Froggy Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 £4m? So it'd be 80k a week - footballers wages - to be a Super Sunday pundit and add precisely zero Sky customers. Would they be that silly? No-one will buy Sky solely because of Thierry Henry saying stuff like "that goal was good", "that could've been given" and "va va voom". They're overdoing it so much man. That advert with Born Slippy in the background is on every time I look at my fucking TV. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 £4m? So it'd be 80k a week - footballers wages - to be a Super Sunday pundit and add precisely zero Sky customers. Would they be that silly? No-one will buy Sky solely because of Thierry Henry saying stuff like "that goal was good", "that could've been given" and "va va voom". They're overdoing it so much man. That advert with Born Slippy in the background is on every time I look at my fucking TV. Aye - really annoying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 SKY lose the Champions League as of next season. Signing up Henry on an excessive wage probably wont make me renew my subscription. Nah wait, it definitely wont make me renew my subscription. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Wheres the champions league going? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Bt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 BT. They bid an obscene £900m for a 3 year contract. ITV also lose their coverage, unless things have changed since I last checked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Boy Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I take it BT internet customers will be losing our free BT Sports once this starts then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I take it BT internet customers will be losing our free BT Sports once this starts then I thought this too but mine is going to remain free, although I'm with Virgin Media so the whole thing regarding it being free might be different. As I'm pretty certain Virgin pay BT for it to be free. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 The Premier League rights are up for sale in a few months as well. Both Google and Apple are said to be bidding for it which could blow Sky's budget apart. Not only that but it's expected to be sold off regionally, so there will be winner for the UK and EU. This would mean that Sky will likely have a lot more competition this time around and as I've said, both Google and Apple have enough money to blow Sky out of the water. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 The Premier League rights are up for sale in a few months as well. Both Google and Apple are said to be bidding for it which could blow Sky's budget apart. Not only that but it's expected to be sold off regionally, so there will be winner for the UK and EU. This would mean that Sky will likely have a lot more competition this time around and as I've said, both Google and Apple have enough money to blow Sky out of the water. If what you're suggesting is that rights for the PL will be sold "regionally" throughout Europe, they've done that since the beginning of the fucking PL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 The Premier League rights are up for sale in a few months as well. Both Google and Apple are said to be bidding for it which could blow Sky's budget apart. Not only that but it's expected to be sold off regionally, so there will be winner for the UK and EU. This would mean that Sky will likely have a lot more competition this time around and as I've said, both Google and Apple have enough money to blow Sky out of the water. If what you're suggesting is that rights for the PL will be sold "regionally" throughout Europe, they've done that since the beginning of the fucking PL. No I mean that the EU and UK will all be one package, so one provider will provide content in all EU and UK countries. This is to stop streams from other EU countries being legal in the UK. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 The Premier League rights are up for sale in a few months as well. Both Google and Apple are said to be bidding for it which could blow Sky's budget apart. Not only that but it's expected to be sold off regionally, so there will be winner for the UK and EU. This would mean that Sky will likely have a lot more competition this time around and as I've said, both Google and Apple have enough money to blow Sky out of the water. How would that work, TV-wise? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 The Premier League rights are up for sale in a few months as well. Both Google and Apple are said to be bidding for it which could blow Sky's budget apart. Not only that but it's expected to be sold off regionally, so there will be winner for the UK and EU. This would mean that Sky will likely have a lot more competition this time around and as I've said, both Google and Apple have enough money to blow Sky out of the water. How would that work, TV-wise? I'm guessing the same provider will just have different studio's and commentators for each country or have sub-providers. I think Ligue 1 does similar with Al Jazeera having the rights across many EU countries. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 The Premier League rights are up for sale in a few months as well. Both Google and Apple are said to be bidding for it which could blow Sky's budget apart. Not only that but it's expected to be sold off regionally, so there will be winner for the UK and EU. This would mean that Sky will likely have a lot more competition this time around and as I've said, both Google and Apple have enough money to blow Sky out of the water. If what you're suggesting is that rights for the PL will be sold "regionally" throughout Europe, they've done that since the beginning of the fucking PL. No I mean that the EU and UK will all be one package, so one provider will provide content in all EU and UK countries. This is to stop streams from other EU countries being legal in the UK. The PL would lose out on so much fucking money, that would never happen. And I'm not even thinking about the logistics nightmare it would be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Apple won't bid big for football. It's not their market. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 The Premier League rights are up for sale in a few months as well. Both Google and Apple are said to be bidding for it which could blow Sky's budget apart. Not only that but it's expected to be sold off regionally, so there will be winner for the UK and EU. This would mean that Sky will likely have a lot more competition this time around and as I've said, both Google and Apple have enough money to blow Sky out of the water. If what you're suggesting is that rights for the PL will be sold "regionally" throughout Europe, they've done that since the beginning of the fucking PL. No I mean that the EU and UK will all be one package, so one provider will provide content in all EU and UK countries. This is to stop streams from other EU countries being legal in the UK. The PL would lose out on so much fucking money, that would never happen. And I'm not even thinking about the logistics nightmare it would be. It depends, wouldn't it just increase the amount they could ask for? Either way I hope someone comes along and blows Sky out of the water, they have had a monopoly on it for far too long. More multiple providers would be better, instead of letting Sky have all but 1 or 2 packages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Apple won't bid big for football. It's not their market. Really, they are supposed to be launching a new Apple TV and are buying lots of content for it already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Apple won't bid big for football. It's not their market. Really, they are supposed to be launching a new Apple TV and are buying lots of content for it already. They'll buy shite, flaccid dramas and back-to-back, arms crossed comedies. They won't get involved in football. Saying that, the more I think about it the more I think they might Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 A bigger TV deal would definitely improve the PL. Needs more money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 BT have done the right thing tbh. For what they have to spend on Prem they have bought absolutely tit-loads of European stuff. There's an unbelievable amount of Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and even a bit of Brazilian, Scottish and Portuguese stuff. Not to mention a fair whack of Europa League. I would almost just sack off trying to get any more Prem (they have a few games a month atm anyway) and keep the cost down. They have very good European shows/pundits. But as soon as they have a Prem game it goes nuts with "Fletch & Sav" and Owen and all the other usual bullshit-spouting mongs. Less of that please. I'm hoping their Champs League coverage will be decent with all their European guys. Hope to god they get James Richardson to host it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Apple and Google bidding? Source please Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiesteve710 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 A bigger TV deal would definitely improve the PL. Needs more money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 BT have done the right thing tbh. For what they have to spend on Prem they have bought absolutely tit-loads of European stuff. There's an unbelievable amount of Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and even a bit of Brazilian, Scottish and Portuguese stuff. Not to mention a fair whack of Europa League. I would almost just sack off trying to get any more Prem (they have a few games a month atm anyway) and keep the cost down. They have very good European shows/pundits. But as soon as they have a Prem game it goes nuts with "Fletch & Sav" and Owen and all the other usual bullshit-spouting mongs. Less of that please. I'm hoping their Champs League coverage will be decent with all their European guys. Hope to god they get James Richardson to host it. Some reports have said BT might be pulling out soon, far too costly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 BT have done the right thing tbh. For what they have to spend on Prem they have bought absolutely tit-loads of European stuff. There's an unbelievable amount of Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and even a bit of Brazilian, Scottish and Portuguese stuff. Not to mention a fair whack of Europa League. I would almost just sack off trying to get any more Prem (they have a few games a month atm anyway) and keep the cost down. They have very good European shows/pundits. But as soon as they have a Prem game it goes nuts with "Fletch & Sav" and Owen and all the other usual bullshit-spouting mongs. Less of that please. I'm hoping their Champs League coverage will be decent with all their European guys. Hope to god they get James Richardson to host it. They'll get done for anti-competition soon. Probably as reported by Sky, just to top off the humongous irony. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andymc1 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 BT have done the right thing tbh. For what they have to spend on Prem they have bought absolutely tit-loads of European stuff. There's an unbelievable amount of Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and even a bit of Brazilian, Scottish and Portuguese stuff. Not to mention a fair whack of Europa League. I would almost just sack off trying to get any more Prem (they have a few games a month atm anyway) and keep the cost down. They have very good European shows/pundits. But as soon as they have a Prem game it goes nuts with "Fletch & Sav" and Owen and all the other usual bullshit-spouting mongs. Less of that please. I'm hoping their Champs League coverage will be decent with all their European guys. Hope to god they get James Richardson to host it. Was just discussing James Richardson last night in the pub. Probably one of my favourite pundits since the days of Football Italia on C4 on a Sunday afternoon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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