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Premier League rights
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Mr Smggles
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*cancels ESPN right now.
clippedgull
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from Sky:
Sky Sports will remain the home of live football after its deal with the Premier League was extended for a further three seasons.
The new agreement, which will run from the start of the 2013-14 season to the end of the 2015-16 season, will see Sky Sports continue to offer unrivalled coverage of top-flight football.
Sky Sports landed five of the seven available packages, meaning supporters will see 116 live Premier League matches.
The deal means Super Sunday and Monday Night Football games will remain on Sky Sports with further games to be shown on Saturday evenings.
Sky Sports will remain the home of live football after its deal with the Premier League was extended for a further three seasons.
The new agreement, which will run from the start of the 2013-14 season to the end of the 2015-16 season, will see Sky Sports continue to offer unrivalled coverage of top-flight football.
Sky Sports landed five of the seven available packages, meaning supporters will see 116 live Premier League matches.
The deal means Super Sunday and Monday Night Football games will remain on Sky Sports with further games to be shown on Saturday evenings.
clippedgull
Hotdogs, extra onions
from the BBC:
BT has secured the rights to broadcast 38 Premier League games for each of the seasons from 2013-14 to 2015-16.
BSkyB will continue to show the majority of matches, having secured the rights to 116 games per season, the Premier League said.
The total of 154 live matches is 16 more than currently broadcast and more than 40% of all top-level matches.
The sales raised £3.018bn, an increase of £1.25bn on the current package which shares rights between BSkyB and ESPN.
BBC sports news correspondent James Pearce said the amount paid for the new deal was "staggering", marking a rise of 70% on the present deal.
"We welcome BT as a new Premier League broadcast partner," said Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore.
"They are a substantial British company that is at the leading edge of technology and infrastructure development."
He said BT would "deliver new ways in which fans will be able to follow the competition".
He added: "The continuing support of BSkyB for Premier League football is significant beyond the revenues delivered; the longevity and quality of their commitment has done much for the English game as a whole."
Under the new agreement, BT secured two of the seven packages on offer, showing 28 Saturday lunchtime games and 10 matches taking place on bank holidays or midweek evenings.
BT has secured the rights to broadcast 38 Premier League games for each of the seasons from 2013-14 to 2015-16.
BSkyB will continue to show the majority of matches, having secured the rights to 116 games per season, the Premier League said.
The total of 154 live matches is 16 more than currently broadcast and more than 40% of all top-level matches.
The sales raised £3.018bn, an increase of £1.25bn on the current package which shares rights between BSkyB and ESPN.
BBC sports news correspondent James Pearce said the amount paid for the new deal was "staggering", marking a rise of 70% on the present deal.
"We welcome BT as a new Premier League broadcast partner," said Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore.
"They are a substantial British company that is at the leading edge of technology and infrastructure development."
He said BT would "deliver new ways in which fans will be able to follow the competition".
He added: "The continuing support of BSkyB for Premier League football is significant beyond the revenues delivered; the longevity and quality of their commitment has done much for the English game as a whole."
Under the new agreement, BT secured two of the seven packages on offer, showing 28 Saturday lunchtime games and 10 matches taking place on bank holidays or midweek evenings.
seagullsovergrimsby
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Surprised that BT Vision managed to outbid Al Jazeera for the 38 games (26 decent , 12 crap ones). BT are now trying to negotiate to be on as many platforms as possible.
oddsonlaughter
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- Jan 24, 2008
- 249
£2.8 billion more than the football league!
ESPN have games this coming season. This deal comes in 2013/14.
Makes the value of the Championship Play-Off Final shoot up!
seagullsovergrimsby
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Now you know why TB wants to get us in the Premier League ASAP
severnside gull
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that is crazy money - it means the gap between the Premier League is going to be almost unbridgeable with parachute pyments for teams dropping out probably doubling making it almost impossible for teams in the Championship to compete on a level playing field. Clubs will take bigger chances as a result with increased risk that they will go bust as a result. Premier League players wages will continue to rise to the extent that they are unaffordable to any but the very few. Complete and total madness 
Lawro's Lip
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On related note. I currently have sky but BT internet. They say I could add their tv box etc for £4 a month more. Could I save money by just having the BT deal and still get sky sports. Would having both just be crazy?
Mellor 3 Ward 4
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that is crazy money - it means the gap between the Premier League is going to be almost unbridgeable with parachute pyments for teams dropping out probably doubling making it almost impossible for teams in the Championship to compete on a level playing field. Clubs will take bigger chances as a result with increased risk that they will go bust as a result. Premier League players wages will continue to rise to the extent that they are unaffordable to any but the very few. Complete and total madness
This, my friends is the post of the day.
More and more clubs in The Championship will throw money that they don't have, with the aim of getting to the 'promised land'.
IMO the parachute payments are a complete joke - it is simply going to mean that the same few clubs will yo-yo between the top two divisions.
I would rather have The Albion stay in The Championship and living within our means than end up paying stupid money in transfer fees/wages and ending up in administration, or worse.
seagullsovergrimsby
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It would be better to wait a while until all the platform delivery systems are known. BT say they want to be innovative with the football package which suggests a streaming service. The BT Vision box will only give you Sky Sports 1 & 2 in standard definition.
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BT might yet get a channel on sky. Sky have channels on BT vision. Would mean then people don't need 2 boxes!
seagullsovergrimsby
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BT will no doubt get a HD channel on Sky , the choice is do you want to only want to watch it and other Sky channels in SD on a BT Vision box ?
Eddiespearritt
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Can't see how the ESPN business model will survive this - got to be curtains for them inside a year - wihtout Premier League football the numbers can't add up
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Deleted member 18477
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No because I already have sky do BT HD channel on sky box would be fine.
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Deleted member 18477
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No because I already have sky so BT HD channel on sky box would be fine.
HawkTheSeagull
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No idea what ESPN will do, cant survive on just FA Cup matches. Cant even have Championship matches because another deal is in place - cant see them hanging around, unless their UK channels "merge" with BT.
that is crazy money - it means the gap between the Premier League is going to be almost unbridgeable with parachute pyments for teams dropping out probably doubling making it almost impossible for teams in the Championship to compete on a level playing field. Clubs will take bigger chances as a result with increased risk that they will go bust as a result. Premier League players wages will continue to rise to the extent that they are unaffordable to any but the very few. Complete and total madness
Agree entirely ... at over £6M a match it's lunacy. My only hope is that one of the broadcasters sees some potential in Championship and it attracts some more money. Unlikely though given there's no room with all the Prem games being aired plus little in the way of overseas interest