[kgollop]

Personally I think it's pretty obvious that VM would want to get BT Sports into the XL pack to replace ESPN. I think if they had gone for the same deal as Sky things would have been done long ago. Whether or not they've been successful in their negotiations is another matter of course. I really hope so, as there's no way I'm going to pay an extra £15 a month on top of my VIP pricing. I'll go to the pub for the odd game I want to see if that turns out to be the case. This is eerily similar to the initial ESPN negotiations for those that remember it. Fingers crossed for a launch in XL, if that happens and Atlantic is confirmed I'll be extremely happy!