Hatton fight not on Sky Box Office in UK - anyone know whats going on ??

Anyone in UK know what's going on here !?

Just seen Setanta have exclusive rights to the fight but looks like you have to subscribe to them to get it - ie no pay per view !!

I am not subscribing to another sports channel as pay enough already

This is scandalous :(

Setanta mate ;)

Right if your quick and book it before SUNDAY 17th June you get Hatton v Castillo and 6 free premiership games (basically 3 months for the price of 1) £13.99 i think
Great deal imo 8)
http://gb.setanta.tv/index.htm

I was under the impression that Setanta was going to screen this one on PPV as well, although the Setanta PPV channels are at the end of the Sports channels on Sky, rather than with the box office channels, so maybe if you look there you'll find something. The 3 month deal however, is the way i'll be going forward, cause it's cheaper than actually getting the PPV.

Its normally £15 for sky PPV so its no different paying £15 for Setanta. Except with setanta you also get an extra 2 months free which includes premiership football, Racing UK (if your into horse racing) and any other boxing that they show. I ordered before Saturday and got to watch the cotto - judah fight live.

If you only want to order the fight you can for 19.99 on Setana as you would normally do on Sky Box Office.

Even as a proud Brit I'm not that interested in this fight. All of the real contenders went up to 147. Nobody cares about 140 any more.

It's like the big Brother house. The twins, Chanelle and Emily are all topless sunbathing in the garden whilst Tracy and Carole sit in the bedroom smoking fags. Where do you think the cameras are going to be?

will take the fifteen quid deal and make sure I remember to switch it off this time as I know they charge you if you go one day over !


cheers

Guess they are going to have the premiership plus games that Sky had for years - that was only £50 a season though

£15 a month is too much to pay for that IMO ::**

Does seem steep and they'll be the 'leftover games' too ;)

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will take the fifteen quid deal and make sure I remember to switch it off this time as I know they charge you if you go one day over !


cheers

Guess they are going to have the premiership plus games that Sky had for years - that was only £50 a season though

£15 a month is too much to pay for that IMO ::**

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I know that I am going to put a reminder in my phone to switch it off the day before, cause £15 a month for only 1/6 of the televised matches doesn't add up for me. However, if their coverage of big American boxing bouts continues, like Cotto v Judah, I might be persuaded to reconsider.

WE ARE IN FOR A REAL TREAT FROM SETANTA O0
FULL FIGHT SCHEDULE
www.rickyhitmanhatton.com
The following programming will be on Setanta Sports 1 in the week Leading up the Ricky v Castillo

Daily from 18th June to 23rd June at 7.30pm "Ricky Hatton Hits Vegas" this will feature interviews/press conference/access to training camp/Weigh in etc. Programmes will be repeated at 9.30pm that night, then 12.30 the following lunch time.

The full fights of the following bouts below) will be shown at the following times:
Ricky V Carlos Maussa
18th June - 8pm
19th June - 12:50pm

Castillo V Corrales (the first one)
19th June - 7.50pm
20th June - 12:50pm

Castillo V Corrales (the rematch)
20th June - 7.50pm
21st June - 1.20pm

Cotto v Judah
20th June - 11.20pm

"Hatton Hits Las Vegas" a documentary on Ricky and his trip to Vegas and other bits and pieces -
21st June - 11.30pm

Programming on the night will follow a full evening of USPGA Golf and the Boxing Coverage will start at 11pm on Saturday 23rd.

The first repeat for those who are too tired/gassed to see/remember is 10.30 on the Sunday morning.

There may be slight changes to the programming schedule and more information can be found here

http://gb.setanta.com/portal/systemc...b&dateadjust=7

There is a special offer running at the moment on the setanta website www.setanta.com/hatton or by calling 08712 003322 before midnight on the 17th, pay for 1 month and get 3 months viewing taking you through the first month or so of the football season. There is NO contract associated with the offer.. There are slight variations for Ireland/Northern Ireland and Freeview on the offer, but as a whole its all the same deal.

Has anyone found a schedule of what boxing fights the Setanta lot are going to cover? The only two I can find are Ricky's fight, and the John Duddy fight in July.

K...stupid question mayb, but is it possible to subscribe to setanta via internet?

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Even as a proud Brit I'm not that interested in this fight. All of the real contenders went up to 147. Nobody cares about 140 any more.

It's like the big Brother house. The twins, Chanelle and Emily are all topless sunbathing in the garden whilst Tracy and Carole sit in the bedroom smoking fags. Where do you think the cameras are going to be?

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In the garden with me. ;D

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K...stupid question mayb, but is it possible to subscribe to setanta via internet?

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www.setanta.com/hatton

This whole setanta situation is a joke! if you have virgin tv the offer of 3 months free does not apply so you have to subscribe properly to them to watch this fight, which i wont be doing! they are basically just using this fight to get lots of people subscribing and i wouldn't be surprised after they succeed if they dont have anymore big boxing events on again. it will be a case of mission complete.

You dont have to subscribe. You can just order the PPV on its own for 19.99.

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Originally Posted by Hughesd

You dont have to subscribe. You can just order the PPV on its own for 19.99.

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Why would anyone want to do that when you can pay £15 get the fight, all the programmes that are related to the fight (including the Corrales fight etc) and see the start of the prem league. all that for £15 or £20 for the fight on its own...let me think about it ???

i spoke to them this morning re the 19.99 deal and they said it wasn't available as ppv just subscription only

you cant get it on its own and on virgin you dont get all the extra's!!