BSkyB pull Khan from Sky Box Office schedule.
 

Sky has confrim that the next Khan fight on Saturday night (April 16th) will not be on Sky Sports channels.

The Fight was set to be shown LIVE on Sky Box Office.

Is BSkyB running out of money?

First they cut the price of the Football League now this.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...64054,00.html?

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Maybe the credit crunch has hit Rupe late LOL :D

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Sky supposedly knew they were unopposed in bidding for the Football League rights and bid accordingly.

Sky didn't deem the undercard of the Khan fight strong enough to warrant a PPV event. This was after ex-world heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman failed to agree to face Briton Tyson Fury.

At least Tivo customers will be able to tune in now!

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Two words in the wrong order:erm:

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I do not follow Boxing - My ''Media Boy'' mind was just working overtime with the takeover of BSkyB set to happen soon maybe the new owners have told BSkyB to save money to pay off the Bank loan???

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I don't think you need to worry about British Sky Broadcasting's finances MB!

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DS Forums think the fight maybe going to move to ITV or Premier Sports.

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I have read Sky Sports 3.

Sky Guide conveniently says at 9pm next Saturday 'TBA'

Looks like it is still up in the air though.

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Sky Sports says tonight:

Quote from Sky Sports.com.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...64054,00.html?

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I hadn't read tonights statement.

There was no way that card warranted a PPV event so hopefully another broadcaster will pick it up.

Hopefully ITV4 and ITV1 for the main event.

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Has PPV turned the public off boxing?I remember when boxing was so popular on national TV but has it become a case of out of sight out of mind? :erm:

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At 15.00 a pop you could be right.

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Watch this space, they have 2 more PPV boxing events coming up soon,

1> David Haye
2. One of Frank Warrens big boxing nights, world title and big domestic bust up with James DeGale

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It looks like Primetime are the hot favourites to land Khan Vs. McCloskey however a late deal might be done with ITV just like when Khan Vs. Malignaggi was struggling for a broadcaster last year.

If a deal is done with Primetime, what chance have we got of Virgin offering the fight to us as they don't always cover Primetime PPV events, especially at such short notice. Worse still, what happens if Premier Sports somehow manage to come up with the funds jointly with Setanta Ireland to share the rights? McCloskey has a huge Irish following and a joint Premier Sports / Setanta Ireland bid is not unthinkable. Again there is little to no chance that we'd get to view the fight via the Virgin platform if it's screened by Premier Sports.

Unless ITV, BBC, ESPN or Eurosport buy the rights to show Saturdays fight, I don't think we'll be getting access to it via Virgin which is a real shame, if your a massive boxing fan like myself.

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I've read that PPV figures for boxing on SKY over the past 24 months have been pretty poor. There used to be a winning formula to PPV boxing. Fighters would be showcased for 3 or 4 years on either ITV or BBC building a fan base and notoriety. Once they got near world title status SKY would step in and sign an exclusive PPV broadcast deal usually for 4 fights, one of the fights being for a world title.

Recently however there is no live boxing on terrestrial TV. Stars of the future are being showcased on SKY's Saturday Fight Night which pulls in modest figures. Once David Haye retires, Carl Froch retires and Amir Khan burns his bridges there is nobody currently or coming through who is gaining enough exposure to be successfully marketed as a PPV fighter. The long and short of this post is ...... boxing needs to be back on BBC or ITV in a primetime slot. Amir Khan and Joe Calzaghe drew over 10 millions viewers EACH! Khan's last fight against Maidana got in the region of 150,000 PPV buys.

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An interesting read

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/oth...=feeds-newsxml