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Originally Posted by alwaysabear
ESPN are in a position to outbid Sky for EPL rights they certainly have the financial muscle. Sky have cosyed up to ESPN since they arrived in the UK as they know full well they are a major player in world sports coverage. However, VM do not have the money they are in a considerable amount of debit which they have just finished re scheduling.
IMO rather than them going toe to toe over EPL they will split the rights to stop either of them over paying for rights. Which I am well aware is anti competitive, but who is going to stop them!
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VM do not want to be in the content owning business. They are placing themselves as a platform.
UKTV will be next to offload, with the proceeds of the sale going back in to their network/platform.