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Well l am sure MM we will know soon enough but sports rights certainly won't be coming down IMO anytime soon...

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Interesting that Fox Sports in the USA have lost rights to the Champions League from the 2018/19 season.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobbymc.../#510289f324e4

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And the winning bidder paid twice as much as the current incumbent.

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Overseas though Den , so by that reckoning your estimating the new deal over here should be just shy of £2 billion.;)

Let's not forget BT could quite easily payout £1 billion this time and end up paying less by letting a terrestial broadcaster have access to so many games for a set amount of money.

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Now now MM stop putting words into my mouth.;)

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BT chief attacks rampant price rises for TV sports rights

https://www.theguardian.com/business...ampions-league

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And yet them like Sky will still bid outrageous amounts one suspects.

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Boxnation joins the Eir Sports package in Ireland

http://www.eirsport.ie/boxnation-joi...eir-sport-pack

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BT retains rights to Champions and Europa League.

http://www.a516digital.com/2017/03/b...pa-league.html

BT Sport will remain the exclusive UK home of all UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League football, it was confirmed today.

Following a competitive auction process, BT has secured the rights until the end of the 2020/21 season that for the first time brings together exclusivity across all live games, highlights and in-match clips of both competitions. BT will pay around £394m each year for the rights

The UEFA Champions League is set to be even stronger from 2018/19, with a minimum of four participating teams now guaranteed from each of England, Spain, Germany and Italy, resulting in more games between the top European teams. Fans will also be able to enjoy UEFA Champions League ‘double header’ nights, as live matches will kick off at both 6pm and 8pm during the Group Stage.

BT will continue to show UEFA matches using the latest broadcast innovation and technology, with games made available in 4K ultra high definition with Dolby Atmos sound, and via the award-winning BT Sport App.

BT will enhance its social media coverage to reach new audiences, by making clips, weekly highlights, UEFA’s magazine show, and both finals available for free on social media. BT streamed both finals last year on YouTube for the first time, taking the number of people who watched BT’s live coverage of the finals to more than twelve million. The company will also seek to bring the best of the action to its large mobile customer base.

The company did not specify in its early morning announcement if free-to-air coverage will continue on BT Showcase, BT's Freeview channel.

John Petter, Consumer CEO at BT, said:
"We are delighted to have renewed these rights. The UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League are two of the best competitions in the world and we would like to thank UEFA for choosing us as their exclusive broadcast partner in the UK. The UEFA Champions League is due to get even stronger and we are delighted that fans will be able to enjoy two live matches a night for the first time.”

Guy Laurent Epstein, UEFA marketing director, said

“UEFA is delighted to have extended the relationship with BT Sport for a further three seasons, taking our partnership to 2021. BT Sport has proved to be an innovative broadcast partner, pushing the boundaries and covering the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League in new ways. BT have delivered strong audiences in the UK and we are excited about their future plans for the use of social media which will engage a growing fanbase that consumes sport in different ways.”

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No surprise there as MM usually gets his facts right unlike this fool...:)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/...otball-rights/

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-bt-...-idUKKBN16D0ML

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Oh I'll happily admit when I'm wrong Den a 33% increase shows what a mad world we live in , I guess BT just couldn't afford to lose the rights to it's main competitor as I said it's portfolio would have looked particularly weak without it.

More subscription increases coming to those who pay for it something I gladly don't.

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And worse is to come when the Premier league rights come up for auction as Sky are preparing a mighty big war chest for that one.

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Thankfully Den I'll soon be without both if I'm not offered a half price deal like I'm currently on put simply I'm no longer prepared to pay full price for either Sports channels.

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Well we have a deal which gives us a good discount and when our contract is up then a phone call to them awaits.

The thing is that many will still fork out the dough for it MM IMO as if sports fans are prepared to fork out £20 for a average night of boxing then many of them will still continue to fork out £40 to £50 for a full months sport subscription.

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£40 to £50 for both ?