Thread: General Exclusive TV rights.
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Old 10-08-2012, 15:45   #20
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Re: Exclusive TV rights.
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Originally Posted by Rob View Post
The problem of exclusivity is simply one of price. The highest bidder is the one with deepest pockets.
And in the UK, that's Sky. Game over. (Pun not intended!)

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Originally Posted by Rob View Post
Sky as content provider and distributor in one, perhaps isn't as transparent and perhaps one side of it's offering can offset or add value to the other, to the disadvantage of other networks that might wish to distribute content at an economical cost.
Which is why I agree they need splitting. Good luck in getting them to actually do that though.
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