[Albion] Why lack of Albion away games on SKY.?

[Poyningsgull]

My Now TV box has definitely been gathering dust this season with just 2 Albion away games so far on SKY. They have had plenty of home games shown but I see them live anyway.

Agreed there have been a few away on BT which I am able to watch, but just wondered why SKY have this heavy home bias. Luck of the draw, Stadium facilities, free pies.?

 

[sir albion]

just not appealing enough for sky and would be a boring home fixture for most in this league

 

[Poyningsgull]

So what makes us so appealing at home.

 

[dangull]

So what makes us so appealing at home.

Because of the away team, and they think we might give them a good game at home?

 

[dejavuatbtn]

So what makes us so appealing at home.

The general view is that we have the best media facilities in the league.

 

[Poyningsgull]

The general view is that we have the best media facilities in the league.

Is probably the right answer.

 

[Questions]

Have you seen us away from home ? I doubt Sky want to subject their viewers to that too regularly.

 

[Notters]

We do have a pretty good home record tbf

 

[Poyningsgull]

Have you seen us away from home ? I doubt Sky want to subject their viewers to that too regularly.

Outside of the top 6 who are are the big away attractions then.?

 

[Questions]

Outside of the top 6 who are are the big away attractions then.?

I was only joking Poinings.

 

[Pantani]

Outside of the top 6 who are are the big away attractions then.?

Why outside the Big 6? That is the attraction on TV right there, no one else, the other clubs are contracted for a certain number of games as a minimum, they will get those and they will nearly all be home v Big 6. Sky and BT could not give less of a **** about showing our games, they are not broadcasting football to save a few thousand Brighton fans from having to go to Burnley (or wherever), they are trying to make money.

 

[chaileyjem]

just not appealing enough for sky and would be a boring home fixture for most in this league

Away at Arsenal, West Ham, Bournemouth, and ManUtd (cup) have all been on the TV . Whether boring or unappealing depending on your point of view, contractually it makes no difference. We’ve been on the telly a lot. Home and yes, Away too.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

just not appealing enough for sky and would be a boring home fixture for most in this league

The OP was comparing the number of our home games, which have been on Sky, and the number of away games which haven't.

Some of our away games have been on tv, but on BT rather than Sky.

 

[Invicta]

Had a lot more home games than away on TV in Championship I think. Seemed like it

 

[The Birdman]

Great faculties provided by the Albion for sky they like the pies.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Nothing to do with Jamie Carragher not being to pronounce any of the Albion's overseas players, without spraying gob everywhere

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

Sky/BT like to show the big teams.

They especially like to show the big teams in games which will be more of a contest.

Ergo our games (and the the other 14 sides) against the big teams are more likely to be on TV when we're the home side.

 

[AZ Gull]

Since the opening of the Amex there have been 55 regular season league matches selected for live TV coverage (including both Sky and BT, and Championship and Premier League matches and counting the games still to be shown against Spurs and Man City this season).

34 (62%) of those 55 matches have been at the Amex, with 21 (38%) away from home. So, there is a bias towards home matches.

In the last 3 seasons, when a majority of those matches have been shown (75%), the ratio is 24 homes to 17 aways (59% - 41%), so the ratio has been pretty consistent.