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Premier League UK TV rights - huge news
Posted on 6/13/12 at 11:25 am
Posted on 6/13/12 at 11:25 am
Sky Sports beat out competition from Al Jazeera and ESPN to secure 5 of the 7 TV rights packages from 2013-16. British Telecom beat out ESPN for the other two. All told, deals worth £3bil, a £1.2bil increase. Incredible.
This post was edited on 6/13/12 at 11:27 am
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Posted on 6/13/12 at 11:27 am to Friend of OBUDan
so what does that mean for us?
Posted on 6/13/12 at 11:29 am to BobbyGoulet
The EPL streams you watch may have a Sky logo on them 
Posted on 6/13/12 at 11:31 am to BobbyGoulet
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so what does that mean for us?
I'm guessing no Sat. morning EPL on ESPN.
Wonder if they will try to add Serie A or Bundisliga.
Posted on 6/13/12 at 11:31 am to BobbyGoulet
Premier league teams will improve.
I believe US rights will be bid on at the end of the summer.
I believe US rights will be bid on at the end of the summer.
Posted on 6/13/12 at 11:32 am to Gmorgan4982
they are and have sky announcers just sold by sky to fsc
Posted on 6/13/12 at 11:32 am to Friend of OBUDan
ESPN dumped a lot into the UK. That hurts big time for them.
Posted on 6/13/12 at 11:32 am to Waffle House
Doesn't mean anything yet for USA TV rights. Sky had the lion's share anyways so no difference in your online feed haha.
Posted on 6/13/12 at 11:33 am to BraveTiger225
After reading more, apparently they only wanted the two packages BT got. They weren't going for the whole deal. But yeah, coming home empty handed isn't good.
Posted on 6/13/12 at 11:37 am to Friend of OBUDan
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Doesn't mean anything yet for USA TV rights. Sky had the lion's share anyways so no difference
I thought you were saying that ESPN wouldn't be able to broadcast games on TV before Gameday. So is the only difference that each team will receive a larger piece of pie? As an EPL fan, it is good news, but I missed how that was such huge news. There is so much money thrown around anyway by owners with deeeeeeeeeep pockets.
Posted on 6/13/12 at 11:47 am to Waffle House
Well I guess it depends on your view of how FFP will be enforced. Regardless, it will improve the lower teams in the EPL.
Posted on 6/13/12 at 11:53 am to Friend of OBUDan
Yeah, I get what you mean now and anytime you can increase TV revenue by almost 50% that is a big deal. I was just getting worried that it was huge because it would impact our ability to watch as fans.
As a Liverpool fan, I support this!
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it will improve the lower teams in the EPL
As a Liverpool fan, I support this!
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Posted on 6/13/12 at 3:33 pm to Waffle House
hopefully it means big-time parachute payments 
really though, last year's three relegated teams all made the playoffs and two of them met in the final for promotion, so wolves should have a big advantage next year.
really though, last year's three relegated teams all made the playoffs and two of them met in the final for promotion, so wolves should have a big advantage next year.
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