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UEFA announce Champions League TV rights for the UK

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  • #32
    Mossy Monk
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    Both.


  • #33
    Mitch Connor
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    spockety wrote: »
    You not confusing that with Liverpool... or did they have both?

    Granada owned 9.9% of a few clubs, including Arsenal, United, Liverpool and Leeds I think. I think they might have had a stake in Chelsea at one point too


  • #34
    themont85
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    Shamrok wrote: »
    I find that hard to believe since every media outlet was saying it including 5Live repeatedly over the last month. I suppose they save face by going with that story. Pity they didn't get it I was looking forward to the ad-free broadcasts.

    Rumour has it they pulled out in a deal with ITV. ITV were desperate to keep the CL and were told this by their advertisers but couldn't fund it. So they ditched F1 to the BBC who were more than happy to get a 'crown jewel' event complete with the Lewis Hamilton factor at a reduced price but agreed they wouldn't bid for the CL rights then. This keeps the advertisers happy, F1 greater coverage with HD, keeps people from nagging the BBC for paying to much for football and allows the BBC extra cash to compete for events such as the Rugby World Cup.


  • #35
    Drag00n79
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    themont85 wrote: »
    Rumour has it they pulled out in a deal with ITV. ITV were desperate to keep the CL and were told this by their advertisers but couldn't fund it. So they ditched F1 to the BBC who were more than happy to get a 'crown jewel' event complete with the Lewis Hamilton factor at a reduced price but agreed they wouldn't bid for the CL rights then. This keeps the advertisers happy, F1 greater coverage with HD, keeps people from nagging the BBC for paying to much for football and allows the BBC extra cash to compete for events such as the Rugby World Cup.
    Ok. That makes sense. I'm not much of an F1 fan but I see Hammond and the Top Gear boys are supposed to be fronting BBC coverage, so I might watch it a bit.


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