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Originally Posted by Superblade7
Hi guys,
Interesting read of all the posts about the BT Sports deal for the CL/EL. I think this definitely shows that BT are in it for the long haul and I think they've probably caught Sky on the back foot with this one as the CL was one of their 'golden eggs'.
The loss of the CL will definitely devalue Sky Sports from 2015 so it will be interesting to see what they do to react? Reduce prices, obtain alternative content?
Definitely interesting times ahead and I think, as others have said, with the onslaught Sky are facing with BT, Netflix, Blinkbox, Lovefilm, etc then hopefully they'll now view VM as a bit of an ally to wholesale their content through and finally give us the channels a lot of people on here would like such as Atlantic and the additional Sports HD channels.
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The telecoms giant is understood to have bid nearly twice as much as Sky, who, according to a person familiar with the process, dropped out of the running after the first round after seeing BT's offer.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...ue-rights.html
That kind of suggests they werent prepared to pay anymore , as for what they'll do going forward who knows however as Den says I can't see a reduction in subscription costs.
What's the odds on Rupert starting a breakaway league now with bigger prize money
Just joking by the way.