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Old 26-07-2014, 11:59   #4768
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news

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Originally Posted by Gavin-D View Post
Next year will be very interesting for BT Sport as the bidding is expected to get underway for the premier league rights for the 2016 / 2017 to 2018 / 2019 seasons. Eurosport owner Discovery is rumored to be considering a bid as well
It will be very interesting to see if a 3rd bidder enters the race for rights.

I think SKY are planning to bid big and are already preparing their war-chest. SKY will still have the money they planned to spend on Champions League rights plus I'm sure the recent carriage deals with Virgin Media and Talk Talk are also about raising revenue. Who knows maybe SKY will also use part of the funds raised from selling their stake in ITV.

The truth of the matter is who knows what will happen. I've seen a lot of speculation over the past 48 hours that moving forward SKY plan to bid for sports rights on a continental basis.
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