Friday 24 July 2009

ESPN pricing confirmed for Virgin Media?

The ESPN America website has changed, on the page which details how to get the channel, saying:

"ESPN America is available on Virgin Media channel 533 but differs depending on what Virgin TV package you subscribe to.

M & L pack subscribers: ESPN America costs an additional £10
XL Pack subscribers: ESPN America is free as part of your package"

This suggests that the new channel will be available for free to all XL TV subscribers, and for all other customers it will be available for an extra £10 a month as an additional service. Good news if true, but there is yet to be an official announcement regarding this.

Meanwhile, a Digital Spy member has contacted Neil Berkett, the CEO of Virgin Media, to ask if ESPN will be available on Virgin Media, and received the reply "you will be able to get ESPN but not in HD at the moment." So it is very unlikely that Virgin Media customers will be able to experience the new ESPN channel in HD until a later date.

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