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Originally Posted by Joedm45
I thought that BT had to show a certain amount of games free to air, ie. on their Freeview channel. Have they not been doing this? Or have they been cherry picking some potentially poor games just to say they made it available to all.
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Not poor games but mostly non English club matches and 2nd pick of the night when they do. Main issue is that they only reveal the match they are showing a most a week before, not all areas of the country pick up showcase and it's poor picture quality and not HD.
It will be interesting to see what ratings the final gets compared to other years.
I reckon BT will end up doing something about this for next season rather than risk ****ing off UEFA and not getting anything in next rights auction. They have tried selling selected rights to ITV already and I would not be surprised if they try again with perhaps an improved offer or maybe CH5 now that the ownership is different.