Originally Posted by Chad (Post 36088763)

I think BT still has the rights to Ligue 1. Seria A is currently up for grabs. The deal with Premier Sports has expired.

Will be interesting to see where Seria A ends up. For me personally these European leagues are nothing but filler. Eleven Sports threw tons of cash at these leagues a few years ago only to learn Brits don't want to watch continental football via stream. Pretty much killed the companies UK ambitions stone dead within 6 months.

Can't see Sky or BT bidding. Premier Sports might try to renew on the cheap. Smells like something Amazon will pick up for little cost due to lack of interest from the conventional broadcasters. Gives them something to chirp about. Another "Victory" for the streamers.

Originally Posted by vincerooney (Post 36088756)

do we have a list of where leagues are currently? from what i can gather:

Sky sports- Premier League, Football League, Bundesliga
BT Sport- Premier league, Champions League, Europa League, Europa Conference, Ligue 1(?)
Premier Sport- Serie A and La Liga.

I'm not sure where the Portuguese, dutch or belgium or MLS are these days.
I know the russian league is on Bet365 haha

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 36088589)

Bundesliga switches to Sky Sports.

https://www.skysports.com/football/n...t-four-seasons

Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36088783)

I’m quite excited by this although it has it’s issues with the main German kick off times clashing with the outdated protectionist measure of the 3pm blackout and Sky’s main slots for the EPL.

A real test as to whether La Liga was genuinely popular or could Sky replicate that success by using SSN as a 24/7 linear broadcast advert as they do for the rest of their sports output. I’ve suspected for some time they could very easily. The proof is in the pudding as they say.

Originally Posted by Raider999 (Post 36088968)

Outdated 3pm blackout - how so?

If you want The country's football clubs to lose out on supporters who choose to sit at home and watch foreign football on a Saturday afternoon then that's likely to see a number of clubs go to the wall.

There again how many people actually watch foreign football outside of the odd big match (such as Barcelona v Real Madrid).

I watched a lot of Bundesliga football last year, due to a combination of being on Furlough and no Premier League/ Premiership Rugby being on.

Otherwise I wouldn't have bothered.

The way the rights move around suggest I'm not the only one.

Originally Posted by telegramsam (Post 36088973)

I doubt very much genuine supporters will miss their clubs home game to watch a foreign football match. I think the only ones watching will be the likes of me who never attend a football match due to the cost of getting there and match day ticket.

Originally Posted by Raider999 (Post 36088968)

Outdated 3pm blackout - how so?

Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36089004)

It’s a protectionist racket for a cartel of football clubs.

Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36089021)

It’s literally a restriction on the ability to trade.

It’d be laughable if cinemas got to say there were windows that television channels/streaming services couldn’t show any movies to encourage people to go.

Originally Posted by vincerooney (Post 36089027)

thought it was literally to stop people watching the premier league games at 3pm saturday instead of supporting their local teams?

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36089049)

It is, but you know how jfman tries to twist everything.

However I do agree with him that it is a practice that should cease. Football fans are always going to turn out to watch their team play.