If anyone wants to understand more about bidding for the Champions League and the BT-Sky rivalry, these two in-depth posts from Mike Darcey (former COO at Sky) are worth your while reading.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/biddi...?trk=prof-post
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/biddi...ii-mike-darcey
Credit to finding them: RobSmithS on Digital Spy
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...postcount=2995
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Originally Posted by denphone
And most of Sky's own exclusive commissions have failed to get decent audiences on the scale of the GOT and other HBO content.
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Therein lies the dilemma. Sky's dependency here gives HBO more leverage in negotiations. The balance of power would be tipped in Sky's favour if its own content secured GoT-like viewing figures. Maybe the combination with Fox will help facilitate this too.