BT Sport is officially changing its name later this year, with the platform rebranding to TNT Sports.
This is all part of the larger merger underway between Warner Bros. and Discovery and also affected HBO Max in the United States.
If you’ve already subscribed to BT Sport – or are thinking of signing up – you might be wondering how this change will impact you. Fortunately, we have the answers to your questions.
When will BT Sport rebrand to TNT Sports?
BT has confirmed that BT Sport will change its name to TNT Sports on July 18, 2023. So the last day the service will remain as BT Sport is July 17, 2023.
There will be four TNT Sports channels in total, which we believe will replace the BT Sport channels. As for the Eurosport channels, Warner Bros. Discovering provided the following statement in a press release:
“TNT Sports will today feature the live sports rights carried by BT Sport, while Eurosport in the UK and Ireland will continue to be available in the same way as today before being integrated into the new brand at some point in the future.”
Why is BT Sport changing its brand to TNT Sports?
Discovery also owns the premium streaming platform Eurosport, and the idea is that this service and BT Sport will be available under one package – TNT Sports.
This means the platform will have the rights to the Olympics, Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, Premiership Rugby, MotoGP, UFC, Boxing, WWE, The Greats Tennis slams, cycling Grand Tours and winter sports.
TNT Sports is already an established brand in Latin America, which is why Warner is unifying its titles under one name across the world.
Eurosport retired its dedicated streaming player in January, moving its content to Discovery+.
Will the price of BT Sport change when the rebranding takes place?
If you are currently in a TV contract, BT has confirmed on its landing page that there are no plans to change prices when the name change takes place. Of course, he neither confirmed nor denied if it will happen later.
On the flexible subscription side, things are less clear. Currently, if you want to pay BT Sport on a monthly rolling contract, you have to pay £29.99 per month. We know that anyone wishing to do so after July 18 will need to go through the Discovery+ app, rather than the dedicated BT Sport app.
BT customers should already have access to the Discovery+ Entertainment & Sports subscription at no extra cost, and you can find out more on the Discovery+ website. The same goes for anyone who gets BT Sport through Sky.
If you have both a Discovery+ streaming subscription and access to BT Sport, you can cancel your Discovery+ subscription (this will end after your last billing date) and just watch through your BT credentials.
Your billing information will be under the TNT Sports name rather than BT Sport when rebranding.
BT also told us that Virgin Media includes (and will continue to include) the linear channels Eurosport and TNT Sports in its TV packages.
How to switch from BT Sport to TNT Sports?
We don’t yet know if BT Sport subscribers will have to do anything with the switch.
As noted above, app users will instead have to go through Discovery+ for content.
I subscribe to Discovery+ Entertainment and Sports. What should I know?
If you don’t have a BT Sport subscription and just watch your sport via Discovery+, then at the moment you don’t need to do anything. However, we suspect the service will offer a bundle with TNT Sports at launch.
Discovery will communicate any price changes to customers, if applicable. Currently you can get two separate services, either an entertainment pass for £3.99 per month or an entertainment and sports pass for £6.99 per month.
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