Ricky Bobby
5:48 Wed Feb 14
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I am all for a bit of football on TV but this season we have played on:
Monday night
Tuesday night
Wednesday night
Thursday night
Friday night
Saturday 3pm
Saturday night
Sunday
Working mans hobby... 4 of 13 EPL matches this season have been at 3pm on Saturday.
I work full time and live in Bristol, I cannot make the last train home unless I leave 5-10 minutes before the end of the night games.
£800 for a ST is hard to justify when the club and TV channels are just milking it.
Oct-Nov we was on TV every week for 7 straight... Okay for the armchair supporter but those who pump money in to the club get shafted.
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Mart O
4:23 Wed Feb 14
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People have been predicting 'the end' to all this since it began. I can't quite see the value for BT, especially as they're now giving it away free with broadband subscriptions, but where it gets interesting is the overseas rights.
Amazon, FB and co won't bid for the big UK-only packages, it's not worth their time. They might be more interested in the overseas rights, however. They've always struck me as undervalued, given how every cunt watches the PL, wherever you go. If they could be sure they could 'monetise' their subscribers' it'd take the fucking roof off.
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Hermit Road
1:57 Wed Feb 14
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It's the EU who made them split the rights between different channels. The premier league wanted to sell them all to Sky
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ooooh Morley Morley
12:48 Wed Feb 14
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Hopefully there will be a customer backlash this time....
Not so long ago you only needed a SKY subscription to see all live broadcast games. Soon you will need 3 separate subscriptions as they try to break Sky's 'monopoly' on the sport.
I know we moan about Sky ruining football but now it seems that football is ruining football.
Twats.
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Westside
10:49 Wed Feb 14
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Sky's costs coming down? I look forward to a reduction in their subscription charges.
I think, I may have a very long wait.
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nerd
10:18 Wed Feb 14
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Still 2 packages left ,40 matches ,expect another billion being spent. BTs has cost more this time. Still big.
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Hermit Road
8:15 Wed Feb 14
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There had to be a time when the domestic price hit its limit, I suspect that the worldwide rights have massive growth potential though so would think that the Premier League will keep generating cash. What they mustn’t do is go down the route the big 6 want of giving them a bigger slice of the pie.
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Darby_
6:03 Wed Feb 14
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People have predicted the end of the gravy train for 15+ years. I wouldn’t take one year’s numbers too seriously. There will always be ups and downs.
I don’t personally think streams will be too big a factor in the decline of TV money. They’re too annoying and unreliable for the average Premier League ‘customer’.
Either way, I’d be delighted if a financial crash did happen. The game is slowly being taken away from the fans and being turned into a bland corporate product meant to appeal to international audiences.
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Alfs
3:55 Wed Feb 14
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Sky are still paying 9.3 million per match. That's a ridiculous amount, particularly when it's unprotected, which it is, with all of the free streams available.
I predicted to a mate 20 years ago that TV rights will be a thing of the past and all football will end up pay per view, via the internet. Each club negotiating their own terms. I don't think it's too far off.
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chim chim cha boo
1:34 Wed Feb 14
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Our owner is jumping with joy at his new excuse for not spending money on new players.
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Westham67
12:35 Wed Feb 14
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The Austerity Premier League
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Crassus
11:56 Tue Feb 13
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The domestic price was over cooked
The real money will come from the overseas market which is growing rapidly
Of course the real nub will be that any excuse of diminishing revenues will encourage the bigger clubs to strive for a bigger slice and ultimately to sell their own deals
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Trevor B
9:49 Tue Feb 13
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Sven
the article mentioned Amazon, they are still in the running for the remaining packages.
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Sven Roeder
9:44 Tue Feb 13
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What happened to Amazon, Netflix etc who were supposed to come in?
Sky have taken BT’s best bits and left them with the cunty early Saturday game when proper fans are off to their own games.
Will be a lot of BT subscriptions binned
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Mike Oxsaw
9:44 Tue Feb 13
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They could always ask our board to announce this as an improved deal all round. They have experience of doing this.
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