ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
25-04-2025, 18:55
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by Paul
While true, I dont think the rebrand is actually relevant to the losses.
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No wonder TNT has been cut back on sports rights and even channels.
I do wonder when TNT will axe its UHD Channel (It only broadcast about three hours per week)
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25-04-2025, 19:03
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But at least their Ultimate channel is true UHD/HDR and costs no more than the base TNT Sport price - whereas Sky Sports Main Event has quite a lot of upscaled stuff and some of the fake HDR looks terrible - and you have to pay extra for UHD.
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No wonder TNT has been cut back on sports rights and even channels.
I do wonder when TNT will axe its UHD Channel (It only broadcast about three hours per week)
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Last edited by ozsat; 25-04-2025 at 19:19.
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04-05-2025, 16:36
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04-05-2025, 17:13
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Not surprised
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05-05-2025, 23:16
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I don't think they'll receive much for it given TNT's losses.
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06-05-2025, 04:54
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Who would want it though?
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06-05-2025, 08:56
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Who would want it though?
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WBD will own it 100%. I think BT is just exercising its right to exit the joint venture. This was never a question of if but when.
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06-05-2025, 09:05
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BT plc will retain a 50% interest in the JV, and Warner Bros. Discovery will be granted a Call Option over BT plc’s interest in the JV, exercisable at specified points in the first four years of the JV.
https://ir.wbd.com/news-and-events/f...D/default.aspx
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07-05-2025, 01:58
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whatever happened to "La liga tv" the standonline channel on virgin media? i assume it was closed when premier sports returned? are some games no longer available to be watched on virgin media as a result?
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07-05-2025, 06:41
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It is a part of the Premier Sports service but not as a linear channel.
It is in their app and Amazon service - but not on VM or Sky (except via Amazon app).
Most live games on LaLiga are shown on PS1 or PS2.
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whatever happened to "La liga tv" the standonline channel on virgin media? i assume it was closed when premier sports returned? are some games no longer available to be watched on virgin media as a result?
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07-05-2025, 12:09
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Good News/Bad News for Rugby fans
Bad: Sky Sports, TNT & Premier snub England Rugby vs USA Test
Good: TNT Sports is set to announce a new 5-year deal giving it exclusive live rights to Gallagher Premiership. TNT will pay almost worth £200m for rights.
https://www.cityam.com/sky-sports-tn...y-vs-usa-test/
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07-05-2025, 12:39
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Good News/Bad News for Rugby fans
Bad: Sky Sports, TNT & Premier snub England Rugby vs USA Test
Good: TNT Sports is set to announce a new 5-year deal giving it exclusive live rights to Gallagher Premiership. TNT will pay almost worth £200m for rights.
https://www.cityam.com/sky-sports-tn...y-vs-usa-test/ |
Good news would free to air  so much for tnt being in trouble
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07-05-2025, 13:11
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Good news would free to air so much for tnt being in trouble |
Agreed, good news for viewers would be FTA.
I don't think TNT are in trouble at the moment as they've got wealthy co-owners. it's just always been incredibly hard for secondary pay TV broadcasters in the UK like TNT to make money.
Hence the constant changes in the broadcasting landscape which has seen the coming and goings of Setanta, Viasport, ESPN, BT Sport, Premier Sports, Eurosport, etc.
For how long WBD decides to continue shouldering the losses of TNT or if they can turn it around remains to be seen. But for now, they seem to be committed.
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07-05-2025, 13:50
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I don't think TNT are in trouble at the moment as they've got wealthy co-owners.
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But WBD and BT have debt of £53.38 billion.
Warner Bros. Discovery's total debt, as of December 2024, was £29.75 billion.
BT Group's total debt as of December 2024 was £23.63 billion
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07-05-2025, 14:14
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To provide context, BT had total assets of £51.74 billion, and WBD had assets of £78.86 billion.
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