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[spankysmagicpian]

Originally Posted by Doug P

BT customers across the board are going to pay for what is a ridiculously ott payment for the Champions League...[COLOR="Silver"]

Was it OTT?

as someone pointed out - for the 3 year deal it's only 4 months of BT profit.

[Mad Max]

Was it OTT?

Over The Top!

[paultrademark]

It was a question asking if it was OTT not what is OTT lol

[andy_m]

Originally Posted by Bananaman_007

The ITV story was quite misleading, it said the sport had moved away from FTA TV and BT would charge for the matches. Well they already do as part of a monthly subscription or free to XL Virgin customers. ITV who were obviously a bit bitter from losing the rights chose to try and spin the story to make it sound like something it was not.

As for channels and new BT sport channels, what we have to remember is VM is not run by the morons who sold Bravo to Sky and then let them move some of the content to a channel they did not have the rights to. Being such a large player would LG really let a deal be negotiated for the BT channels that did not include any future channel launches?

I don't think that's misleading. BT said the matches would be "chargeable", and the interpretation of that word by ITV is the same as widely reported elsewhere.

The more I consider this deal the more I think it very unlikely it's included in the current Virgin deal. We shall see.

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Originally Posted by spankysmagicpian

Was it OTT?

as someone pointed out - for the 3 year deal it's only 4 months of BT profit.

That's profit from the entire business, presumably? It is difficult to see how it can make any money directly from the deal if Sky felt even they couldn't, and it's also ensured that the next Premier League rights auction will again be record breaking. Was it ott? I'd say yes. It can't pay for itself, it's more than double the previous cycle for nothing more and it has probably set us on a path of years of rights inflation that just cannot be sustainable.

Bust follows boom.

[colin25]

Originally Posted by andy_m

I don't think that's misleading. BT said the matches would be "chargeable", and the interpretation of that word by ITV is the same as widely reported elsewhere.

The more I consider this deal the more I think it very unlikely it's included in the current Virgin deal. We shall see.

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That's profit from the entire business, presumably? It is difficult to see how it can make any money directly from the deal if Sky felt even they couldn't, and it's also ensured that the next Premier League rights auction will again be record breaking. Was it ott? I'd say yes. It can't pay for itself, it's more than double the previous cycle for nothing more and it has probably set us on a path of years of rights inflation that just cannot be sustainable.

Bust follows boom.

I think more so as the fees charged to punters is near saturation.

I had already decided (pre-BT) to drop espn, when I was only charged 10 pounds per month, as I didn't think it was worth it, as I was also paying sky.

I decided to try bt broadband, so bt sport was free.

Anything that dilutes this, or increases prices, means i will likely drop something.

I could afford to keep paying, but there is a point when i start thinking, is it worth it.

Worst case scenario, I follow online, and watch BBC highlights. Save myself a fortune, to waste elsewhere

[johnathome]

Originally Posted by Chad

Does anyone know what the next big set of sporting rights are that will be up for grabs? Football and non-football?

BT set to go after more sports rights

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/104...er-sports.html

[nstokes]

I want to see if BT will go for the F1 rights when the deal ends in 2018

[denphone]

Originally Posted by johnathome

BT set to go after more sports rights

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/104...er-sports.html

The board is set now and Sky better prepare itself for a army of tanks to drive onto its lawn as the battle intensifies.

[colin25]

Originally Posted by denphone

The board is set now and Sky better prepare itself for a army of tanks to drive onto its lawn as the battle intensifies.

I am hoping both spend big.

More money to spend

[Doug P]

Originally Posted by spankysmagicpian

Was it OTT?

as someone pointed out - for the 3 year deal it's only 4 months of BT profit.

£81 per customer. Yes it is OTT. Bordering on obscene. Compare it to the price rises BT customers will get and the charge for the games when they come not the percentage of BT profits.

[johnathome]

With the comments about BT paying too much for sports rights does anyone remember when Sky moved into profit? They certainly weren't in profit from the get go.

I don't think they made a profit during the first few years of the PL rights?

[Doug P]

Originally Posted by nstokes

I want to see if BT will go for the F1 rights when the deal ends in 2018

More channel launches to come then?

If so can our experts on here say if VM deal covers new channels?

Bet it doesn't!!

[denphone]

Originally Posted by johnathome

With the comments about BT paying too much for sports rights does anyone remember when Sky moved into profit? They certainly weren't in profit from the get go.

I don't think they made a profit during the first few years of the PL rights?

No Sky did not make a profit in the first few years John.

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Originally Posted by Doug P

More channel launches to come then?

If so can our experts on here say if VM deal covers new channels?

Bet it doesn't!!

That's hard to say as none of us will ever see the contract details Doug so like many other things its a guessing game.

[Doug P]

True Den but bet for example BT Sport F1 would be extra.....

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Doug P

True Den but bet for example BT Sport F1 would be extra.....

Highly likely given that providers are out to grab as much money as they can.