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16-08-2013, 17:16
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Makes you wonder the long term future of Premier Sports is!
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16-08-2013, 17:18
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Makes you wonder the long term future of Premier Sports is!
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From what l can see it will go the way of the dodo.
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16-08-2013, 17:38
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The NHL certainly screwed up badly when they sold the rights to Premier Sports. From what I have read there have been problems with coverage from the start.
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16-08-2013, 17:38
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by mhatter67
Makes you wonder the long term future of Premier Sports is!
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Premier Sports lost some sports rights recently which has weakened its value even more
it still has NRL rugby and of particular interest to me NHL ice hockey and GAA but doesnt have a whole lot on offer at £10 pm and only on the Sky platform where punters are probably paying for Sky Sports and possibly BT Sports already. You wonder how many subscribers it has and how long it can be viable.
imo they need to 1) reduce its price 2) get itself on other platforms ie VM or 3) widen its audience as much as possible to increase advertising revenues- follow BT's move and wholesale the channel on VM as part of the XL pack.
if it does nothing it shall surely go the way of Setanta in the UK
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16-08-2013, 17:53
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Premier Sports lost some sports rights recently which has weakened its value even more
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They wanted to get into a pack on VM rather than as a standalone channel and VM, quite rightly, thought the asking price too high.
Think they dodged a bullet there.
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16-08-2013, 17:58
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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The NHL certainly screwed up badly when they sold the rights to Premier Sports. From what I have read there have been problems with coverage from the start.
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absolutely mate -god knows what the NHL were thinking. If they were hoping to widen its appeal in the UK it could not have done a worse job.
hopefully when the deal is due for renewal we shall see it on Sky or BT Sports/ESPN (or even channel 5? as in days gone by).
Premier Sports couldnt have paid that much surely. Between them Sky/BT/ESPN show all the other major North American Sports MLB,NFL,NBA, NCAA,MLS even Indy/Nascar/Lacrosse. ESPN even show AHL hockey last season (go Marlies!) You would think they would like to show it and the NHL would like to get is product to as many viewers/fans as possible.
I also think NHL more than any other sport needs to be shown in HD- the difference is quite striking.
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16-08-2013, 18:16
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absolutely mate -god knows what the NHL were thinking. If they were hoping to widen its appeal in the UK it could not have done a worse job.
hopefully when the deal is due for renewal we shall see it on Sky or BT Sports/ESPN (or even channel 5? as in days gone by).
Premier Sports couldnt have paid that much surely. Between them Sky/BT/ESPN show all the other major North American Sports MLB,NFL,NBA, NCAA,MLS even Indy/Nascar/Lacrosse. ESPN even show AHL hockey last season (go Marlies!) You would think they would like to show it and the NHL would like to get is product to as many viewers/fans as possible.
I also think NHL more than any other sport needs to be shown in HD- the
difference is quite striking.
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I remember emailing the NHL, The commissioner, the Company selling the rights about there poor decision and the repercussion for the NH L in the UK. I did not get a reply from anyone , just shows how poorly the NH L is actually run. Imo.
I like you can only hope they come to there senses and ensure more people can watch on tv in HD which is essential with pucks flying at 100mph.
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16-08-2013, 18:18
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by alwaysabear
I remember emailing the NHL, The commissioner, the Company selling the rights about there poor decision and the repercussion for the NH L in the UK. I did not get a reply from anyone , just shows how poorly the NH L is actually run. Imo.
I like you can only hope they come to there senses and ensure more people can watch on tv in HD which is essential with pucks flying at 100mph.
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Does anyone know when the NHL rights are up for auction again? I did have a google and came across this interesting piece.
http://pushforpros.wordpress.com/201...-and-bid-more/
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16-08-2013, 18:21
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by alwaysabear
I remember emailing the NHL, The commissioner, the Company selling the rights about there poor decision and the repercussion for the NH L in the UK. I did not get a reply from anyone , just shows how poorly the NH L is actually run. Imo.
I like you can only hope they come to there senses and ensure more people can watch on tv in HD which is essential with pucks flying at 100mph.
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Is there an audience that will make it worth the purchase?
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16-08-2013, 18:23
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Oh just found they only signed the 4 year deal last year 
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16-08-2013, 18:26
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BT Sport's Clare Balding show boosted by Virgin Media deal
Flagship programme's audience rises from 1,200 to 14,400 in its second week as cable giant's TV customers gain access
http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...dia?CMP=twt_fd
full article there
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16-08-2013, 18:29
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And drops back to 1,201 the following week?
Just kidding, haven't seen it.
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16-08-2013, 18:33
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It was a bloody terrible show!
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16-08-2013, 18:35
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It was a bloody terrible show!
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I stand by my comment then 
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16-08-2013, 18:36
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by alwaysabear
I remember emailing the NHL, The commissioner, the Company selling the rights about there poor decision and the repercussion for the NH L in the UK. I did not get a reply from anyone , just shows how poorly the NH L is actually run. Imo.
I like you can only hope they come to there senses and ensure more people can watch on tv in HD which is essential with pucks flying at 100mph.
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yeh the NHL seems a bit behind the others over here- we have regular season games for NFL and NBA already in the UK on an ongoing basis.i know we had the Ducks/Kings over to London but thats 6 years ago now-the NHL havent been back to the UK since.
as a matter of interest you may be aware Manchester City and the New York Yankees have joined forces commercially. They co-own a new MLS franchise New York City FC that starts play next year i think (this link up is a bit of a dilema for me -Im a diehard Mets fan!!). There has been talk of the Yankees playing games over here -possibly at the Etihad
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