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Rumour which i'm putting down as wishful thinking by a source but you never know.
BEINSports looking to launch in UK. If launched it would be available on all platforms via a subscription.

Make of that what you will as i said i think it's just wishful thinking personally.

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know they show Saturday 3pm kick off games if comes to uk that's will not happen here

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I would imagine that will depend on the Premier League rights bidding war that is due to take place later on in the year. BT and Sky are not going to let these go without a fight

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I can see 3pm kick offs being available in either the next our the subsequent Premier League rights round as a way of combatting the internet streamers and the threat of the European common market. We're one of the only countries that still bothers with the ban. I'm sure some of the extra revenue could filter into the Football League, since they'd have the only obvious objection.

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Not another sports channel, far too much football on offer already

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It'd be a 3pm blackout or most likely if it did come to uk it'd prob be a completely different schedule to their normal feed.

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I think a couple of others will enter the bidding war too. I've seen bits and bobs around the net about Discovery going to bid and Aljazera (however it's spelt lol).

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Hmm, a pretty unattractive and crowded marketplace at the moment with operators like Premier Sports, EuroSport and ITV being caught in the crossfire between Sky Sports and BT Sport.
The rumour I heard sometime back was that Setanta was up for sale and was talking to beINSport. However, Setanta has operations in Eurasia, Australia and Asia and sold its African arm to Fox (who held a pre-existing 24% stake) so the discussions could easily have referred to any one of these entities and not Setanta Ireland.
I'm sure I also read that BT Sport and beINSport were talking about some kind of collaboration, I think that was around the time that Andy Gray commented on the FA Cup for BT.

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The last thing we need is another subscription sports channel.

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But will it be under the same deal as Netflix ie possibly a free introductory trial then the same ongoing monthly costs as normal Amazon customers pay ?

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+1.

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Highly likely one would say MM.

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I know you get a 30 day free trial already, i think that's all it'll be tbh mate.

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That could be where it's come from then 1Andrew1 BT and BeINsport collaborating.

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Been told that VM are in talks with Cirkus for British and Nordic VOD content. ITV recently bought a stake in them too. The TV companies certainly see VOD as a key growth area.

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GTV launches on June 2nd.

STV announces new Glasgow city TV channel will launch this June on Freeview, Sky and Virgin Media.

STV Glasgow will be on air every day from 12pm until 12am, with an entertaining mix of news and features with a live and interactive format that will encourage viewers to get involved.argest city. We want to celebrate everything that’s great about Glasgow and reflect what is happening in this truly unique city each day.

http://shows.stv.tv/talk-tv/269917-s...nch-this-june/

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Al Jazeera Sports are now beIN Sport after re-branding last year.

It's going to be a fascinating tender process with Disney/Europsort, BT and Sky and beIN Sport all reported to be interested.

I read on another forum that beIN Sport did consider a bid last time but for reasons unknown didn't.

I think the Premier League will make more games available currently each game is worth £6-8m on average and conservative estimates say this is will at the very least hit £8 to 12m a game next time.

Aside from holidays and midweek, there are 23 rounds with 4 televised games and 10 rounds with 5. I would be not be surprised for that to change to 25 - 30 rounds with 5 next time.

As to 3pm Saturday games, 32 of those would be worth £260 to £380m a year. I expect it will be down to the FA as it is they who insist on the blackout to protect lower leagues. If the PL agree to subsidize lower league clubs with part of the extra windfall then it might happen.

As to the impact on VM who knows, could be better could be worse, depends on if you want to watch every game. Personally a couple of games at the weekend is my limit and if I have more choice then maybe it will be okay. I'd pay an extra £12 (more if decent picks) a month to beIN or Eurosport for a second weekly game (in HD) but not the extra £25 pm for Sky Sports 1 HD.

This is what happened last time if you are interested:-

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Has anybody in London had London Live added to their EPG yet?

If so, could you please take out your card from the box and let us know if you can still view the channel (this will show if the channel is Free To Air or not).