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Originally Posted by Media Boy
One game per week???
BT have got two packages - one being 1st picks of the weekend games of 12.45pm on Saturdays.
The other one (I forgot the times of that package)
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Yes they have Pack A: 26 x 12.45pm Saturday slots
and Pack G: 12 games split into: 2 x 12.45pm Sat slots, + 10 Midweek + bank holiday fixtures.
That's 38 games. So they will only be broadcasting on 28 weekends of the season plus midweek + Christmas etc...
Any 18 of BT's choice are first picks.
Obviously, Sky retain first picks for the other 20 matchday's.
Sky now have 5.30pm Sat, and retain Sunday 1.30pm + 4pm plus MNF.
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Originally Posted by Chad
BT have 38 games. The Premiership season has 38 rounds of games meaning BT have the equivalent of 1 game per week whilst SKY have about 3 per week.
The Daily Mail reported:
"And Scudamore’s team were able to extricate every possible penny from what were previously the least attractive match choices by the ‘game changer’ of including a total of 18 first picks in BT’s set of 38 games to be shown on the Saturday 12.45pm slot and midweek and Bank Holidays."
"Sky’s ‘Monday Night Football’, an 8pm match, and ‘Super Sunday’, featuring 1.30pm and 4pm kick-offs, are unaffected.
But ESPN’s absence means Sky also take over the Saturday 5.30pm kick-offs."
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Yes. BT are broadcasting 1 game on 28 weekends out of around 35/36(usually a couple of midweek matchdays).
Sky are broadcasting 3 games per weekend on average.
I think BT are saying that the Sat afternoon kick-off is the best time for pubs and claiming they want to capitalise on that market.
But how do they do that if they are "undercutting" sky's pub rights? Given their massive financial outlay.