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From what I have read BT are going to have to do something pretty radical to get people to watch Champions league the figures have been dier. UEFA took the money and sacrificed the product, I cannot see them making the same mistake twice. ---------- Post added at 16:15 ---------- Previous post was at 16:09 ---------- Quote:
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Have a read of this , this illustrates the increase in Sky's costs but the same goes for all providers with there constant hikes. http://www.mirror.co.uk/money/sky-tv...double-9594785 |
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We have provided many links and reasons why we believe the sharp increases we've seen over the last few football rights won't continue please enlighten us to why you believe it will.
(I should point out I'm saying we won't see the huge increases going forward not we won't see any.) |
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If they do that's fine as I will not be paying full price. |
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The cost of football rights has I believe reached saturation point and more and more people are saying enough is enough and are either staying with paying for sky sports/bt sports because they get a discount like me,or like many of my friends and work colleagues get a dodgy box (not endorsing that route mods).
The trouble is sports rights in general still attract customers and sky and bt are in competition against each other and don`t want to loose out to each other. I don`t know what the answer is. |
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Neither Sky nor BT want to lose their share of the audience for their sports channels, but that desire will be tempered by their ability to make a profit. if the number of subscribers diminishes as a result of the high costs charged, both parties will have to think long and hard about their strategy. I do think that the number of deals being offered by Sky at present is indicative of their realisation that without them, the number of paying subscribers to Sky Sports will diminish substantially. The bidding process next time around will be very interesting. |
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People haven't got bottomless pockets. One thing that could happen next time, and this is speculative, is that BT may seek to take advantage of any indication that Sky would pay less to put in a one-off high bid as a loss leader to grab majority sports rights from Sky. That is not as daft as it seems. Sky are reported to have indicated already that they are not prepared to keep bidding higher for sports rights regardless of the consequences. The only question now is, have we reached that point yet? Let's see what happens... |
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So Dens still asking for evidence despite not presenting one scrap of evidence to counter what people are saying.:banghead::banghead:
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'But there are recent signs the UK market is slowing down, with viewing figures 12 per cent lower than last year, increasing the importance of overseas markets. Sky chief executive Jeremy Darroch said the latest rights deal was close to the limit of what broadcasters would pay.' Your opinion appears to be based purely on past events, and you have been telling me over and over that my view of the future cannot be right because that is not happening now. However, any successful businessman will tell you that no matter how successful you are, if you are not alert to signs of change and you do not adapt to them quickly, you could be caught out big time. Sky are already investing more in drama in an effort to future proof themselves from a shift in viewing patterns away from sport. I think that more people now are prepared to believe my vision of on demand viewing taking over and rendering our linear channels unviable than there were only a year ago, as evidence mounts of increasing numbers watching TV via non conventional methods. |
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Nobody has said that it as however you are looking at profits across the whole business.
With fewer people electing to take Sport and some of those that are receiving lengthy half price discounts where do you think the extra money comes from ? Presumably higher prices for non Sports fans and customers of other products , with cheap entertainment alternatives can the likes of Sky and BT afford to increase base tv packs much further? |
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Whether they can increase them much further remains to be seen as l respect your views MM but we shall see what the future holds in the next few years as you usually are often right.;)
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BT to start charging for sports channels from August 2017...
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BT Sport will remain free for those on the total Entertainment package and those on the Entertainment Max package
Broadband charges will rise by between 5% and 6% from 2nd April Line rental will be frozen at £18.99 and TV prices remain unchanged |
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Well, I was disappointed by the first ITV boxing last night - the fights were good but only 2 fights that both never went the distance in a 3 hour programme is in my mind poor :nono:
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Another top lineup of matches on Sky Sports today Leicester v Southampton , Arsenal v Burnley and Chelsea v Hull.
No wonder audiences are on the slide.:D |
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Not sure you can blame sky, virgin or BT for the fixture list! You cannot have games between the top 6 all day every day. |
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Don't agree with you there mate, I thought the City V Spurs game was very good, especially the second half. |
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The so called experts of Henry , Souness . etc , etc , etc get my boat and on BT the pundits are even worse IMO..:td:
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BT and Sky take to the pitch for Champions League rematch
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The deal could very well net more but in what form ? If Sky was to win and pay more than BT currently do how much do you forsee a Sky Sports sub costing ? There are other options like so many games being offered to a FTA broadcaster a tie up between a FTA broadcaster and a pay broadcaster. The article also mentions possible pan European deal or global basis let's wait and see. |
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Sky Acquires Majority Stake In True North, Invests In Chrysalis Vision
http://deadline.com/2017/01/sky-majo...nt-1201892237/ Sky prepares for push into film production http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/...lm-production/ Clearly trying to make its offering less reliant on Sport ? |
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You could say that but remember Sport has been Sky's mighty financial driver of subscriptions for over 20 years now and without it they might find themselves up the creek without a paddle quicker then one can imagine but personally l cannot see that happening anytime soon.
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If anyone wants to understand more about bidding for the Champions League and the BT-Sky rivalry, these two in-depth posts from Mike Darcey (former COO at Sky) are worth your while reading.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/biddi...?trk=prof-post https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/biddi...ii-mike-darcey Credit to finding them: RobSmithS on Digital Spy http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...postcount=2995 ---------- Post added at 11:03 ---------- Previous post was at 10:58 ---------- Quote:
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Looking at the wages of neville, owen, carragher, henry etc and the price i pay each month for sky sports going towards this...one wonders if we can "opt out" of grinning pundits in the future. £25 for sky sports with the expensive wages of the cliche "MNF/Super sunday LADZ" XL package needed for BT sports and the expensive wages for the awful punditry of BT sports at pitch side. OR Ten quid off the bill for everything if you just want football coverage. No expensive pundits. Their wage bill taken off for good. At half time you're just greeted with a black screen until the game finishes. I'd sign up for the latter. |
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As I said before, you can't just the future by the present. Things have a habit of changing. ---------- Post added at 18:24 ---------- Previous post was at 18:19 ---------- Another blow for VM subscribers. http://www.a516digital.com/2017/01/f...ation-via.html BT Sport subscribers with Sky, BT TV, TalkTalk, or who access BT Sport via the app will gain access to Boxing channel BoxNation from 24th February 2017. The tie-up between the two broadcasters was first announced last year, but since then further details alongside the launch date have become available. While BT Sport subscribers using BT's and TalkTalk's YouView-based TV services or using Sky will benefit, Virgin Media customers with BT Sport are excluded. Anyone with the BT Sport Pack will get BoxNation for free from 24th February 2017, although BoxNation's pay-per-view events won't be included, according to BT. HD pack customers will gain free access to BoxNation in high definition. BT Sport Lite Pack customers will need to upgrade to the full BT Sport pack to gain access to BoxNation. The launch coincides with an evening of boxing including Boy Jones Jnr v Craig Poxton and Jay Harris v Thomas Essomba from Bethanal Green. As part of the deal between BoxNation and BT Sport, Saturday night Fight Nights will also feature on the BT Sport channels. As announced on Friday, BT will start charging all BT TV customers for BT Sport from 1st August 2017. This affects those watching in standard definition, as HD and UHD customers already pay a premium for BT Sport in high and ultra high definition formats. BT is increasing the monthly subscription charge for those accessing BT Sport via Sky from the same date. However, BT says the deal with BoxNation means viewers who previously subscribed to both services separately will save £144 a year. |
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When do SKY usually put up the price of SKY Sports?
Noticed something on my SKY account. I don't currently have SKY Sports but can add it for half price anytime I want due to the deal I have with SKY. The price currently being shown for SKY Sports on my account is £31.50 going down to £15.75 per month when my discount is applied. This is strange as all the other parts of SKY's website is showing the price as £27.50 per month. This is not the first time I've seen this kind of thing. It has in the past reflected upcoming price increases. I suspect SKY Sports will be going up by £4.00 per month in the very near future. https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...01/1.jpg:large |
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If that is indeed true I wont subscribe to Sky Sports it's simply no longer represents value for money to me at those prices.
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UK ISP Sky Broadband Confirms Line Rental Price Hike to £18.99
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Goodness gracious me a 9.14% rise is pretty steep IMO..
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we all know price will only ever go up and never down so no surprise at all
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BT's big money sport deals 'could be hit' after £8billion wiped off stock market value
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Could but unlikely IMO.
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Keeping an eye on broadband deals from BT now that Boxnation will be included. |
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Sky wins new Uefa Nations League rights.
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BT fires opening shot at Sky in new Champions League rights battle.
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All Discovery channels including Eurosport are staying on Sky!
GOOD NEWS! All our channels are staying on Sky. We can’t thank you enough for your patience & support. Best fans in TV! #KeepDiscovery https://twitter.com/DiscoveryUK/stat...12462904172544 |
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I wonder what one buckled?
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TalkTalk sees fourth consecutive fall in TV customer base.
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There's some decent coverage of the next round of international games on TV for those without a SKY Sports subscription.
22nd March - Germany Vs. England - ITV4 (Friendly) 24th March - Spain Vs. Israel - SKY Sports Mix (FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier) 25th March - Bulgaria v Netherlands - SKY Sports Mix (FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier) 25th March - Portugal v Hungary - ITV4 (FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier) 26th March - England v Lithuania - ITV (FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier) 26th March - Scotland v Slovenia SKY Sports Mix (FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier) |
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l wonder what this will mean for football fans possibly if it happens?.
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Well, something needs to be done to stop excessive money being made out of this at the expense of the punter, but they need to avoid chucking the baby out with the bathwater.
I would like to see all Premier League matches televised live, and distributed more widely to pay TV and the terrestrials. Unfortunately, if the clubs sell rights to their matches individually, I have a sneaking suspicion that prices will go up still further! |
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Channel 4 could show Champions League football for the first time
The Daily Telegraph can reveal that the public-service broadcaster is exploring the prospect of buying one fixture per matchweek [in conjunction with BT Sport] under the new three-year UK television contract that will be awarded next month. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/...ll-first-time/ |
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I'd be amazed if BT Sport didn't retain the European matches let's be honest their offering would look particularly weak without this.
With what Sky paid for the lions share of the Premier League can they honestly afford to compete. |
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saying adios. |
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