new TV Deal

[ZacNaloen]

I'm posting this because there is some suggestion there is a third party bidding for PL rights, and the hints are it's al jazeera.

Results are supposedly going to be announced at 5pm.


Not sure I can afford three football subscriptions if it's true

[Wax Jacket]

more Andy Townsend

[LoyalRoyalFan]

The BBC?

[Alexander Litvinenko]

Microsoft, Google and Apple are rumoured to be interested. EPL football is proven to drive audiences and their all about delivering content to as many people as possible.

[blindedbythelights]

a lot of double bluff going on as it is a blind auction. PL were making out that Al Jazeera were involved to try and make Sky bid higher. but then people were saying Al Jazeera weren't interested.

then the bidding went to a second round. that would imply that either Al-J or ESPN have gone in big.

[ZacNaloen]

Someone other than sky having football on xbox would be enough to make me cancel my Virgin media TV subscription tbf

[Silver Fox]

It is of course all thanks to the interfering tossers at the likes of the FSF shouting that it's unfair that Sky get all the football that we might ending up paying three times

[ZacNaloen]

If Al Jazeera had a free channel, or struck up a deal with someone like virgin media to air the channel free... (therefore driving subscriptions to that service... win win for both)

Yeh just dreaming.

[Kitsondinho]

What if Sc4 get the rights?

[ZacNaloen]

Apparently Skys stocks are on the up...

[Kitsondinho]

I think this new deal should be checked by Jeremy Hunt.....he'll make sure it is fair.....

[ZacNaloen]

Owen Gibson ‏@owen_g
38 live matches on BT. Big surprise.
1m Owen Gibson ‏@owen_g
Premier League live TV rights for 3 seasons from 13\14: 116 live matches for Sky,


Owen Gibson ‏@owen_g
Premier League brings in £3.18bn, £1.254bn increase. Extraordinary

[ZacNaloen]

So how am I going to watch these BT games?

[Pepe the Horseman]

Through your telephone, I'd imagine.

[ZacNaloen]

you could have phoned that one in

[pea]

even bigger financial carrot for clubs to get in/stay in the premiership now then

[Compo's Hat]

BT won the A package (as well as F) so will have the pick of the games. No idea what pubs are going to do if the games are only available on BT Vision.

Does anyone actually have BT Vision?

[cmonurz]

BT?

Fcuking hell.

[Focher]

i have BT Vision

[Compo's Hat]

Up from £1.78bn to £3.018bn, about 70% increase. Foreign deals will probably push money figure higher!