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sky definitely testing the waters here and the premier league will be looking on to see how it goes

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Confirmation of BBC Free To Air deal for FA Cup - 14 games per season co exclusively with TNT Sports
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/20...-sports-fa-cup

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Yes, cable was never going to last forever. :D

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Seen more articles on this since the above.
Apparently its going to use streaming behind the scenes, so will require a working (decent) internet connection to the box, and it will not work on older sky boxes (I assume that means Sky+HD). It will also be available on Virgin.

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I'd imagine since most games won't have a standalone presenter/panel etc. they'll simply have a programme that says "our main game is this go here to watch the rest". BEIN Sports for example in the middle east broadcast their games in this fashion.

I don't imagine there is an upper limit other than what it'd be impractical to put on a menu. F1 for example has feeds from all 20 drivers plus main feeds when you go 'interactive' on SkyQ.

If there's 36 games across the opening weekend I'd guess Sky will spread them somewhat - Friday evening, Saturday lunchtime, evening, 3 on Sunday etc. leaving a maximum of around 30 that could be played simultaneously. At a complete guess I'd imagine they'll bundle those further into groups.

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Its possible they will stagger some of them, but the articles also noted they could run up to 100 concurrent streams, so 36 in one go seems well within their capacity.

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What I want to know is will it be any better than the current red button matches sky show? Red button matches now are irritating because if you blink you miss a goal and you get no action replay. Also,at half time you get a boring board telling back shortly! I hope they are better otherwise for me it's all pointless

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*Virgin Media TV customers in the UK can watch the UEFA Finals matches for FREE on Virgin UK Channel 100.

https://advanced-television.com/2024...-on-discovery/

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Absolutely this.... If they are going to show games then they must do better than the single camera no replay shots

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From https://www.cordbusters.co.uk/virgin...y-sports-plus/

Virgin Media and Sky confirmed to us that Virgin Media TV customers who subscribe to Sky Sports will have access to Sky Sports+ when it launches in August.

However, Virgin Media’s platforms will only offer live content, which means some of the on-demand Sports+ content may not be accessible.

Sky Sports+ will apparently be available on the Virgin Media 360 box and Virgin Media Stream.

It’s still unclear whether the service will be available on Virgin Media’s older boxes, and the company says more details will be released closer to the launch date.

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Called Venu Sports

Although Warner Bros Discovery could end losing their NBA rights to Comcast/NBC Universal
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/16/nba-...discovery.html

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i thought it would be available on v6?

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Sky Sports and ITV agree deal to show select Carabao Cup and EFL Championship fixtures free-to-air from 2025.

https://www.skysports.com/football/n...-air-from-2025

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Interesting development

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Some Scottish Football rights news:

Premier Sports picks up SPFL rights

https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broad...194259.article

Scottish Cup signs new BBC Scotland and Premier Sports deal

https://advanced-television.com/2024...r-sports-deal/

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DS Forum is reporting that DAZN 1 and DAZN PPV on Sky is set to close on July 6th.

DAZN UK viewers will then need to use the DAZN app.

https://x.com/JaimeJames90/status/1798814420220486043

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They sent an email to customers yesterday confirming they are leaving Sky linear - although they have just added their app to SkyQ which now has around 15 channels in it.

I think it was March the last time a DAZN PPV was available on Sky linear even though they have still been events on other platforms.

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Makes sense really. Their content is extremely limited, and their biggest cash cow (AJ) is now firmly fighting on other channels in the UK.

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Liberty Global Acquires Majority Stake in Formula E In Deal With Warner Bros. Discovery

Malone’s Liberty Global on Thursday announced a deal to buy out Warner Bros. Discovery’s stake in the Formula E racing circuit, which hosts electric car races in cities around the world.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bu...ry-1235921891/

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TNT and The National League have yet to sign a new TV contract ahead of the new season starting in just under 3 weeks.

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Premier Sports is likely to get the rights apparently

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Paris 2024 in 4K on Eurosport then.

Did not see this online or news on BBC 4K.

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No 4K streaming on Discovery+ in the UK/Max most of Europe though
https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/...ge-viewership/

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will Eurosport have all the Olympic action via redbutton coverage or would you need discovery plus for that?

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Eurosport have ten channels on VM,including one 4K, so will probably have enough capacity to cover most of the games.

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Eurosport 4K is active now although no programmes are listing - none of the Eurosport pop-ups have apppeared on Sky yet. Although SkyQ has the Discovery+ app.

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ha that sounds like it'll be enough

do we know if sky sports+ will launch on v6 or just virgin 360

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Sky Sports have signed an 11-year deal to show the NBA and WNBA from the 2025-26 season.

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It's part of the deal NBC Universal agreed
https://www.nbcuniversal.com/article...ll-nbc-peacock

Prime Video also has rights in UK and Disney in some territories unclear where in Europe
https://www.nba.com/news/nba-media-agreements-2024

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I've had lots of promo's on the V6 home screen pushing 360 using Sky Sports+ as a carrot

Assume it will be on 360 only

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Certainly at the launch. V6 supposed to get it at an unknown later date.

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Is it just me as it seems Eurosport does not have any subtitles facility for the Olympics on its TV channel.:(

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National League agrees 7 year deal with DAZN starting next month.
https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk...st-giant-82491

TNT Sports agrees new 3 year deal for Serie A
https://www.sportcal.com/media/serie...ue%20and%20TNT.

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Shades of Setanta about it.

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Was on TNT Sports before but WBD seem to have little interest in sport other than Premiership rugby and Premier League football.

For the Olympics:
The Eurosport 4K channel is exclusive to VM media - not even on Sky.
The Eursport pop-up channels are only on VM and EEtv.
There is no UHD/HDR coverage for top tier subscribers to Discovery+.

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Looks like the 'Selected markets can also enjoy additional HDR coverage of selected sports and events' is only Max where it's been rolled out so far ? So not Discovery+ in UK & Ireland, Germany, Austria and Italy.
https://advanced-television.com/2024...-for-olympics/

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That's a bit of a mess. WBD obviously wants top tier subscribers but for them to get the best Olympics coverage in the UK, WBD customers also need to subscribe to Virgin Media, a wholesaler allegedly wrangling with WBD over the cost of TNT Sports.
But VM customers can't get WBD's HBO shows unless they also subscribe to Now TV or Sky.

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Can you elaborate? Going for minor rights with long contracts?

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https://www.theguardian.com/media/20...football.sport

I’m only noting the parallel. No business model, tons of debt, Conference rights. We know where this journey ends.

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VM Customers get the Eurosport pop-ups anf the 4K channel in their EPG - none were added to Sky EPG.

SkyQ customers get Discovery+ - but there is no Olympics 4K coverage in there.

TNT/Eurosport is not what it could be for customers.

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Understood. Setanta GB at least served a purpose by being the (distant) No. 2 sports provider after Sky Sports. DAZN UK doesn't seem to serve anyone's needs - the shareholders, the banks, the viewers and even the sports themselves. And once Amazon Prime ends its UK sports broadcasting, it's probably only fourth in the list of UK paid sports broadcasters and behind Premier Sports.

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Although the contacts date back to 3 different companies...

HBO - WarnerMedia (until 31st December 2025)
Eurosport 4k - Discovery (renewal date unclear) arguably Warner Bros Discovery today
TNT Sports - last renewed when it was BT Sport

Technically the first show Sky acquired from Warner Bros Discovery was only this year (The Cleaning Lady) and they limited it to 31st December 2025 , WarnerMedia was previously selling shows to Sky with 4 year licensing agreements.

The way The Penguin has been sold separately to Sky and how it's airing on HBO on Thursday is odd and possibly a loophole in their HBO deal (was originally due to Premiere as Max Original)

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You would think that WBD would provide 4K for their Discovery + app as that's what they're trying to get people onto.

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I don't understand why Eurosport 4K isn't available via 906/via Red button like it was in May.

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I don't think WBD actually want anything other them premium sport (to attract the masses) and are not prepared to provide what they do have in it's optimal form.

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Non League Newspaper is reporting that National League has sold their WORLD TV rights to DAZN - Not just the UK.

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How much would they be worth? £1?

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:D

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I think its about £2 these days. :angel:

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I mentioned this in the "other place" �� that it appears to be a strange deal and doesn't seem to fit with their other sports offerings. And their current price offering rules me out - not that I'm that bothered as my team won't be back in the National League anytime soon!

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The one thing it has got is boxing, albeit the top fights are now PPV. They currently have the Eddie Hearn promoted fights, with stories that they will also gain the Frank Warren fights at some point next year.

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Premier Sports was formed in 2009 by the Irish businessman Michael O'Rourke, a joint CEO and part owner of Setanta Sports and former director of Premium Sports.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_Sports

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An irrelevance then and an irrelevance now.

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still allowing you to buy a monthly subscription on the national league website?

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just tried the sky sports + red button very easy to use

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The National League press release indicated it take a few months before the National League service is absorbed into DAZN.

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Yeah l tried it while having my coffee this morning and l am looking forward to seeing my local team more then usual next season.

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looking forward to watching my beloved team even though could be a struggle this season

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The National League TV website is now also taking Season long subscriptions.

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Not what my Sunderland pals think. They think top 3 at least! I don't mind that as long as Boro Finish above them😁

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My team with a former famous footballer managing them now is still likely to struggle l suspect.;)

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A lot simpler when it was on TNT....

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Plymouth Den ?

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l am afraid so as l remember first supporting them when Paul Mariner and Billy Rafferty were the forward front line.:Yes:

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Was only one match a week - NLTV have all main division and a selection for North/South.

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been flicking through the games on sky sports plus red button great to see it all in HD now and commentry and replays much better than last season

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agreed absolutely class service.

no way to watch full matches on demand tho?

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BBC to show Champions League highlights this season and two further seasons.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football...s/cd73de95zywo

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'EPCR and Premier Sports announce headline broadcast partnership'
https://www.epcrugby.com/european-pr...st-partnership

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Online Rumour:

Digital Spy is reporting that TNT Sports UK are set to bid for NFL's UK Media Rights.

Sky Sports current deal with NFL ends after this season in February 2025.

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I only really watch one American Football match per year, the SuperBowl.

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Den, it's early days but I fear from your first game that your team won't be making an appearance on the Beeb unless it's in a supporting role.

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Quite depressing that all we have signed so far amounts to a blank piece of paper.

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Any significant changes for football rights this year?

Other than the football league having more games on tv?

TNT and sky keep the same rights etc?

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I think its pretty much the same.
Its the last year of a previous multi year deal.
We have the last Amazon Prime matches this year (in Dec).

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cheers Paul. i think amazon have one game of the UCL per week too but thats all i can work out is different!

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There is one game on Amazon this week.

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Sky Sports UHD is pixelating in Leicester for last couple of days.

Thought it was the high winds from the live test match.

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Next season all the Sunday EPL matches will be shown so the sports+ screens are going to be busy.

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Appreciate this will be true - but do we think Sky are also more likely to increase use of a 12 noon (or 6.30pm) kick off slot to reduce the number of background games?

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They certainly won't do anything for me fans actually attending gamea, that's for sure.

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Well that depends on how many matches are scheduled on a Sunday. However, its probably less than the opening weekend of the FL the other week when all CH, L1 & L2 matches were available, and of course the League Cup last week when the Tuesday evening had over 30 matches to pick from.

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l am enjoying the extra choices of matches on Sky Sports + but one would imagine there is a chunky price rise for all this down the line.

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When will NFL channel return or rebrand?

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The season starts 5th September, for Thursday night football, so next week sometime I would guess.

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I wouldn’t worry too much.

Despite the mythology around “deep pockets” streamers Sky are often hoovering up sports rights for less in real terms (indeed, sometimes even in pure cash terms) adjusted for inflation.

The EFL deal had a big headline figure but it was over five years. Production costs won’t be massive for anything they aren’t giving the showcase treatment to.

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All the sky sports+ matches have commentators, replays, and highlights at half time, so some extra production work is going into them.

A much better experience than the "red button" matches in previous years.

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AppleTV+ customers can now get 'free' access to the rest of the MLS season.

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Been getting pop-ups in DAZN to subscribe to new NFL Pass season with 25% off - so £119.99. I suspect you have to be a DAZN subscriber for the offer.

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ITV Secure Deal To Air Scotland and Northern Ireland National Teams Nations League Fixtures
https://www.itv.com/presscentre/medi...nations-league

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Full DAZN app now on 360s.

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what is onefootball exactly? is it just free football on streaming boxes?

if so bloody heck considering how much content tv providers want these days serie A has really fallen on its arse that it has to put a ton of games on that

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Premier Sports 2 have UEFA Champions League tonight and tomorrow - but is geing geo-blocked on Sky.
VirginMedia version will have alternate programming during the Sky black out.

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hows this happening? where is premier sports 2 airing this? Ireland?

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So the main Premier Sports 2 carries live UEFA Champions League - but as they only have the rights for Ireland, the UK Sky cards get a 'out of region' message and a blue screen.
VirginMedia get a different feed which has the alternate UK programming - so no error message and no UEFA football.
Premier Sports 1 has two versions on Sky -one for UK and a second for Ireland so can split the programmes. But there is only one Premier Sports 2 on satellite.

VirginMedia used to do this too for the LaLiga live football at 3.15pm on a Saturday - hit by the 3pm blackout.
Sky would have a 'region message' message on screen while th VM version had alternamte programming.

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WBD will become the exclusive UK broadcaster of Tour de France from 2026
https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broad...ts%20on%20ITV4.

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It’s a shame that ITV won’t carry live coverage of the TdF. But reading the wording in that statement, hopefully a deal will be done for them to show highlights every evening. Unless WBD intends to put them on Quest.

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DAZN to stream FIFA Club World Cup 2025 globally

Chelsea, Manchester City, PSG and Real Madrid are all taking part.

https://advanced-television.com/2024...2025-globally/

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£24.99 a month, no thanks!

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The agreement, worth a reported €1 billion, will see all 63 matches at the tournament, which involves 32 of the best clubs worldwide, live-streamed, free to view on DAZN worldwide, with the possibility of sublicensing to local free-to-air linear broadcast networks.

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Ah ok, thanks, signed up on the app

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WWE Network is closing 31st December and is moving to Netflix so will be available on Virgin Media from January.

Unfortunately it looks like not much content is going over. From what I've heard so far only:

1) RAW
2) SmackDown
3) NXT
4) Selected PPVs. (apparently 40 ppvs from the past. Considering WWE have had PPVs for over 40 years and for the last 25 years had at least 12 ppvs a year this isnt much!)
5) Selected documentaries
6) A few bits of classic content (which will be added and removed periodically)

There will not be any WCW Nitro, WCW Thunder, WCW PPVs, ECW Hardcore TV, ECW PPVs or any former WWE shows such as Superstars or territories. Netflix are just focused on showing content for WWE.

Such a shame! Literally going backwards where content will be hidden away again. The Youtube WWE Vault will be posting the odd classic match or dark match but just segments and not full shows or PPVs.

End of an era!