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Originally Posted by muppetman11
To be honest if ESPN could get 3 packages I may well jack my Sky sports sub in especially if ESPN UK capture more NFL.
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But you don't think ESPN would be included in XL or bundled with BT if they did get three packages do you? No chance, that's why I mentioned it.
Let's also be clear here, no laws have suddenly changed as of yesterdays announcement, it was only a recommendation albeit a very important one and the precedent is that it may well indeed be enforced.
Also this case was fought from a public broadcasting point of view to circumvent Sky's/ESPN's ridiculously high charges for pubs, not for a domestic set up like we have. Have you seen the price of these European subscriptions? They may well be cheaper than a Sky/ESPN pub subscription but they are far from cheap compared to a domestic subscription although they may be far cheaper if you can directy susbscribe rather than through a third party but consider this, what if operators subsequenty have to pay for EU wide rights to content rather than the domestic arrangements they have now?, those prices will hugely increase. And there are plans afoot to use targetted spotbeams on satellites in the future like the BBC do now with Astra 2D that will require a huge dish for reliable reception, in some cases these require planning permission too.
I think we may be jumping the gun a bit here. I have a feeling as ever we won't see any huge benefit ourselves.
It's only one shop but have a look at some of the prices, Sky Italia is nearly 1100 euros a year with this one. Maybe that's cheap for a pub compared to Sky/ESPN but not for us.
http://www.3pmfooty.com/index.html