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Originally Posted by toby53
Can't see 38 games a season making a sports channel for BT
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It's not even going to be a sports channel. From BT's own press release:
"We will launch a new football-focused channel"
So what other football rights could they land as I can't see football fans being excitied about having to subscribe to a channel offering 1 live game per week. As far as I'm aware most competitions such as the FA Cup, League Cup, The Championship, SPL, Champions League and Europa League are locked down for the next 3 to 5 years. I'm not sure what the current contract positions are for home national internationals.
I noticed ESPN suggested today they will continue on, which is exactly what a company in their position should say. They've still got subscriptions to sell over the next 12 months. I suspect they might reconsider their position nearer to losing the Premier League rights. Maybe they'll either pull out of the UK and sell their rights to BT or split some of their rights with BT.