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[ozsat]

I didn't see it in today's EPL game.

[Gavin-D]

ITV have won back the rights to show England men's team matches from Channel 4

The deal from September 2024 to June 2028 will see ITV broadcast all friendlies, qualifiers and Nations League matches

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Gavin-D

ITV have won back the rights to show England men's team matches from Channel 4

The deal from September 2024 to June 2028 will see ITV broadcast all friendlies, qualifiers and Nations League matches

Have you got a link Gavin.

[tweetiepooh]

I thought ITV already were showing the men's matches...oh you mean the pansies game with the wrong shaped (round) ball.

[1andrew1]

Talk of 3pm ban being lifted from 2029.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...380-games.html

[jfman]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Talk of 3pm ban being lifted from 2029.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...380-games.html

It’s a bit odd for the Premiership clubs to hold off that long. By the time 270 games are being televised they’ll have essentially normalised games not kicking off at 3pm.

The average season ticket holder might get what? 3?

Unless it’s being driven by the Championship clubs who could get more revenue from streaming their own games.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by jfman

It’s a bit odd for the Premiership clubs to hold off that long. By the time 270 games are being televised they’ll have essentially normalised games not kicking off at 3pm.

The average season ticket holder might get what? 3?

Unless it’s being driven by the Championship clubs who could get more revenue from streaming their own games.

Is it perhaps timed for when the Premiership and EFL TV rights are sold together?

[telegramsam]

The argument against 3pm games being shown live on tv is that it would effect the match attendances at lower league clubs,but surely those that want to go to an actual game will go regardless? I've not been to a game of any sort for over 20 years simply because it got to costly.

[jfman]

Originally Posted by telegramsam

The argument against 3pm games being shown live on tv is that it would effect the match attendances at lower league clubs,but surely those that want to go to an actual game will go regardless? I've not been to a game of any sort for over 20 years simply because it got to costly.

I agree, it dates back to a time when people thought the biggest games would clash and attending football was cheap. In practice now the biggest games are played at other times anyway.

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Is it perhaps timed for when the Premiership and EFL TV rights are sold together?

It will be, but if it was simply about the Premiership clubs maximising TV revenue then the Spanish approach of moving every game to another time slot would work better, and fans would barely notice.

[ozsat]

My local team have just gone up to the National League and show the 12.30pm and 5.30pm games live in the clubhouse.

I do think that having Manchester United or Liverpool on tv at 3pm on a Saturday would hit my local teams gates with people staying at home - especially on a wet or cold day.

There are plently on non-3pm Saturday time slots available to the EPL.

Once you drop of of the EFL and EPL - remember that many of the players have non-football full-time jobs and have limited time to actually play games.

Originally Posted by telegramsam

The argument against 3pm games being shown live on tv is that it would effect the match attendances at lower league clubs,but surely those that want to go to an actual game will go regardless? I've not been to a game of any sort for over 20 years simply because it got to costly.

[Aguero9320]

NBA to move to TNT Sports starting this month!

https://www.tntsports.co.uk/basketba...06/story.shtml

[vincerooney]

I'm guessing TNT sports contract with Virgin Media is up this summer based on my maths? I assume it'll no longer be in the Max package which some will be delighted at (but the bills wont go down anyway) and others will be annoyed at what will be like a £25 price hike to subscribe if they wanted it

[OLD BOY]

From memory, a TNT Sport subscription would be £18 on VM, Vince.

[1andrew1]

Five packages of 42-65 matches each are available. Four packages can be awarded to one bidder. A record 270 matches are available.

Some predictions from Francois Godard of Enders Analysis on the Premier League TV rights, in The Sunday Times.

1. Sky will retain at least three of the five packages. It will be reluctant to cede one of its weekend slots, so could even try for four.

2. The greatest competition will be between TNT Sports and DAZN. TNT will try to hold on to its Saturday 12.30pm slot whilst DAZN will try and get some rights too but has a history of bidding sensibly.

3. Without the Premier League, TNT Sports would cease to be a premium service and would need to reduce its price.

4. In terms of other potential bidders, it is unlikely that Amazon will want to spend sufficiently to retain Premier League rights. YouTube is seen as a “long shot”.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/d...tion-xwgf9bxsx

[telegramsam]

Personally I hope the Premier League rights are decided up between Sky and TNT but doubt it will work out like that.