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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
I believe that both parties will be monitoring the performance of the channel until the end of the year before deciding upon a long term business model for the channel, so this does not rule out PS going into XL.
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I think you could be spot on
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Looks like the Champions League rights might cost SKY a fortune:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/m...e-worries.html
"BT lost ground earlier in the week on worries it will not recoup the £450m a year it is spending to go up against BSkyB in sports broadcasting. Yesterday, however, investors were weighing the potential damage the rivalry might inflict on Sky."
"analysts at Macquarie warned that the company should expect “fierce competition” in the forthcoming bidding process for the pay-TV rights to broadcast Champions League matches from 2015 to 2018. They estimated the price Sky will pay to secure the rights will rise 70pc, which would knock the company’s 2016 estimated earnings by 4pc."
It looks like SKY Sports might start to get really expensive in the next 12 to 24 months.
I thought breaking up football rights and giving the consumer choice was supposed to be a good thing? All I'm seeing is evidence of crazy bidding wars that's just going to push up subscription prices up over and over again.