Looking at each service individually, BT Sports doesn’t have as many channels to choose from but this is countered by the fact that the monthly cost is lower. With BT Sports, you can choose either “Sport” or “Big Sport”. 

BT Sport Package

If you opt for Sport, you have access to BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2, BT Sport 3 as well as BT Sport ESPN all available in HD. For the football fans reading, this will include Live Premier League and UEFA Champions League. Other sports that this will cover are Premiership Rugby, Cricket, Boxing, Hockey, Baseball, Basketball, Red Bull’s various events and WWE wrestling. This all comes for the nice tidy price of £16 a month for 24 months, which is not too much more expensive than some of the streaming services out there and you get more sports content than you can shake a hairy stick at. Unlike the streaming services, you are locked in for the 24 months, unless you cancel. There’s a one-off setup fee with BT Sports of £39.99, double that of Sky Sports. Even with the high set-up fee, it is still the most affordable sports service on the market.

BT Big Sport Package

Big Sport offers all 11 Sky Sports channels, Eurosports 1 and 2, with the BT Sports channels on top, this is almost the same as the Sky TV, Sky Sports and BT Sport Package. It’s higher in price than BT Sports standard package but less than the Sky TV full Sports package at £41 a month with the same set up fee. With this option you can up to the BT Sport Contract-free.

The BT Sport option that may suit most is the BT Sport Monthly Pass and it is much more like conventional streaming services but at a high price point, it’s £25 a month which gives you access for 30 days and you do not need to have a contract with BT TV or BT Broadband. This is often a better option for those who want to see what BT Sport has to offer before signing up to a full contract.

What channel is BT Sports?

This depends on what service you are watching your BT Sports on.

If you are watching BT Sports on BT TV or TalkTalk, BT Sport 1 is channel 408, BT Sport 2 is channel 409, BT Sport is channel 410. Click here’s a full list for BT TV. 

If you are watching BT Sports on Sky TV, BT Sport 1 is on channel 867, BT Sport 2 is on channel 869 and BT Sport 3 is on channel 869. Click here’s a full list for Sky TV.

How to get BT Sport on Freeview TV?

BT Sport used to be available on Freeview channel 115, it was known as BT Sport Showcase. This is not available anymore. BT Sport Showcase was a free TV channel available with Freeview but with their main services being paid for, it means that BT Sport Showcase could no longer be offered for free. If you use freeview and you want to access BT Sport without paying for a big subscription service, you can buy the monthly passes. Click here to access the monthly pass.

You can use this monthly pass on your laptop, sometimes on the BT.com/sport  you may find a game being broadcast for free but the monthly pass is such good value for money that it is worth buying. 

If you want to view BT Sport on your big screen but cannot access it with your current TV provider, there are a few options; you can play it through your games console with the BT Sport App, you can connect your laptop via a HDMI cable to your TV and share the screen or you can cast from your laptop to your TV depending on your home technology set up.

How to Cancel BT Sports?

If you want to cancel BT Sports, you just need to login to your MyBT account, find the  BT Sport Monthly Pass and then select the “Cancel Subscription”. If you decide to cancel this, you will still be able to keep watching until your 30 day viewing period runs out. That’s a great part about BT Sports, when you want to cancel BT sports, it can be done very easily so the commitment is low.