that these have all been purchased as a result of deals on here.:smile:
Is it a smartphone (just with the 3g instead of 4g/4g+)? Is it with EE direct and not one of their many subsidiary/third party companies that use EE's network?
--- update
speaking of the devil, it's working now on phone. AND ipad (connected to wifi). superb!
also can I watch on more than one device at the same time??
How easy is it to cancel after the 6 months are up? When and what is the best way to go about this?
Everything seemed to be going fine with the registration and it accepted my answer for Mother's maiden name. However when I clicked the email link to verify my BT ID, it said my answer is incorrect as answers have to be at least 3 digits! Yet the real answer is only 2 digits and it accepted that answer on the sign up page.
Now I'm stuck and can't do anything, the only advice pages are about re-setting usernames and passwords. No help on security question and calling both BT and EE has got me no-where but has given me an extreme head-ache and suicidal tendencies! Customer support?!? They should rename that!
Has anyone got any ideas how I can get around this? Thanks!
Here's some education for you:
google.com/answers
boards.gingerbeer.co.uk
If EE think after the 6 months is up I would be willing to pay £5 a month to watch anything on my phone screen they are stupid.
I have a calendar reminder for 04/12/16 to start te 6 month clock ticking - which covers the Champions League and the final in June 2017 - am still okay with this setup
thanks
No probs at all cancelled immediately