ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
29-06-2015, 16:58
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by telegramsam
The BBC is a dinosaur and so is the licence fee! Maybe this will at last wake them up to the fact that the world has moved on and they no longer are the only tv channel provider in this country. The only option if the BBC want to survive and indeed compete for viewers is to scrap the old fashioned licence fee,become a subscription and advert carrying channel. I know peole don`t like adverts but it is the only way forward as far as I`m concerned. The BBC has been `freeloadng` for far to long now. I rarely ever agree with this government or it`s MP`S but I`m totally behind them on their call for the licence fee being scrapped.
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Totally agree, the BBC needs a reality check.
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29-06-2015, 17:05
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by alwaysabear
Totally agree, the BBC needs a reality check.
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I don't want this thread to turn into the validity of the Licence Fee but if the BBC was a private company it would be a lot more streamlined than it is now.
I would rather a hatchet man came in to cut costs, it would mean redundancies, than the output being the first thing to get cut.
It's always the same with councils/public companies, instead of looking at the structure it's the services that get cut.
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29-06-2015, 20:00
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by denphone
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Someone on DS forum raised an interesting question on this , I wonder if we could see more sporting rights being sold on a Pan European basis.
Liberty Global and Sky have already extended their European footprint and surely there would be more incentive for the likes of Eurosport to take a look being that they have their channel all over Europe.
I understand many people have said it won't happen owing to the rights holders making more money by selling on a country by country basis but it will be interesting development to watch.
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29-06-2015, 20:43
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by muppetman11
Someone on DS forum raised an interesting question on this , I wonder if we could see more sporting rights being sold on a Pan European basis.
Liberty Global and Sky have already extended their European footprint and surely there would be more incentive for the likes of Eurosport to take a look being that they have their channel all over Europe.
I understand many people have said it won't happen owing to the rights holders making more money by selling on a country by country basis but it will be interesting development to watch.
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Well if a company held the pan european rights and didn't have a local broadcaster in a country and did it themselves then under EU rules i should be able to subscribe to the same service in the cheapest country that offers the same thing? I can't see a company charging, say, Poland the same price that they'd charge here.
Maybe it's just wishful thinking on my part.
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30-06-2015, 09:19
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Absolutely and totally disagree, !
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30-06-2015, 15:19
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
There's speculation the BBC could also soon lose the Six Nations Rugby.
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30-06-2015, 15:43
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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There's speculation the BBC could also soon lose the Six Nations Rugby.
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at this rate Eastenders must be under threat
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30-06-2015, 17:09
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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at this rate Eastenders must be under threat
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30-06-2015, 17:34
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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There's speculation the BBC could also soon lose the Six Nations Rugby.
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These are ominous foreboding times for the BBC and it will get worse.
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04-07-2015, 09:39
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
Just checked the Now TV website and a Sky Sports day pass seems to be £6.99 at the moment. Not sure if that is a temporary price or the new price going forward.
Would this be a feasible alternative to VM Sky Sports sub? I probably only watch 2 or 3 games a month so would be cheaper, just concerned about PQ and high demand games not being watchable.
Has anyone got any experience of this?
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04-07-2015, 09:59
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Just checked the Now TV website and a Sky Sports day pass seems to be £6.99 at the moment. Not sure if that is a temporary price or the new price going forward.
Would this be a feasible alternative to VM Sky Sports sub? I probably only watch 2 or 3 games a month so would be cheaper, just concerned about PQ and high demand games not being watchable.
Has anyone got any experience of this?
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Why not try it on this day on the free pass and decide for yourself.
http://www1.skysports.com/cricket/ne...ports-day-pass
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04-07-2015, 10:08
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by johnathome
I don't want this thread to turn into the validity of the Licence Fee but if the BBC was a private company it would be a lot more streamlined than it is now.
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It wouldn't. The independent PwC reports shows it to be very efficient when compared to its peers both in the UK and overseas.
Overheads in charities and public sector: 11.2%
Overheads in regulated private companies: 8.8%
BBC: 7.6%
Source: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/abouttheb...ncy_review.pdf
Meanwhile, seasoned media commentator mlt11 on Digital Spy summarises the forces driving TV sports rights and has predicted that the BBC will show most of the Olympics including the key bits and that a Premier League-owned channel is likely.
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04-07-2015, 12:49
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by muppetman11
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Thanks Muppetman, I've just taken a punt on a Now TV box from Amazon, got it on a lightning deal, £13.99 with two SS day passes, offer still available for another hour or so if anyone else is interested
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04-07-2015, 12:54
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Thanks Muppetman, I've just taken a punt on a Now TV box from Amazon, got it on a lightning deal, £13.99 with two SS day passes, offer still available for another hour or so if anyone else is interested
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Is that the old white Now TV box or the new one?
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04-07-2015, 14:35
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Interesting read Den - Shame when It boils down to money.,
Personally I doubt anyone will beat the BBC for its coverage of the last Olympics - every single sport shown live and all with zero advertising.
Eurosport has an ad break every few minutes at the best of times !
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There are many issues with the bbc but it has to be said they got London 2012 spot on. Makes you wonder how they managed to make such a mess of the jubilee or this year's Wimbledon highlights, but that's another story. If we are to have a public service broadcaster funded in this way then it should be the natural home for events such as the Olympics. But the way I read that article suggests that the rights might be sold on to individual broadcasters on a country by country basis, and that the BBC have previously been involved in similar deals - so it isn't necessarily the case that they've "lost" the rights, just that they haven't won them yet.
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