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Sky also announced that it has secured the exclusive rights to England matches in the new Uefa Nations League, including qualifiers for Euro 2020 and the 2022 World Cup.

https://www.theguardian.com/business...e-rights-costs

muppetman11

26-01-2017 10:43

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Sky profits dented by higher football rights costs

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38754997

denphone

30-01-2017 19:12

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BT fires opening shot at Sky in new Champions League rights battle.

https://www.theguardian.com/business...hts-sky-sports

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To date Sky and BT have attempted to play down expectations of a bidding war, despite Uefa predicting the next three-year UK deal could go for as much as 30% more at about £1.2bn.

However, John Petter, chief executive of BT Consumer, who led the last bid, has admitted that BT has to hold on to the rights to continue to drive its pay-TV business.

1andrew1

31-01-2017 19:36

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All Discovery channels including Eurosport are staying on Sky!

GOOD NEWS! All our channels are staying on Sky. We can’t thank you enough for your patience & support. Best fans in TV! #KeepDiscovery
https://twitter.com/DiscoveryUK/stat...12462904172544

denphone

31-01-2017 19:56

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35883374)

So sabre rattling by both sides all along.

johnathome

31-01-2017 22:18

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I wonder what one buckled?

denphone

01-02-2017 06:08

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Originally Posted by johnathome (Post 35883400)

I wonder what one buckled?

Well the head honcho's of these companies certainly won't be revealing that John.

denphone

01-02-2017 14:28

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TalkTalk sees fourth consecutive fall in TV customer base.

http://www.seenit.co.uk/talktalk-see...customer-base/

Chad	02-02-2017 00:10

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There's some decent coverage of the next round of international games on TV for those without a SKY Sports subscription.

22nd March - Germany Vs. England - ITV4 (Friendly)
24th March - Spain Vs. Israel - SKY Sports Mix (FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier)
25th March - Bulgaria v Netherlands - SKY Sports Mix (FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier)
25th March - Portugal v Hungary - ITV4 (FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier)
26th March - England v Lithuania - ITV (FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier)
26th March - Scotland v Slovenia SKY Sports Mix (FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier)

denphone

04-02-2017 10:20

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l wonder what this will mean for football fans possibly if it happens?.

https://www.theguardian.com/football...ayre-step-down

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Liverpool’s outgoing CEO said a threatened break-up of the Premier League’s collective broadcasting deal “is still being debated” in the boardrooms of leading clubs despite the current model generating more than £10bn between 2016-19. The admission will alarm other top-flight clubs, who share the spoils of collective selling at home and overseas, and critics who argue the competitiveness of the Premier League is what makes it the most lucrative in the world.

OLD BOY

04-02-2017 11:52

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Well, something needs to be done to stop excessive money being made out of this at the expense of the punter, but they need to avoid chucking the baby out with the bathwater.

I would like to see all Premier League matches televised live, and distributed more widely to pay TV and the terrestrials. Unfortunately, if the clubs sell rights to their matches individually, I have a sneaking suspicion that prices will go up still further!

telegramsam

06-02-2017 15:26

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35883905)

Agree with you mate. The top clubs like Man UTD,Man City,Arsenal,Chelsea etc would be able to demand and get hughe tv fees but smaller clubs such as mine Middlesbrough would really struggle,especially if they put on the sort of dreary defensive performance seen against Spurs at the weekend!