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Originally Posted by johnathome
Those EPL rights they paid through the nose for is making them give up a few other sports deals, unless Eurosport decided not to offer them up for grabs this time?
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I think it's a combo of both.
It was announced at a board meeting earlier in the year that Sky would drop certain rights as they focus on core markets. Many guessed that it would mean dropping of US Open tennis amongst other things. As they carry Eurosport they know that subscribers will still get access to it. Had Eurosport not held rights and it been an open tender with BT bidding then it might have been a different story.
Plus with the new ownership Eurosport are uping their game and investing in rights and their coverage. I think they are pretty keen to be the home of the Grand Slam tennis. Will be interesting to see if they bid for the ATP rights when they are up, looks like they didn't go for the WTA ones.