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Originally Posted by Mr-S
Apprentally Premier Sports signed a deal with ESPN to carry their 'Friday Night Fights' show for 2 years which used to air on ESPN UK either live or in delay due to there scheduling clashes (usually clashes with NBA).
Very disappointed with ESPN, they have shown no commitment to Boxing in the UK and looks unlikely now that an ESPN 2 will launch if they are giving away rights that they own for up 2 years. If an ESPN 2 was launching they would have saved rights for that to enhance content on the channel.
Would like to have Premier Sports on VM for the Boxing and Copa Sudamericana coverage they have which are ignored by Sky and ESPN.
Seems that people on content team at VM make decisions based on their personal opinions rather than what viewers want... could list of a bunch of channels that they dont carry that many people want but refuse to carry.
This is a pay channel and unless was gonna made free on XL I cant see what the issue would be carrying it... MUTV has only 60k subs and I would love to how many of them on VM... very few I bet! 
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Yep I agree, gutted about that. Shown no commitment to Boxing in UK yet would rather force feed us American college sports, MLB & NHL which nobody really cares about. Much bigger fanbase for Boxing in UK than those sports put together. Sky get great figures for Boxing and so did Setanta... I dont get why they keep ignoring the sport.
Reckon an ESPN 2 isnt coming now as if there was they would never hand over the rights for something they own to a competitor for 2 years! |
This is from the Premier Sports website:
"Premier Sports TV is the new home of boxing in the UK. Starting in January we have 28 Friday Night Fight events live from America and the World Series of Boxing. Combined with monthly shows from HBO and independent promoters we can supply 50+ fights per year for only £6.99 per month."
That's way more shows than SKY Sports offer in a year.