what streaming/cable services do you use for sport and how much does it cost you

[Spikey]

I don't think we have a dedicated thread on this subject which seems like a bit of an oversight, as I imagine many of us spend an awful lot of money watching sport and we don't really have a general place to discuss various broadcast issues, such as the cases in Australia right now with Foxtel/Kayo being sold to new owners and the Premier League moving to a new steaming service (https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...eague-rights-australia-optus-sport-shuts-down)

So my country is Australia and my services are: (costs in $AUD)

Kayo ($40 a month)
Sports/Leagues watched: AFL, Cricket and F1, and then a bit of NRL and other bits and pieces that Kayo has.

ESPN through Disney+ ($16 a month covering ESPN and Disney+)
Sports/Leagues watched: NHL plus MLB/NFL/NBA on occasions, AEW (wrestling) and, now, cricket! [note: this one is a bit confusing as ESPN is also broadcast through Kayo so you can get most of the ESPN offerings through Kayo, however it did not broadcast all NHL games through Kayo, so previously I was paying $6 bucks a month for another service until Disney+ started offering ESPN earlier this year at which point I jumped across to Disney+. I suspect some point soon, Kayo will stop having access to ESPN]

OptusSport (10 bucks a month or something. I used to get it for free...)
Sports/Leagues watched: Premier League/Woman's Super League/FA Cup. So the EPL contract has been sold off to StanSports as of today so I guess I'll be changing over to that. There's no word about the Woman's Super League coming across to StanSports but surely it will. StanSports already has the Champions League plus a lot of the Rugby offerings but it's a bit empty beyond that.

And then for my wrestling, there's WrestleUniverse for about 13 bucks a month, which gives me a bunch of Japanese promotions and is a great deal for me, NJPW World for 16 bucks a month, which gives me one Japanese promotion and no longer provides value for money at all, and previously I was spending about 12 bucks a month for AEW through Fite.TV, but that is now mostly avalaible through Disney+ (so Disney+ saves me money compared to what I used to pay to watch the NHL and AEW), plus whatever PPVs I may buy in any given month.

There's also Amazon Price for the ICC Events, but I have Prime regardless of any sport offerings so it feels weird to add it here.

So around $91 a month, I think $95 a month when StanSports starts showing the EPL. NJPW World is really the only one I might consider cancelling anytime soon, although during summer I might be able to get rid of Kayo, which is by far the service I'm most unhappy with.

 

[sledger]

Used to have Sky TV but it's just obscenely expensive. Will occasionally purchase a daily Now TV subscription if there's a particular match I'm keen to watch. Have bought a lot of AEW ppvs on Fite over the years, but none for a while now.

 

[Coronis]

Yeah the only one I subscribe to for purely sports stuff is Kayo obviously, but I also subscribe to Stan. I’m also on Disney+ but haven’t used that for sport at all.

So Kayo ($40 monthly) and Stan ($27 monthly) equalling $67 monthly. For that I’ll watch Rugby League (every Penrith game, select others when I have time), F1, V8 Supercars, NASCAR Road Races and Cricket on Kayo, and Indycar and World Endurance Championship on Stan.

 

[cascade]

I have access to Foxtel & F1TV via my dad, access to Amazon Prime via a friend, and SBS is free, so that luckily covers all of the sports I follow (cricket, netball, cycling & F1). I've subscribed to Stan Sports on occasion in the past when there's something on that I or anyone on my Stan account wants to watch, which I think is usually an extra $10/month? Might be more now.

 

[Furball]

Was paying something like £70 a month through Sky for Sky Sports and TNT Sports. Binned them off around Christmas time because I don't typically watch much in the way of live sport anymore and can't say I've missed them all that much.

 

[honestbharani]

I don't think we have a dedicated thread on this subject which seems like a bit of an oversight, as I imagine many of us spend an awful lot of money watching sport and we don't really have a general place to discuss various broadcast issues, such as the cases in Australia right now with Foxtel/Kayo being sold to new owners and the Premier League moving to a new steaming service (https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...eague-rights-australia-optus-sport-shuts-down)

So my country is Australia and my services are: (costs in $AUD)

Kayo ($40 a month)
Sports/Leagues watched: AFL, Cricket and F1, and then a bit of NRL and other bits and pieces that Kayo has.

ESPN through Disney+ ($16 a month covering ESPN and Disney+)
Sports/Leagues watched: NHL plus MLB/NFL/NBA on occasions, AEW (wrestling) and, now, cricket! [note: this one is a bit confusing as ESPN is also broadcast through Kayo so you can get most of the ESPN offerings through Kayo, however it did not broadcast all NHL games through Kayo, so previously I was paying $6 bucks a month for another service until Disney+ started offering ESPN earlier this year at which point I jumped across to Disney+. I suspect some point soon, Kayo will stop having access to ESPN]

OptusSport (10 bucks a month or something. I used to get it for free...)
Sports/Leagues watched: Premier League/Woman's Super League/FA Cup. So the EPL contract has been sold off to StanSports as of today so I guess I'll be changing over to that. There's no word about the Woman's Super League coming across to StanSports but surely it will. StanSports already has the Champions League plus a lot of the Rugby offerings but it's a bit empty beyond that.

And then for my wrestling, there's WrestleUniverse for about 13 bucks a month, which gives me a bunch of Japanese promotions and is a great deal for me, NJPW World for 16 bucks a month, which gives me one Japanese promotion and no longer provides value for money at all, and previously I was spending about 12 bucks a month for AEW through Fite.TV, but that is now mostly avalaible through Disney+ (so Disney+ saves me money compared to what I used to pay to watch the NHL and AEW), plus whatever PPVs I may buy in any given month.

There's also Amazon Price for the ICC Events, but I have Prime regardless of any sport offerings so it feels weird to add it here.

So around $91 a month, I think $95 a month when StanSports starts showing the EPL. NJPW World is really the one I might consider cancelling anytime soon, although during summer I might be able to get rid of Kayo, which is by far the service I'm most unhappy with.

So which shows IPL in Australia?

 

[Spikey]

So which shows IPL in Australia?

Kayo shows IPL now, along with most cricket shown into England and into India, but IPL coverage into Australia has had a long history. Back when it first launched it was offered on free to air/terrestrial TV on a dedicated Sports channel, but then Lachlan Murdoch bought into the network that was doing the channel and became it's acting CEO and then the dedicated Sports channel disappeared. I think for a season or two it may have even not been picked up, or at least it was very difficult to watch

 

[Spikey]

the thing you need to know about Kayo is that the actual streaming service sucks. it's terrible.

 

[BoyBrumby]

I have the full Sky Sports package, but not TNT.

NFI what it costs as we have phone, broadband, Netflix, Sky Movies and Disney channel in a bundle, which is £150.48 a month.

 

[sledger]

My dad has been receiving TNT for years without paying for it. He cancelled his subscription around the start of COVID but despite not taking any money from him they never actually turned off access to the channels.

 

[honestbharani]

In India, with the recent merger of Jio and Star, things are a little more streamlined.

You get almost all cricket on JioHotstar, which costs about Rs. 1500 a year, I think.
For WWE wrestling and some of the football etc, you can get Sony LIV, which is another 1000 a year.
For the rest of the sports action, there is FanCode, who go day by day, event by event etc in pricing but I think a full year sub is the same 1000 there.
Dont think there are any other services you would need to subscribe to, for any sports. Throw in Amazon Prime there for another 1500, maybe?

So max of about 5000 a year, I guess - which roughly is about US $63 a year.


EDIT - Just realized WWE moved to Netflix from June. I guess if you add in the premium netflix sub, it would add another 8K to this number. So about, US $151 per year overall.

 

[morgieb]

Only Kayo and Amazon Prime (if it counts). Though I use my parent's account for Kayo.

Pretty rare I watch something that isn't cricket/AFL/league at this point. My stepdad watches a lot of golf and NFL, and some baseball for good measure.

Would be about $50 per month.

 

[GIMH]

Sky Sports and Netflix cover me for cricket, footy and WWE. I pay £68/month for the overall package which includes movies and entertainment too

TNT I get for free with my phone bill and I only ever really watch cricket on there. Maybe a bit of champions league but not often

 

[Coronis]

My dad has been receiving TNT for years without paying for it. He cancelled his subscription around the start of COVID but despite not taking any money from him they never actually turned off access to the channels.

Poor bastard.

 

[Ali TT]

Think my Virgin deal is about £75/month with TNT and Sky plus broadband and some other **** channels we never watch.

Every 18 months l have to go through the charade of pretending to leave so they put me on a new deal at same price rather than yank it up to £100+.

 

[ripper868]

Now TV for Sky Sports - £19 a month (by pretending to cancel it every 3 months or so, You get the 'please don't leave' specials (Plus Boost for £1 for HD and multi device streaming + £3 for entertainment package (TV Series etc) - so £23 a month.

Not bothered by BT/TNT or others, Sky seems to have the main things I'll want to watch 90% of the time.

 

[Furball]

I have the full Sky Sports package, but not TNT.

NFI what it costs as we have phone, broadband, Netflix, Sky Movies and Disney channel in a bundle, which is £150.48 a month.

Haha you are getting shafted, a quick look on the Sky website I can build a package for £112, and that's with every TV package and their top of the range WiFi.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Yeah, we are.

I just agree to what the missus says usually but looking at the prices we're getting absolutely rinsed.

I can basically get our package for £85.

 

[Furball]

Now TV for Sky Sports - £19 a month (by pretending to cancel it every 3 months or so, You get the 'please don't leave' specials (Plus Boost for £1 for HD and multi device streaming + £3 for entertainment package (TV Series etc) - so £23 a month.

Not bothered by BT/TNT or others, Sky seems to have the main things I'll want to watch 90% of the time.

Yeah I kept BT out of laziness. Used to be good for UEFA competitions, SPFL games and Sunday night Serie A. They've gradually lost more and more stuff to the point that I wasn't watching any of it.

 

[Ali TT]

BT, now TNT, has acquired Eurosport in the UK so has your supply of the minor sports like pool, ski jumping, equestrian, endurance motorsport, the Tour de France, biathlon and the Olympics.