St Helens Blue (Exiled)
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BoyBlue_1985 said:Matty said:If what you're saying is true then it'll just mean more expense to your average football fan. At present you can pay for Sky and then go to the pub/stream the occasional game on ESPN (and next season on BT). However if the split of games is closer to 50/50 then that's not as easy to do. Sky simply won't be dropping their fees, so there will be no saving there, and BT will have to increase their fees in order to cover the costs od the extra sport they've bid for. So, due to Sky being a "monopoly" and not being allowed to win ALL the football the consumer now has to pay more money to watch the same football via 2 different providers. Exceptional work.Henkeman said:Sure, I get that as things stand, but my point is that it won't be just 38 games and FA Cup/Europa League in future. As I say, this isn't ESPN, who relied on Sky to carry their channel. BT have an alternative platform for distribution, are a bigger and richer company than Sky and a vast budget for this kind of thing. They'll go for the rights of every major sporting event there is over the next few years. And then you might get to the tipping point.
Also forgetting Sky supply over 10 million people with not only sports but a raft of tv channels which BT would simply have to bankrupt themselves to compete with. Virgin was supposed to end Sky dominance 15 years ago. Setanta was going to win all the sports and ESPN was seen as a proper competitor. All have gone by the wayside and ESPN is a multi billion dollar subsidiary of Disney. BT can huff and puff all they like more people will join Sky than BT over the next 3 years
Yep-Great points. I don't like paying sky however there coverage of sport etc is second to none. I certainly wont be paying for BT sport as I didn't ESPN. If any of the top 18 picks are ones I want to watch then I will keep using <a class="postlink" href="http://www.firstrow.eu" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">www.firstrow.eu</a> to stram these games.
I would guess that of the top 18 5 will at least include City and I will be at the home games of those.
Not a chance BT will overtake Sky and as I have said if you know how to play game you never ever pay full sky prices anyway.