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lexington
09-18-2006, 04:09 PM
Hello, could you please tell me if you have access to usa NBA games in London? Or if you have a satellite service that offers that, what is the name of that company? Thanks :)

ALGORYTHM
09-18-2006, 04:18 PM
Sky's satellite offering is the most popular way to get NBA in the UK.

http://www.nba.com/uk/nba_skysports_020123.html

lexington
09-18-2006, 04:22 PM
Thanks a lot. Would you happen to know if League Pass is offered over in London?

lexington
09-18-2006, 05:04 PM
Man is sky the only source? All of their emails are dead, their contact forms error, and I was placed on hold forever with no answer when I called.

dale1991
09-18-2006, 05:13 PM
Telewest do, other known as NTL.

lexington
09-18-2006, 05:41 PM
Great, yes I just found out about NTL and that service looks better. So did you mean that you know that NTL offers NBA league pass?

Kemik
09-18-2006, 05:56 PM
NBA isn't very popular in England, but I saw things like US Baseball, basketball, and american football on random channels late at night.

Like, the other day I watched 10 minutes of American football on Channel five at 1am.

lexington
09-18-2006, 05:59 PM
Thanks, yes I am aware of American sports are not that popular in England. I was curious to know if they offer the NBA League Pass service. I have already contacted their sales team and hopefully I will get an answer.

KI-ChrisE
09-18-2006, 06:45 PM
Man is sky the only source? All of their emails are dead, their contact forms error, and I was placed on hold forever with no answer when I called.

Sounds unlike Sky, I always get through to them pretty quick, and their emails work fine.

Vortex-Steve
09-18-2006, 07:25 PM
Man is sky the only source? All of their emails are dead, their contact forms error, and I was placed on hold forever with no answer when I called.

I'm not sure Sky's sales are open at 9pm at night anyway, might of sat forever.

Sky Sports will show a few games a week I would of thought. Other likely channel is NASN (North American Sports Network I think) who show a lot of baseball and the CFL. Sky Sports show a fair amount of NFL. Channel 5 also show Baseball and NFL.

Other than that you probably won't find much more American sport. I guess a few people do watch it when it's on, but the main problem is simply the timing. For example the NFL on Channel 5 tonight starts at 1am.

KI-ChrisE
09-18-2006, 08:02 PM
From what I recall Sky's number is available from 8 till 11.

Maybe be wrong there but I recall ringing them late at night on several occassions.

lexington
09-19-2006, 09:51 AM
Weird I am surprised you guys are not sure. If you were to ask me about American TV I can give you the channels, networks, and any other information. I guess TV isn't as popular over there?

KI-ChrisE
09-19-2006, 09:55 AM
There isn't an NBA League Pass in the UK, as shown on their page here:

http://www.nba.com/nba_tv/league_pass.html

All you need is Sky Sports 3 and Xtra. I believe you can get these with Sky / NTL and Telewest.

tree-host
09-19-2006, 10:40 AM
If you asked up about english sports, or internatinal sports, someone would probably know theexact chanel (Skysports 1 for Cricket, ITV for F1 racing) but the NBA really isnt something that many people watch, as far as i know, as most of the games are shown in the early hours of the morning.

a quick google search tho
http://www.nba.com/uk/nba_skysports_020123.html

Looks like you will need Sky sports 1, Five and NASN

Vortex-Steve
09-19-2006, 12:32 PM
Weird I am surprised you guys are not sure. If you were to ask me about American TV I can give you the channels, networks, and any other information. I guess TV isn't as popular over there?

Of course TV is popular over here. What isn't popular is American sports only shown at 1am in the morning!

Kemik
09-19-2006, 12:39 PM
We prefer real sports like Rugby League.

Widnes Vikings for promotion :)

phill2003
09-19-2006, 04:19 PM
Weird I am surprised you guys are not sure. If you were to ask me about American TV I can give you the channels, networks, and any other information. I guess TV isn't as popular over there?


Its not tv that is not popular its american sports :) but from what i can gather american stuff is shown late at night on chanel 5.

is nba baseball or basketball?

Vortex-Steve
09-19-2006, 04:32 PM
NBA is basketball. MLB is baseball.