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Originally Posted by harry_hitch

We don't know BT's prices yet. they may only charge £5-£10 for the whole lot of CL football. They have not said they will put the whole price of BT Sports up or stop making it available for free to many consumers.

It is up to Sky to cut their prices now. They are saving hundreds of millions of pounds that they would have paid to show the tournament. If they don't pass that saving on, and the consumer continues to pay, more fool them.

My point is that currently you can watch one Champions League match from every match week, and every single Europa League match featuring two of the three English (or Welsh representatives of the English league!) teams competing in it, as well as both finals free to air. Whether you think BT are an anti Sky force for good or a corporate giant flexing it's financial muscles, the fact remains that you're going to get a lot less for free now they've got involved than you used to unless you want to pay for their broadband product, which is amongst the most expensive available, and if you want to watch every single Premier League and Champions League match then you'll have to pay for two subscriptions whereas you currently only need one.