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Originally Posted by InformationMedia
They are aiming for the sports that Sky/BT are unlikely to go for. It will be interesting once (if expected) bEIN Sports enter the UK tv market. From what I've read they will blow BT & Sky out of the water.
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There's always someone going to "blow Sky out the water" no one ever does. Last time it was apparently going to be al jazzera. But the came out publicly an said competing with Sky is pointless for them. As if they did win any football rights they would have to pay far too much for it.
Business is business and no company will throw £3billion/£4billion or almost $7.5billion just to get 120 EPL games a year for 3 years. Sky make it up as you need to have the basic channels to get Skysports an they are also very successful at up selling broadband and phoneline. So a skysports customer becomes a full tv package/bb/phoneline customer aswell. BT only paid £700million over 3 years and it already gave them millions more subscribers an they have the added bonus broadband sign ups.
EPL TV rights don't sell massively outside of the UK.