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Old 13-08-2014, 14:53   #4891
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When did Racing UK go up to £22.50 on Sky?
Its £20 on Virgin so l am not sure when it went up on Skys platform.
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Old 13-08-2014, 15:57   #4892
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Aye totally agree.

Does anyone know when the next rights are coming up for the EPL? we usually find out a year in advance whos getting it dont we?

If sky do bid huge for the football rights next time its us who will pay the price by another massive hike in prices. They said bringing in other providers would be better for us. It's just meant we pay more!
Bidding will begin either later this year or early 2015
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Old 13-08-2014, 15:59   #4893
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I haven't forgotten, Dave, and I know how much retaining the Premiership football rights means to Sky. But BT seem to be pretty determined themselves, and in this scenario it must surely be down to a mix of how desperate each party is and how much they have to spend. I don't think we should underestimate BT.
only thing that's certain mate is prices will keep going up and up
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Old 13-08-2014, 20:29   #4894
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only thing that's certain mate is prices will keep going up and up
Aye, a price increase for Premier Sports looks on the cards now:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...-increase.html

The Sky Sports Season ticket now looks to be available customers not on a bundle. I aren't on a bundle, but received a letter today offering me the Season Ticket. It also said that the offer would end on 1 September 2014.
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Old 13-08-2014, 20:38   #4895
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Aye, a price increase for Premier Sports looks on the cards now:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...-increase.html
Only set to increase for Sky viewers.

Still to get info from my insiders on if Premier Sports price increase may also happen on Virgin Media.
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Only set to increase for Sky viewers.

Still to get info from my insiders on if Premier Sports price increase may also happen on Virgin Media.
So from 1 September assuming no VM increase it will be:
£7.99pm Virgin Media
£9.99pm Premier Player on www.premiersports.tv
£11.99pm Sky platform sold by Premier Sports

What does Premier Sports say about VM being cheapest?
On Premier Sports' Facebook page 6 August:
Tina Lamb: Please can you tell me why Virgin subscribers only pay £7.99 a month and yet Sky subscribers pay £9.99 a month?? Surely we are both getting the same package.
Premier Sports: That is a good question and we recently asked the CEO of Virgin channels to explain this. Still to hear! But we will keep you posted.
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So from 1 September assuming no VM increase it will be:
£7.99pm Virgin Media
£9.99pm Premier Player on www.premiersports.tv
£12.99pm Sky platform sold by Premier Sports

What does Premier Sports say about VM being cheapest?
On Premier Sports' Facebook page 6 August:
Tina Lamb: Please can you tell me why Virgin subscribers only pay £7.99 a month and yet Sky subscribers pay £9.99 a month?? Surely we are both getting the same package.
Premier Sports: That is a good question and we recently asked the CEO of Virgin channels to explain this. Still to hear! But we will keep you posted.
It will only be £11.99 pm

But thanks for link.
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Old 13-08-2014, 23:55   #4898
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Jesus. Have you ever watched Portuguese football.
Its like watching 10 Nani's and a Scottish goalkeeper. And as for the other team. Oh Yes. 10 Nani's and a Scottish goalkeeper.
I doubt that's a loss to Sky.
I understand the Dutch League is similar to that, but without much quality.
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Old 14-08-2014, 09:37   #4899
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Imo there only two leagues in Europe worth watching Bundesleague and la liga.
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Old 14-08-2014, 09:52   #4900
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BT Sport weighs up a bid for the Spanish top flight La Liga, Sky's contract is up at the end of this coming season

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...-BT-Sport.html
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Old 14-08-2014, 10:03   #4901
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crikey looks like BT wants to wipe Sky sports off the map at this rate and make Sky the minor players!
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Old 14-08-2014, 10:11   #4902
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crikey looks like BT wants to wipe Sky sports off the map at this rate and make Sky the minor players!
Somehow l can still see BT remaining the minor players.
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BT Sport weighs up a bid for the Spanish top flight La Liga, Sky's contract is up at the end of this coming season

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...-BT-Sport.html
An intersting read, thanks Gavin D.

I have a couple of thoughts about this article

Perhaps BT have decided that the PL rights will be too expensive this time round. A chain is only as strong as it weakest links and perhaps BT have realized its best, and cheapest, chance of breaking Sky's proverbial chain is to take away lots smaller rights and de-vaule Sky's offering.

Either that or BT are trying to get Sky to pony up large sums of cash before the PL auction meaning that BT can go higher than Sky this time around.

Personally I hope BT can nab the cricket rights, not overly fussed about the football.

Like Den says though, I can't imagine Sky rolling over and losing its main rights anytime soon. It is going to be interesting to see how much money Sky can and will spend before admitting defeat in the future with either sports or BB. I can see BT being in this for a long, long time.
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So from 1 September assuming no VM increase it will be:
£7.99pm Virgin Media
£9.99pm Premier Player on www.premiersports.tv
£11.99pm Sky platform sold by Premier Sports

What does Premier Sports say about VM being cheapest?
On Premier Sports' Facebook page 6 August:
Tina Lamb: Please can you tell me why Virgin subscribers only pay £7.99 a month and yet Sky subscribers pay £9.99 a month?? Surely we are both getting the same package.
Premier Sports: That is a good question and we recently asked the CEO of Virgin channels to explain this. Still to hear! But we will keep you posted.
It's a funny old world where a company has to justify why it charges less than its competitors!
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The real Premier League rivalry kicks off: Sky Sports v BT Sport.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...rivalry-rights
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