New Freeview TV Channel: Sommet Sports

what kind of mickey mouse channel does not show through Sky?

i'ts really good for people who cannot afford sky .you get EPL we get bundsliga that's fair . plus it's not all footy apparently they will be throwing in weird sports like TNA whats that  ? .Oz rules will be nice to watch also . i feel a change coming something other than rugby replays

yeah, but now I have to go and buy a freeview box I will barely use just because I want to watch some German football and someone wanted to keep the underclass happy?

1, 2, 3, Four, Maori and Prime channels are all available through Sky

Edit - notice if you scroll down there are more channels to see....

Well I'm p*ssed off

AS people pointed out earlier - Sky probably hasnt picked them up as they are competition - why promote a competitior company where you once had such a strong monopoly. Giving Sommet more ratings and viewers would only help them grow stronger and give them power to pick up bigger events - Sky sports will then lose more credibility as people will question how much they are paying..

Replay of the England v Ireland game is on from 8pm.

I can't find this channel.  GRRRR

or try re-searching all channels then it should pop up on 114 . this is a test channel still and will change probably to channel 14 later on

Bradford v Arsenal league cup game was on last night. Part of me was excited to see some footy and my team but also gutted that they had to show "this" game. I didn't watch it to the end :)

Tonight at 7:40pm on Sommet is the Capital Cup clash between Chelsea and Swansea.

Whenever I flick over it's always showing Aussie Rules.

I'm starting to get used to it.  It's a bit more interesting than other egg balls actually.

Loving the 3 to 4 games of Live Footy over the weekend!

#ilovesommetsports

Is it worth getting a freeview box just for this channel?

I only have Freeview but am too challenged to manage to re-search everything, hopefully it's not too long before it's on channel 14 for good.

You will need a freeview receiver to get all channels soon

I would be guessing Tegal is asking if it is worth it if he already has Sky, and hence already gets the important other channels.

Only available on UHF Freeview isn't it? Use it as an excuse to buy a new TV with a tuner card, so you can just plug a TV aerial in to get it.

Well EPL won't be on sky, and not likely to be on Sommet

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/8810945/Sky-loses-rights-to-English-Premier-League

Moot point anyway, as I live in an area where we can only get satellite coverage. I shall miss watching the EPL via honest methods. Guess I'll just have to listen to the radio.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/8814011/Changes-on-way-for-sport-viewing

So Telecom is being a British Telecom? They might need some rugby to make is viable?

Rights to the EPL in NZ have been sold to "an internet start up called Colosseum".

F##k - "an internet start up" !!!!!

Sounds like a scam to me !!!!

And Sky came third in the bidding behind Sommet Sports !!! Pathetic....

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10891391

"Sommet posted a message on its Twitter account this evening, which said: "Sommet doesn't have EPL, we came second in the bidding, MP & Silva sold the rights to an internet start up called colosseum [sic]"."

Sky TV: ""Last week we concluded our biggest ever deal with Football New Zealand to cover All Whites and Football Ferns matches, we will continue to show Wellington Phoenix and other A-League matches and through ESPN we will continue to have coverage of the Champions League. Over the coming weeks we expect to announce more new football coverage."

Hey BP65. There's a whole thread on this topic under Brit football.

What we know about Sommet Sports' football coverage so far - from recent posts on the Fever:

JarrodM wrote:

Yeah sommet have a deal with Chelsea TV to show all their games like 48 hours after they're played or something like that. they're going to get another deal like this set up so they'll have two games a week.

Ok so is there a secret to getting this channel? Freeview at home (built into tv) - no such channel as 114. Freeview at work (via an external receiver) - still no such channel.

They are still in testing stages, so you have to manually navigate to channel 114 with the numbers on your remote. it doesn't show in the guide or channel lists.

Does anyone know: If I just have satellite Freeview, will Somnet Sports eventually be available for viewing?

Maybe when it changes from a Test Transmission to a permanent channel?

http://www.sommetsports.co.nz/

Sommet asked on Facebook which other EPL 'TV' fans would want to see (other than Chelsea which they already have), and some wise guy linked the Liverpool Supporters Forum to the post. 250 posts later, 200 of them are asking for Liverpool, each with an additional gazillion likes.

So I guess it will be LFC TV.