Thread: General ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Old 16-07-2013, 12:59   #2619
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by Chad View Post
Interview with Marc Watson, chief executive of TV at BT Retail:

http://www.techradar.com/news/intern...-sport-1165781

""What I'm hoping it will do is bring more customers into the market who want to watch this sport. Sky is doing one day for free. If [customers] want to watch this kind of sport going forward then there's only one company that's free all the time and that's us," says Watson."

This suggests BT Sports won't go into XL when it arrives on the Virgin platform.
You could also take the view that the statement is true as at the date it was conveyed. If a deal hasn't been done yet, or an agreement not yet signed, then the statement is correct even if we eventually get it on XL.

Incidentally, it is up to VM if they want to pay more for it and then offer it without extra charge (or reduced charge) to XL viewers.

It should not be forgotten that the BT deal is only for the first year. The VM arrangement will be for the length of the contract, so it could turn out to be better value than BT!
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