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Old 27-06-2013, 19:31   #2636
RichardCoulter
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.

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Originally Posted by Gavin-D View Post
Sky Sports kick off biggest Premier League season with free first day

Sky Sports will kick off its biggest ever season of Premier League football by offering free live action from the first day of the season to every home in Britain.

To celebrate the first day of the Premier League season and Sky Sports' new line up of football, programmes from Sky Sports 1 will replace the regular programming on Sky 2 (on Sky and other pay TV services) and Pick TV (on Freeview and You View) on Saturday 17th August.

Saturday

10am - Soccer AM

Helen Chamberlain and Max Rushden return for another season of football fun

12noon - FL72 - Live

New Saturday kick off time for live matches from the Football League

2.30pm - Saturday Night Football - Team Talk

David Jones and Jamie Redknapp preview the 3pm kick offs

3.00pm - Soccer Saturday (also 12 - 6pm on Sky Sports News HD)

Jeff Stelling and the boys return with all the news, views and analysis

5pm - Saturday Night Football - Live

David and Jamie debate the early matches and present the live late match

8pm - Saturday Night Football - Game of the Day

From the same studio, Sarah-Jane Mee presents full replay of the best 3pm match

10pm - Saturday Night Football - Match Choice

45-minute highlights from all Saturday 3pm fixtures available via the red button

http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...free-first-day

The takeover means millions of home viewers can enjoy a live Premier League match, a Football League fixture, plus a host of other football shows at no cost.

The free day will also include the brand new show, 'Saturday Night Football', for Sky's 5.30pm Saturday evening Premier League fixture. The show is part of Sky Sports' new look 'weekend of football' which also includes the new pairing of Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville for 'Monday Night Football' and a new Saturday schedule running from Soccer AM all the way through to extended evening highlights of all 3pm matches.
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Interesting news for sports fans:

I was told today that VM have heard a rumour that, in an attempt to try and scupper things for BT, everytime that BT have a live match on, Sky will make it's football available for free.

I asked if this meant that some or all of the Sky Sports channels would be temporarily unencrypted, if they would be moved or simulcast on a channel such as Sky One or if they would be put onto Pick TV to dissuade Freeview viewers from subscribing to BT Sport (not sure if they can or not) and was told that he didn't know the answer to that.

Does anyone know if sports rights that are sold with pay TV rights MUST be shown on pay TV, or if Sky are able to show them FTA should they wish to do so?

If not, that rules out Pick TV, but the option of putting them on a channel like Sky One would comply with any "must carry on pay TV" requirement.
Looks like the rumour that VM heard last weekend may be true then, although it doesn't mention any future free football to try and scupper BT matches.

I wonder why it appears to be simulcast on Sky 2 and Pick TV, why not just put it on Pick TV to cover freeview and pay tv customers
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