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Champions League on pay TV only?

The Cush · 2013-10-13 17:12:33

An article in the Sunday Business Post today speculates that the Irish Champions League TV rights from the 2015/16 season onward could end up exclusively on BT Sport or Sky. The invitation-to-tender for the British rights closed last Friday with BT Sports and Sky Sports expected to be the main bidders and a potential £1…

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#302 29-01-2017 11:47pm
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Bump article on the next round of CL and EL rights - BT sounding out FTA partners which frankly they need to - I'm sure Channel 5 would love a game - any game while ITV4 would also be enthusiastic. ITV would be more tricky maybe as they'd want a Prem side every match week but would they pay the premium that would demand?

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/29/bt-sport-uefa-champions-league-rights-sky-sports

BT has fired the first shot in the battle for Champions League football, saying it is determined to keep a grip on the TV rights to European football’s blue-riband club competition and accusing arch-rival Sky of having too much dominance over pay-TV sports.

BT is understood to have “done the rounds” of potential free-to-air partners, with Sky set to do the same, ahead of first round bids being submitted to the governing body Uefa in March.

Champions League sponsors have expressed concerns about the lack of exposure under BT’s £900m exclusive deal, compared with a pay/free deal with Sky and ITV which provided larger audiences.

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#303 30-01-2017 12:38am
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More recent thread here - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=101976300

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#304 30-01-2017 11:35am
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#305 28-02-2017 1:16am
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The Daily Telegraph has an exclusive.

Channel 4 could take the next UK FTA deal for live matches from 2018 for the first time.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/02/20/channel-4-could-show-champions-league-football-first-time/

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#306 28-02-2017 12:57pm
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dublinman1990 wrote: »

The Daily Telegraph has an exclusive.

Channel 4 could take the next UK FTA deal for live matches from 2018 for the first time.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/02/20/channel-4-could-show-champions-league-football-first-time/

Interesting, although anytime i think of Channel 4 getting a sport, it reminds me of the Ortis Deley presenting masterclass from their World Athletics Championship.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xkswky_ortis-deley-presenting-masterclass_fun

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#307 28-02-2017 2:10pm
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They were told they were losing the Formula 1 rights in 2019 mere weeks after their coverage began, although in hindsight that may have been less to do with them and more with the former management at FOM seeing what was coming down the track (no pun intended!) and wanting to tie up a deal with Sky early.

But on the subject of the Champions League, the UK tender closes tomorrow so we may know relatively soon what is happening. There are UK media reports this morning that BT is very hopeful of retaining the lions share of the rights.

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#308 01-03-2017 10:09am
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dublinman1990 wrote: »

The Daily Telegraph has an exclusive.

Channel 4 could take the next UK FTA deal for live matches from 2018 for the first time.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/02/20/channel-4-could-show-champions-league-football-first-time/

Not sure how exclusive it is as that has been reported over a week ago by other sources. There will be some form of FTA but I doubt it will be first pick rights.

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#309 01-03-2017 11:48am
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It could have been exclusive at the time mind you - it dates from Monday of last week...

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#310 02-03-2017 6:02pm
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/02/bt-chief-attacks-rampant-price-rises-tv-sports-rights-sky-champions-league

Timing of this piece interesting. Do BT think they've lost?

On the other hands, there are some rumours this may be going to a second round.

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#311 02-03-2017 6:44pm
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icdg wrote: »

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/02/bt-chief-attacks-rampant-price-rises-tv-sports-rights-sky-champions-league

Timing of this piece interesting. Do BT think they've lost?

On the other hands, there are some rumours this may be going to a second round.

Hilarious in one way considering BT's part in inflating the costs of sports rights. Though it is becoming a big problem as the only way to make the money back is by increasing subscription prices.

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#312 02-03-2017 8:30pm
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Bit rich of BT to complain about the cost of sporting rights.

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#313 02-03-2017 9:11pm
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Digitalspy poster reporting sky/Viacom joint bid won first round but not by high enough margin.second round now. BT seem to have played it cagey..

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#314 02-03-2017 10:44pm
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channelsurfer2 wrote: »

Digitalspy poster reporting sky/Viacom joint bid won first round but not by high enough margin.second round now. BT seem to have played it cagey..

Viacom? Would that be Channel 5 then? Seems like an odd combination.

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#315 02-03-2017 10:49pm
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There's been some speculation that both Sky and BT have taken on FTA partners, seemingly on the basis that BT's Showcase arrangement has not impressed UEFA what with its zero promotion. In this context Viacom almost certainly means Channel 5, though it could also less likely mean Spike I guess.

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#316 02-03-2017 10:58pm
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icdg wrote: »

There's been some speculation that both Sky and BT have taken on FTA partners, seemingly on the basis that BT's Showcase arrangement has not impressed UEFA what with its zero promotion. In this context Viacom almost certainly means Channel 5, though it could also less likely mean Spike I guess.

Channel 5 is HD so they would be the one to pick obviously, look out TV3!!

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#317 02-03-2017 11:04pm
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Harry Palmr wrote: »

Channel 5 is HD so they would be the one to pick obviously, look out TV3!!

Paramount channel apparently...could be a rebranded Spike channel which is fta ..

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#318 02-03-2017 11:51pm
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Channel 5 is FTA!

Why would Viacom buy right to sport for a SD only channel? Or is Spike/Paramount going HD?

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#319 03-03-2017 12:01am
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Television companies don't think that way.

Witness Eir Sport 1 (on Sky). Or BT Sport Showcase. Or At the Races. Or Box Nation, where the "SD" and "HD" services are in fact two different channels.

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#320 03-03-2017 12:04am
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Well you'd have to pretty dense to undermine the primary selling point of HD - sport esp football. Still anything beats TV3 on soarview.

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#321 03-03-2017 1:56am
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BT's new FTA partner for these rights is Channel 4.

Also; all of Channel 5's suite of channels including Channel 5 HD & Spike are available FTA on satellite.

Paramount is a pay tv channel like Nickelodeon & MTV.

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#322 03-03-2017 7:43am
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Should emphasise that we don't know if BT, or Sky for that matter, have a partner, or who it is (if there is indeed one). We can only speculate.

Something we do know however, is that TBS has pulled something of a coup in obtaining the US rights. Now obviously this isn't an important tournament in the US - it's on weekday afternoons (2:45pm ET) while people are still in work, and it's football of the non-gridiron kind. Nonetheless it's a sport TBS has shown little recent interest in and it's being seen as a blow to current rights holders Fox Sports.

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#323 03-03-2017 9:42am
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icdg wrote: »

Something we do know however, is that TBS has pulled something of a coup in obtaining the US rights. Now obviously this isn't an important tournament in the US - it's on weekday afternoons (2:45pm ET) while people are still in work

New rights deal sees an increase of $45m per year over the previous one with Fox.

Turner will pay UEFA more than $60 million a year in a three-year plan that runs through the 2020-21 tournament. And, Univision will pay about $35 million per year for the Spanish-language rights.

Indicative of the growing popularity of football in the United States, the new deals represent a significant increase over the existing $50 million-per-year deal for both languages that Fox Sports signed in 2009.

https://www.rapidtvnews.com/2017030146356/turner-univision-ink-deal-for-champions-league-tv-rights-in-us.html#axzz4aFXCS4Rf

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#324 03-03-2017 4:14pm
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dublinman1990 wrote: »

BT's new FTA partner for these rights is Channel 4.

Also; all of Channel 5's suite of channels including Channel 5 HD & Spike are available FTA on satellite.

Paramount is a pay tv channel like Nickelodeon & MTV.

Are the Irish rights completely separate i.e if Sky Sports and Channel 5 win will have any effect on RTE/TV3?

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#325 03-03-2017 4:18pm
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Irish rights are separate.

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#326 03-03-2017 4:22pm
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In theory yes is the answer.

In practice Sky's Champions League coverage was broadcast here when they had the rights and there was either no objection or the Irish deals were structured to allow this. However the same was not true of ESPN (back when they were actually owned by ESPN Inc) when they had the Europa League rights and their coverage was blocked here.

Under the current deal, BT exclusively holds all U.K. rights to the UEFA club competitions, while Eir Sport holds all ROI rights subject to RTE being able to broadcast non exclusively one Wednesday CL game and TV3 being able to broadcast non exclusively one Tuesday CL game. This works very well in the context of the BT-Eir distribution deal, since it means BT's coverage can be broadcast here no problem.

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#327 03-03-2017 4:53pm
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icdg wrote: »

Nonetheless it's a sport TBS has shown little recent interest in and it's being seen as a blow to current rights holders Fox Sports.

Well, by the looks of how things are panning out over there, Fox will have exclusive right to Trumps outbursts, which might attract more viewers than the Sports Unit might ever get to watch European Football in mid-afternoon:).

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#328 06-03-2017 8:49am
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BT retains exclusive rights to UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League - http://sport.bt.com/football/bt-retains-exclusive-rights-to-uefa-champions-league-and-uefa-europa-league-S11364161627708?utm_source=Direct

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#329 06-03-2017 9:00am
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Includes highlights and all other digital rights. Could mean no ITV hightlights. A hefty price increase for the rights even with the extra 6 pm matches.

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#330 06-03-2017 9:44am
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Social media rather than FTA by the looks of it!

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#331 06-03-2017 10:48am
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So all the talk of UEFA wanting a FTA partner was just talk in the end.

In fact the Champions League will now have no terrestrial coverage in the UK. There will be no ITV highlights as BT now take those rights. There's also no mention of the previous obligation to provide coverage on Showcase. Only commitment is to make the finals available on social media.

Be interesting to see what happens in this market down the road. With BT keeping the UK rights the odds must be for a renewal of the present arrangements or even Eir winning exclusive rights.

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