Thread: General ESPN may lose EPL Football(Update)
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Old 13-06-2012, 22:52   #130
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Re: ESPN may lose EPL Football(Update)
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Originally Posted by bubblegun View Post
"Setanta Sports, which had a similar model, struggled to sign up 1.2m, about 700,000 short of the number it needed to break even – and the Irish broadcaster was paying only £2.8m a game, far below BT's £6.5m. ESPN, incidentally, paid £2.3m a game."
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BT are loaded compared to Setanta, and I'm sure BT (and ESPN) have learned from the numerous mistakes Setanta made.

No way will they charge £20 per month, not when SS1 (by itself) is a lot cheaper from VM and offers a lot more sport.
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