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BT Sport ‏@btsport 8m

We're absolutely delighted to announce that we have won rights to live UEFA Champions League games from 2015-2018 #btsport #UCL

 

Hope they fold before then, not many have lasted.

 

BT Fold?

 

:yao:

 

They can easily afford this.

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We're absolutely delighted to announce that we have won rights to live UEFA Champions League games from 2015-2018 #btsport #UCL

 

I'm absolutely delighted to announce that I won't be subscribing.

 

Til we get there :yao:

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If BT Sport didn't pay a fortune for the CL then someone else would have. It would probably have been Sky but it is also quite possible that it could have been someone else and as result to watch a complete range of football you may have needed 3 different subscriptions.

 

Generally I don't give a shit about what BT Sport are going to pay in order for these rights, all I care about is the ability to watch it at an affordable price. The money earn't from this deal to Premier League clubs is irrelevant as far as Newcastle goes, because A. Our management have no ambition to get into the top 4, and B. The clubs in the top 4 are already out of our reach financially in anyway, just this way will make them a little more closer to actually being 'self sufficient' then they are now because of friendly sponsorship deals.

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I'd bet Sky will not reduce their prices despite them losing coverage of quite a few competitions.  Cunts.

They may have too eventually. If they keep losing rights then customers will start going to the pub/streams instead of paying over the odds. In recent years Sky have already had to open up their channels to other platforms to gain more subscribers, the re-introduction of all channels on Virgin Media is an example, rumours of HBO forcing Sky's hand at offering Sky Atlantic to Virgin Media or lose out on exclusive rights are rife at the moment. Lastly the new NOW TV set up box is an indication that Sky needs more viewers.
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BT Sport wins all live UK TV rights to Champions League and Europa League

 

BT Sport will be the new UK home of UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League football, following a tender process in which BT won the exclusive live broadcast rights to all 350 matches from both tournaments. The rights run for three seasons from 2015/16.

 

This is the first time a single UK broadcaster has won the exclusive live rights to all matches from both tournaments. The hundreds of additional top tier matches will boost BT Sport and make it the natural home for football fans who wish to see the very best European sides pitted against each other.

 

BT has shaken up the UK TV market with BT Sport and it today pledged to make its new matches far more accessible and affordable for fans who wish to enjoy all the action. It also announced it will show a selection of these new matches for free on BT Sport, even to homes that have not signed up to the channels.

 

The finals of each tournament will be showcased in this fashion along with a selection of top matches from earlier rounds. Fans will also be delighted to know that each participating British team will feature for free at least once each season.

 

BT Sport already boasts a very strong line-up of live sport coverage from Fridays to Sundays and the new mid-week games will ensure the channels are even stronger, with fantastic live football being broadcast regularly throughout the week.

 

Gavin Patterson, BT chief executive, said today: "I am thrilled that BT Sport will be the only place where fans can enjoy all the live action from the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. Both tournaments are world class and firm favourites with many. The live rights will give a major boost to BT Sport and give people yet another reason to take our terrific service.”

 

"BT Sport has got off to a strong start with customers enjoying what we have to offer. We have attracted millions of customers by giving sport back to the fans, and we can assure people who want to catch all the action, that European football will be far more accessible and affordable with BT.”

 

Commenting on the award of rights, Guy-Laurent Epstein, UEFA Events SA Marketing Director, said: “UEFA is delighted to welcome newcomer BT Sport to the family of UEFA Champions League rights holders. Since its launch in the summer, BT Sport has been UEFA’s partner for the UEFA Europa League and has demonstrated its ability to deliver premium sports coverage. We look forward to working with BT Sport on both competitions in the 2015-18 rights cycle.”

 

The UEFA Champions League, which features the top Barclays Premier League football teams, is an incredibly popular tournament with the total UK audience being around 30 million viewers on average in recent seasons . In addition to the top teams from England, Celtic have also featured, having qualified for the main stages of the tournament via earlier rounds.

 

The UEFA Europa League, which was won last season by Chelsea, currently features the fifth placed Barclays Premier League team as well as the winners of the FA Cup and League Cup. Teams that drop out of the UEFA Champions League group stages also feature in the tournament.

 

BT Sport is the UK's newest and most vibrant sports TV service, with three channels showing live top tier action from the Barclays Premier League and the Aviva Premiership as well as a host of other sport. BT has more than two million customers who take the service and the channels reach around four million homes when BT’s wholesale deal with Virgin Media is taken into account.

 

It is also the home for top European league football, showing regular live matches from Germany's Bundesliga, France's Ligue1 and Italy's Serie A. This means many of the stars who will feature in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League will already be familiar to BT Sport viewers.

 

http://sport.bt.com/sportfootball/football/bt-sport-wins-all-live-uk-tv-rights-to-champions-league-and-europa-league-S11363847946944

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FFP you say? We'll just throw more money at you so it becomes irrelevant and you can hoard more players than you do already.

 

If UEFA had any sense they'd massively change what they're going to do with all this money but they won't for fear of losing power.

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FFP you say? We'll just throw more money at you so it becomes irrelevant and you can hoard more players than you do already.

 

If UEFA had any sense they'd massively change what they're going to do with all this money but they won't for fear of losing power.

 

Uefa have to give a huge amount of money to the clubs for participating because they fear a breakaway European super league.

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FFP you say? We'll just throw more money at you so it becomes irrelevant and you can hoard more players than you do already.

 

If UEFA had any sense they'd massively change what they're going to do with all this money but they won't for fear of losing power.

 

Uefa have to give a huge amount of money to the clubs for participating because they fear a breakaway European super league.

If there ever was a European super league then both UEFA and FIFA would throw their weight around and demand take charge of it's running.

They did the same with the Fairs Cup when it's popularity was growing.

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FFP you say? We'll just throw more money at you so it becomes irrelevant and you can hoard more players than you do already.

 

If UEFA had any sense they'd massively change what they're going to do with all this money but they won't for fear of losing power.

 

Uefa have to give a huge amount of money to the clubs for participating because they fear a breakaway European super league.

If there ever was a European super league then both UEFA and FIFA would throw their weight around and demand take charge of it's running.

They did the same with the Fairs Cup when it's popularity was growing.

 

Depends times have changed since the days of the fairs cup.

 

With a true European super league why would the clubs even need a UEFA/FIFA.

 

In the modern game money is the dominating factor, not major honours or international caps.

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Tim Lovejoy is awful on BT Sports Panel. Watching it now Matt Dawson has shown him up a few times.

I don't think anyone likes Lovejoy. He is and always has been an egotistical prick. I remember him a few years ago becoming presenter on 5th gear despite having no knowledge on cars at all. It resulted in him asking people stupid questions about cars the general public already knows and which wasn't relevant to whatever the person being questioned did in the car industry.

 

When he was on Soccer AM none else could get a word in because Tim's opinion is more important.

 

The guy is like Phil Thompson talking about Liverpool, just a constant cringe fest.

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