Zatman Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 they also have the english rugby league, their new european competition and a lot of top European football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted November 9, 2013 Author Share Posted November 9, 2013 £900 mil paid by BT Sky offered £500 mil... Seem's they overpaid to me. Seem's to me a headline move to get subscribers but if this deal is 900mil what will the next one be ? For me the consumer just means I have to spend more especially as I can't have BT broadband as I don't live in a location with fibre connected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 This is bad news for fans and mainly clubs who aren't in the CL. People aren't going to pay for both Sky and BT. With the internet as it is now it is very easy to get a HD stream for free to watch games and that is what I will do for the CL games after this kicks in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMcgrathsknees Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 I will care even less for the European Cup in 2015. And the Uefa cup is just a complete joke already. Shame, liked the occasional free footy. This is surely an own goal by UEFA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Well, you can't really consider it an own goal by UEFA - they just go with the highest bidder. They don't give a stuff who it is and whether it's free to air. I only watch Arsenal in the Champions League anyway, but only by default of where I call home now and the fact that they're the only English team in that competition I wish well for anyway. Once it goes to pay TV, I really won't care anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 I struggle to see why people actually give a shit about a bloated, and largely boring competition like the Champions League. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Well, you can't really consider it an own goal by UEFA - they just go with the highest bidder. It could be considered short termism. Just look at what happened to boxing when it was all but removed from terrestrial television, top boxers went from being some of the most famous people in the country to barely recognisable. I don't think football will fall that far, but it's profile will certainly suffer and who knows what that will mean in five or ten years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 10, 2013 Moderator Share Posted November 10, 2013 I do think this could be a pyrrhic victory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morley_crosses_to_Withe Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 ITV not having any football would be all well and good if one of the other main parties in all this wasn't BT. When I thought that football coverage couldn't get any worse than the shite ITV churn out, along came BT, surprising me completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
privateer Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 I do think this could be a pyrrhic victory. A winning gum disease? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardCanning Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Great news. If there is one thing the game needs more of it is money [/sarcasm] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Oh and no more football on ITV at all from 2015, because the FA Cup will be shown on the BBC. Bye Adrian ITV still have all England games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 This is bad news for fans and mainly clubs who aren't in the CL. People aren't going to pay for both Sky and BT. With the internet as it is now it is very easy to get a HD stream for free to watch games and that is what I will do for the CL games after this kicks in. If I could sort out a decent middle east based VPN I would be sorted. I herd the BT boss saying this will make it nore affordable than Sky I'm interested to see how that will work out.Give it to BT they have gone balls deep into this and they do have a lot of Football now but I wonder how the will recoup the money paid and will they have infrastructure to show CL they way Sky currently do ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted November 11, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 11, 2013 I struggle to see why people actually give a shit about a bloated, and largely boring competition like the Champions League. Yeah, watching the best teams in Europe play each other is just horrendous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBear Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 So I'm doomed to getting their Broadband in order to see the CL matches in two years time? Great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 This is bad news for fans and mainly clubs who aren't in the CL. People aren't going to pay for both Sky and BT. With the internet as it is now it is very easy to get a HD stream for free to watch games and that is what I will do for the CL games after this kicks in. If I could sort out a decent middle east based VPN I would be sorted. I herd the BT boss saying this will make it nore affordable than Sky I'm interested to see how that will work out.Give it to BT they have gone balls deep into this and they do have a lot of Football now but I wonder how the will recoup the money paid and will they have infrastructure to show CL they way Sky currently do ? You've missed the point. This isn't about recouping money or making more. Its an investment to protect profits at there current levels. Its to stop BT customers defecting to Sky/Virgin for their phone/internet services. BTs turnover is absolutely huge. Its sometimes like 3 times that of BSkyB. If BT really wanted to squash Sky they could...they'll have no quarms over losing a few hundred million quid with BTSport is they protect their multi-billion £ turnover on phone/broadband services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 (edited) I too quite enjoyed watching a bit of CL footy on a Tuesday night. I'd buy the OH a couple of girly magazines (not that type) and she'd be happy for a couple of hours whilst I had a couple of beers with the football. This is just bonkers. I'd love football fans to get together and bring this crashing down by cancelling all of their Sky and BT subscriptions for say 6 months. Would make everybody involved think twice about what they are doing. Just like matchday ticket prixing, fans have the power... they/we just don't do anything about it. Edited November 12, 2013 by Tamuff_Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I only watch CL football when it gets to knock-out games, aren't really interested in the group stages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biskitt Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I do think football is going to suffer an almighty crash in the next 10-20 years, the increasing amount of money being thrown around is unsustainable IMO and I do think people are slowly getting sick or being bled dry all the time to watch it. I know plenty of people who are cancelling their sky sports subscriptions and are signing upto dodgy streaming sites which actually broadcast in better quality than the sky apps ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I am amazed anybody subscribes to any premier channels like sports and movies. When you have 100mg bbi you can watch anything you want when you want anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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