ESPN may lose EPL Football(Update)
21-06-2012, 08:47
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Re: ESPN may lose EPL Football(Update)
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Can't speak for Andy but for me that would be because I am not a Sky customer and am happy with my Virgin package. However, I am not doctrinaire and would happily buy occasional content if it was at the right price.
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21-06-2012, 16:11
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Re: ESPN may lose EPL Football(Update)
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ESPN has kicked off an internal review of its future strategy following the loss of its Premier League rights. A variety of options are understood to be under consideration by the broadcaster, including cutting subscription costs, targeting new rights in different sports, and merging with Sky’s sports bundle.
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http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/b...&contentID=828
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21-06-2012, 18:00
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Re: ESPN may lose EPL Football(Update)
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Sky has everything BT needs, BT has some football games Sky wants on its platform one way or another.........
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22-06-2012, 09:51
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Re: ESPN may lose EPL Football(Update)
From the perspective that Scottish football will be one of the remaining draws for ESPN. It seems there is some opposition to a Rangers Newco joining the SPL.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18539483
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22-06-2012, 11:51
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Re: ESPN may lose EPL Football(Update)
ESPN will be the only place to see Scottish football as Sky only show it for the old firm matches, therefore no old firm = no Sky money.
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22-06-2012, 11:58
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Re: ESPN may lose EPL Football(Update)
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ESPN will be the only place to see Scottish football as Sky only show it for the old firm matches, therefore no old firm = no Sky money.
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Sky will stay without Rangers but may cut money.
http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scot...cle4378835.ece
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22-06-2012, 13:51
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This is a bigger problem for Scottish football as a whole, IF Sky organised a new deal as Rangers wouldn't be there, this is sheer greed from Sky.
I have said before that there are more clubs in the Scottish League than Celtic and Rangers, and yes l know that the old firm bring in lots of money and fans, but you have to look at the whole picture here.
Scottish is in poor state, and all you have the same each season is the war between the big two.
Tv companies are to blame, they pay outrageous money for EPL but when it comes to SF, they think they can they can offer as low as possible.
We had a problem with Setanta, they had Blue Square football, that went bust as they put more in than viewers.
We have the same with Premier Sports, its only on Sky but not VM.
I would say split the Scottish football up, get them into a Northern version of the English and let the Scottish Prem get on with it.
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22-06-2012, 14:00
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Re: ESPN may lose EPL Football(Update)
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This is a bigger problem for Scottish football as a whole, IF Sky organised a new deal as Rangers wouldn't be there, this is sheer greed from Sky.
I have said before that there are more clubs in the Scottish League than Celtic and Rangers, and yes l know that the old firm bring in lots of money and fans, but you have to look at the whole picture here.
Scottish is in poor state, and all you have the same each season is the war between the big two.
Tv companies are to blame, they pay outrageous money for EPL but when it comes to SF, they think they can they can offer as low as possible.
We had a problem with Setanta, they had Blue Square football, that went bust as they put more in than viewers.
We have the same with Premier Sports, its only on Sky but not VM.
I would say split the Scottish football up, get them into a Northern version of the English and let the Scottish Prem get on with it.
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Media reports was reporting yesterday that the owners of the newco Rangers are planing to buy Bury and join League One with home games being played at Rangers Park.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...eague-One.html
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22-06-2012, 14:14
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Re: ESPN may lose EPL Football(Update)
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Sorry I find it hard to believe anything printed in the Sun
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...-One-club.html
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22-06-2012, 17:31
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Re: ESPN may lose EPL Football(Update)
More on Rangers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18556194
Has Sky spoken. Will the clubs come up with a mechanism to keep Rangers in the SPL (and keep the current Sky/ESPN contract) perhaps with some arrangement where Rangers Sky money gets diverted elsewhere?
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22-06-2012, 17:35
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Re: ESPN may lose EPL Football(Update)
The BBC are reporting Aberdeen, Dundee and Hearts will be voting no to Newco Rangers joining the SPL. Hibernian chairman Rod Petrie previously made it clear that commercial concerns were of secondary importancewhilst Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Inverness and St. Mirren will canvas supporter opinion prior voting.
As a Rangers fan I've been keeping a very close eye on events over the past 5 months. I believe Rangers need to be punished. There needs to be a clear deterrent to stop other clubs going down the same route. Scottish football also needs to maintain integrity.
If Rangers go to either Divison 3, or Division 1 which now seems more likely, and SKY want to renegotiate their deal with the SPL that to me seems fair. I watched a report on this whole sorry affair on SKY Sports News about a month ago. SKY confirmed that Celtic Vs. Rangers gets more viewers than any other football fixture they show during the season. If SKY lose 4 Old Firm games then their deal with the SPL is not as valuable to them.
If Rangers go down it's being widely reported that Rangers Vs. Celtic will take place on SKY Sports for "The Glasgow Cup". A once a season challenge game until Rangers make their return to the top flight. SKY will stick with the SPL minus Rangers but it means all 12 clubs will suffer a reduction in TV revenue.
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22-06-2012, 18:21
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Re: ESPN may lose EPL Football(Update)
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The BBC are reporting Aberdeen, Dundee and Hearts will be voting no to Newco Rangers joining the SPL. Hibernian chairman Rod Petrie previously made it clear that commercial concerns were of secondary importancewhilst Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Inverness and St. Mirren will canvas supporter opinion prior voting.
As a Rangers fan I've been keeping a very close eye on events over the past 5 months. I believe Rangers need to be punished. There needs to be a clear deterrent to stop other clubs going down the same route. Scottish football also needs to maintain integrity.
If Rangers go to either Divison 3, or Division 1 which now seems more likely, and SKY want to renegotiate their deal with the SPL that to me seems fair. I watched a report on this whole sorry affair on SKY Sports News about a month ago. SKY confirmed that Celtic Vs. Rangers gets more viewers than any other football fixture they show during the season. If SKY lose 4 Old Firm games then their deal with the SPL is not as valuable to them.
If Rangers go down it's being widely reported that Rangers Vs. Celtic will take place on SKY Sports for "The Glasgow Cup". A once a season challenge game until Rangers make their return to the top flight. SKY will stick with the SPL minus Rangers but it means all 12 clubs will suffer a reduction in TV revenue.
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Thanks for the update Chad from someone closer to the situation. I would miss Rangers v Celtic four times a year but perhaps long term integrity would be better for Scottish football.
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22-06-2012, 19:55
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Re: ESPN may lose EPL Football(Update)
I think now is the time that Scotish football took a long hard look at itself and decided to make it a much fairer league than one that is designed to generate as much money as possible... create 2 twenty team divisions and lets see the big boys turning up at Bog head park or somewhere on a cold soggy january night, maybe some of the other clubs might flourish and prosper in a climate like this, sod rangers and celtic playing each other 6 times a season, why don't they not just have a world series of Glasgow football and play each other every week.
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22-06-2012, 20:00
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Re: ESPN may lose EPL Football(Update)
Thread update
ESPN HAVE LOST THE RIGHTS!
Get over it, start new thread, "what will BT do with their EPL rights", or.."How will ESPN cope without EPL"..or my favourite, "Has Virgin lost even more tarnish with ESPN losing EPL"
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22-06-2012, 20:02
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Re: ESPN may lose EPL Football(Update)
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Thread update
ESPN HAVE LOST THE RIGHTS!
Get over it, start new thread, "what will BT do with their EPL rights", or.."How will ESPN cope without EPL"..or my favourite, "Has Virgin lost even more tarnish with ESPN losing EPL" 
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How do you come up with the conclusion that Virgin have lost tarnish as their is easily the better all round package and even your diehards would admit that.
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