Who is going to pay for BOX NATION when it stops being freeview?

When news of a boxing chanel first broke I was a bit sceptical but speak as you find for £10 i think its great value and I will be getting it.

Its worth a tenner for just the Cotto-AM rematch.

I understand what your saying, but a lot of people cant afford it, im still in too minds about paying for it.

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Originally Posted by roberto duran legend

I understand what your saying, but a lot of people cant afford it, im still in too minds about paying for it.

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From what I understand in the USA you got to pay around $50 for 1 PPV event.

For a £10 over here you get a months boxing for that.

You cant even get 4 pints of larger in the UK for £10 today.

did a poll on this not so long back. I have finished with paying extra for channels so am saying no


though someone had a good point saying if there was to be no more ppv then maybe its worth it - used to pay for 4 or so a year anyway.

But if they going to be scattered over sky, primetime and boxnation then fuck that

I'd certainly pay for it if it was offered in US. I think BoxNation is one of the greatest programs created for UK tv.

I have to settle for a BoxNation stream here but that's good enough cuz the quality is great.

I hear primetime have got Marquez vs Pac.

If thats the case then all sky have got is prizefighters and Froch vs Ward. Is it worth the subscription when I can watch it on a stream? Wont bother with box nation cuz everytime I try to record a fight on that channel it messes it up and you cant even complain at their website.

If Boxnation keep up their current output of fights (and quality of fights) then, if you're a big boxing fan, its a no brainer of epic proportions to subscribe. To anyone moaning about the cost (I have seen people moaning around various places), seriously how much entertainment do you want for a tenner over the course of a whole month?

As I do not have sky I will get it especially for the Cotto fight, I wanted the Manny fight too.

I want it on Virgin too, as I also get to watch ESPN with my package.

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Originally Posted by J_C

If Boxnation keep up their current output of fights (and quality of fights) then, if you're a big boxing fan, its a no brainer of epic proportions to subscribe. To anyone moaning about the cost (I have seen people moaning around various places), seriously how much entertainment do you want for a tenner over the course of a whole month?

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It's not so much the £10 a month on its own though. For what they're showing that isn't bad at all, if you take that by itself. You have to factor in Sky as well which is like £70 a month. If boxing was the only sport I watched on TV then it would I'd subscribe 100% and just drop Sky, but as I watch a lot of a football and various other sports, I don't really fancy paying extra money on top just for boxing. Especially if Primetime are going to keep nipping in and picking up odd fights- like Pacquiao-JMM III - and charging £14.95 for them. It just adds up and becomes too much.

I think it should be free as a supscriprion won't encourage new fans into boxing. To think that Chanel 5 got 5 million viewers for a Tyson fury fight which was free and box nation are going to struggle to get 25,000 subscribers. It should be free as everyone pays a tv licence which is expensive enough these days. Plus people pay 60 pounds a month for a sky sports package so why the extra 10 pound a month for fat Frank warrens pocket!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi guys,

Just wanted to clarify what BoxNation will be offering.

BoxNation is a brand new boxing channel that has exclusive rights to show some of the UK’s biggest fights, as well as showing classic fights and the latest boxing news.

As of December BoxNation will become a subscription only service, and will be available for just £10 a month. The date on which the subscription fee is introduced will depend on whether you are a Sky or Virgin Media subscriber, or you plan to watch the online service through the BoxNation website.

In the meantime, you can sign up to our mailing list to be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets to a spectacular night of boxing at Wembley on Nov 5th. You’ll receive updates on upcoming fights and exclusive boxing news.

Visit boxnation.tv for more information.

Thanks,

BoxNation

Is it free on virgin yet? I'll pay for it, student loan can stretch 10 quid a month ;)

How the he'll can u start to charge people for this one sport when I already pay 60 pounds a month for a sky sports package. If this was a free view Chanel u could expect to get millions of viewers for good fights but charging 10 pound a month I not going to attract more than 25,000 subscribers. Boxnation has no chance in the world of working and it is never going to attract new people into this sport by charging to watch it. I love boxing and I won't pay this extra money for something that I'm already paying for sky sports, think I'll just have to watch prizefighter from now on and Tyson fury on Chanel 5. Hopefully they realise this ain't going to work and keep it as a normal tv Chanel. We all pay out tv licence and a lot of people have sky sports and this I expensive enough.

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Originally Posted by BoxNation

Hi guys,

Just wanted to clarify what BoxNation will be offering.

BoxNation is a brand new boxing channel that has exclusive rights to show some of the UK’s biggest fights, as well as showing classic fights and the latest boxing news.

As of December BoxNation will become a subscription only service, and will be available for just £10 a month. The date on which the subscription fee is introduced will depend on whether you are a Sky or Virgin Media subscriber, or you plan to watch the online service through the BoxNation website.

In the meantime, you can sign up to our mailing list to be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets to a spectacular night of boxing at Wembley on Nov 5th. You’ll receive updates on upcoming fights and exclusive boxing news.

Visit boxnation.tv for more information.

Thanks,

BoxNation

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How the he'll can u start to charge people for this one sport when I already pay 60 pounds a month for a sky sports package. If this was a free view Chanel u could expect to get millions of viewers for good fights but charging 10 pound a month I not going to attract more than 25,000 subscribers. Boxnation has no chance in the world of working and it is never going to attract new people into this sport by charging to watch it. I love boxing and I won't pay this extra money for something that I'm already paying for sky sports, think I'll just have to watch prizefighter from now on and Tyson fury on Chanel 5. Hopefully they realise this ain't going to work and keep it as a normal tv Chanel. We all pay out tv licence and a lot of people have sky sports and this I expensive enough.

It depends who is fighting on it each month, but i will pay for it this month because of Burns - Kastidis, Bute -Johnson, Groves - Smith, Selby -Simpson, Crolla - Limond, Lebedev -Toney, gotta be worth a tenner.

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It depends who is fighting on it each month, but i will pay for it this month because of Burns - Kastidis, Bute -Johnson, Groves - Smith, Selby -Simpson, Crolla - Limond, Lebedev -Toney, gotta be worth a tenner.

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Yea but if box nation get away with this what's gunna happen next itv will start charging people a 5 er to watch coronation street or emerdale!! It's a rip off for tv that we are already paying for!!

i have just commented on something simmilar on a box nation post........ as i never seen this one i thinks its really good but not sure about pay per view :(

So it goes subscription for Cotto-Margarito?.... or Khan-Peterson? Interesting

The rest of December's action doesn't look very impressive :-\

(odds against this channel is still operating this time next year)

I think I'll pay for it, my internet connection is often too slow to stream fights and I've been really enjoying watching Boxnation so far. I don't see why it can't survive into next year and keep going from there.

Looks like we're going to have to if we want the big fights as Sky have confirmed today that they are pulling the plug on ALL Pay Per View boxing "for now"..... All of a sudden a tenner a month seems ok - obviously depending on the quality AND amount of decent bills. One thing that does worry me is when Warren said in an interview "it will start as a free channel, then from 2012 will be £10 a month....from there we will see how it goes...." Methinks somewhere along the line additional fees may be in store....but I'll wait and see. Yes I will be buying.

No way in the world will I be paying 120 pound a year for boxing. When I watch all the fights on YouTube anywayz!!!

bet you won't be able to switch on and off month by month either - and will there be an initial connection fee ??

Seriously don't know why people are fussed paying 10 quid. Just don't spend as much on one night out and you can have a good boxing channel. 10 quid is fuck all!!

Totally agree with Tam. When this launched they were talking about 2 live fight cards a week. At £120 a year this works out at £1.15 for each fight card. How is this not fantastic value if you're a boxing fan? I just don't get why some are moaning. It has to make money to survive and £10 a month for what you get seems a steal compared to the same charge for mutv etc...

I understand that with Sky on top that's more expensive but not £70 each month. For that you are obviously getting a large Sky package. Why not reduce the cost of this and add BoxNation? I guess it depends on your situation but that's what I would do if money was an issue.

As for the issue of the fights getting cut short Buncy said on his show they were working on this and would fix it. I can only assume this will be fixed by the time they charge.

I am going to get it, you lot should cancel your sky, that is what I say and join the boxnation revolution.

Another thread says that sky aren't doing box-office fights either so I think the boxnation channel will have the best fights. I'm on virgin and not bothered about paying 10 quid, it's fuck all when you do work it out. As long as they continue to have good fights whats wrong with paying? We are in a modern world and you have to pay for everything these days. No way its going to ever be free people just need to accept that fact and stop moaning about it. It could be a lot worse than 10 quid a month for what they are offfering IMO. And as long as they bring quality boxing I'll pay it.

I cannot afford to pay so it does bother me, but I stopped subscribing to sky a while back so it will be from that money I have saved I will be using to watch boxnation, not from the fund that feeds the kids. :)

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Originally Posted by Master

I cannot afford to pay so it does bother me, but I stopped subscribing to sky a while back so it will be from that money I have saved I will be using to watch boxnation, not from the fund that feeds the kids. :)

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I think I'm right in saying you have Virgin instead of Sky. Can't get Virgin where I live but is it that much cheaper for the equivalent package?

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I cannot afford to pay so it does bother me, but I stopped subscribing to sky a while back so it will be from that money I have saved I will be using to watch boxnation, not from the fund that feeds the kids. :)

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I think I'm right in saying you have Virgin instead of Sky. Can't get Virgin where I live but is it that much cheaper for the equivalent package?

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They are all doing deals now, so it depends on what works for you. I have the bundle phone,internet,XL TV package which includes Europsort and ESPN (and kids stuff like Ben 10 for the children) for £48 + calls which is normally another £10 a month. That works for me but sky do bundle packages too as do BT.

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I cannot afford to pay so it does bother me, but I stopped subscribing to sky a while back so it will be from that money I have saved I will be using to watch boxnation, not from the fund that feeds the kids. :)

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I think I'm right in saying you have Virgin instead of Sky. Can't get Virgin where I live but is it that much cheaper for the equivalent package?

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They are all doing deals now, so it depends on what works for you. I have the bundle phone,internet,XL TV package which includes Europsort and ESPN (and kids stuff like Ben 10 for the children) for £48 + calls which is normally another £10 a month. That works for me but sky do bundle packages too as do BT.

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Thanks, sounds pretty similar to Sky pricing for what your getting. I get the full Sky package plus HD add on and broadband for £60 ish a month. Previously I was on a family pack with just sp1 and broadband and it was £32 a month. Would go back to that plus boxnation if things got tight again.

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I cannot afford to pay so it does bother me, but I stopped subscribing to sky a while back so it will be from that money I have saved I will be using to watch boxnation, not from the fund that feeds the kids. :)

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I think I'm right in saying you have Virgin instead of Sky. Can't get Virgin where I live but is it that much cheaper for the equivalent package?

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They are all doing deals now, so it depends on what works for you. I have the bundle phone,internet,XL TV package which includes Europsort and ESPN (and kids stuff like Ben 10 for the children) for £48 + calls which is normally another £10 a month. That works for me but sky do bundle packages too as do BT.

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Thanks, sounds pretty similar to Sky pricing for what your getting. I get the full Sky package plus HD add on and broadband for £60 ish a month. Previously I was on a family pack with just sp1 and broadband and it was £32 a month. Would go back to that plus boxnation if things got tight again.

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Yes get the HD too and the box that records but yes decisions to pay the bills or watch the boxing? :)

I know what Tam and the other guys are saying - yes £10 is fuck all and I wouldn't bat an eyelid at paying three times that for a round of drinks on a night out , but with TV its now the principle for me.

I am not being held to ransom by these different tv companies and channels etc.. just so more money gets pumped into the game and the fighters, footballers can have bigger fucking pay packets . I refuse to get ESPN, haven't paid for a Primetime fight yet and am pretty certain I won't be getting Boxnation.


Thats the issue guys - not the £10

Thanks for all...

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Originally Posted by thomastandon

Thanks for all...

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its a pleasure - and thanks for your post too

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Originally Posted by Mark TKO

I know what Tam and the other guys are saying - yes £10 is fuck all and I wouldn't bat an eyelid at paying three times that for a round of drinks on a night out , but with TV its now the principle for me.

I am not being held to ransom by these different tv companies and channels etc.. just so more money gets pumped into the game and the fighters, footballers can have bigger fucking pay packets . I refuse to get ESPN, haven't paid for a Primetime fight yet and am pretty certain I won't be getting Boxnation.


Thats the issue guys - not the £10

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I understand what your saying too mark, but the promoters and tv companies don't give a shit do they? And the only way we can watch legitamate boxing is to pay for it. Annoying as it is, we have no choice.

Is this what we all have to look forward to PPV, for all sport people's greed for money very sad for all the way, I look at, make a liveing not a killing. at this moment in time there is not a lot of money spare
So 1 prime ppv and boxnation 25pound in a month sorry forgot about ESPN call it 35 pound :(

I wish they would do this with cricket too! Then I would dump Sky and kiss goodbye to the joke that is football!!!
Box Nation works out quite good if you look at it on a daily budget!

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Originally Posted by Sweet_T

I wish they would do this with cricket too! Then I would dump Sky and kiss goodbye to the joke that is football!!!
Box Nation works out quite good if you look at it on a daily budget!

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Agreed Sky is a rip off and the Premiere League football is a joke.

My lad has just got me boxnation I am well pleased.:clap: