lancs blue
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Ah ok, it confused me at the time, thought it was old age!Yeah but they agreed to switch games bt had the spurs arsenal game ..
Ah ok, it confused me at the time, thought it was old age!Yeah but they agreed to switch games bt had the spurs arsenal game ..
Right, so they could easy spread those out to Tues Wed and Thurs you mean?
I thought these packages 2 were being tailored for selling to online providers - Amazon etc - so simulcasting say 5 games on a Tues and 5 on a Wed would appeal to them wouldnt it on those platforms??
Yeah. Although personally I do like the idea of Friday eve matches, not that we've had a home one yet, but as long as they pay some regard to distances when choosing the games
Well that’s what I was told anyhow,when do we find out who’s got the last two packages mate ..Ah ok, it confused me at the time, thought it was old age!
Ah ok, it confused me at the time, thought it was old age!
Thanks, unless it's a football-only deal on offer I'll probably stick with my BT subs and get any Sky games I want to watch via NowTV as I do currently.They had to switch slots because BT could not show the London derby at tea time because of the England rugby game and police restrictions.
Same reason we don't play at home same day as United if both at home in the cup.
Sky and BT have agreed a wholesale deal to tie in with this new rights sale. So you can watch all games via either.
To a degree they have saved money by agreeing on what they wanted out of this auction because it matters less now they will not be in open competition for subs.
Now that they are talking to each other it was probably much easier just to swap slots than it would have been if they had been fighting each other for customers by denying retail deals to one another for their sports channels.
This way you will be able to pay one sub to Sky or BT and get all the games whoever shows them - as you can do via Virgin already.
So it is less important this time round who wins what as long as both channels have something.
It should be by the end of the week at the latest, I wouldn't think they can drag it out much longer.Well that’s what I was told anyhow,when do we find out who’s got the last two packages mate ..
They suit that kind of promotion. But take Amazon. If all they get are 40 games that at present are shown in 4 slots - 2 Wednesdays and 2 Thursdays - that means they only have 4 slots in an entire year to sell their package to people paying a subscription.
It looks like nobody really bit or if they did they all offered far less than the PL expected.
If they had reached the reserve price they would have been sold today.
That these are still being considered means the FA want more money and are exploring ways to get it - most likely by making as many individual slots for those 40 games as possible for whoever buys them to market to customers.
May only be BT and Sky interested. And they may not have bid much. So they seem to want to tweak these unsold packages in some way to get more money. Which has to mean offering more flexibility on when they can be played.
BT can buy both these unsold packs. Sky can only buy one. As otherwise they go over the maximum games one channel is allowed.
Though they could joint bid with - say - BBC or ITV - with Sky or BT showing their choice and the FTA channel getting the pick of the rest.
That is another way the FA could get more money from these rights that clearly did not appeal as much as they had hoped because of the screening limitations.
Yeah. Although personally I do like the idea of Friday eve matches, not that we've had a home one yet, but as long as they pay some regard to distances when choosing the games