4.46bn new Premier League deal

[foxoffderby]

Sky and BT to show 160 gams from season 2019/2022

[Wymsey]

7 minutes ago, foxoffderby said:

Sky and BT to show 160 gams from season 2019/2022

Hope the cost to watch it, via either company, is the same as it is now.

Edited 13 February 2018 by Wymeswold fox

[davieG]

4 minutes ago, Wymeswold fox said:

Hope the cost to watch it, via either company, is the same as it is now.

[StanSP]

Package A: 32 matches on Saturdays at 12:30

Package B: 32 matches on Saturdays at 17:30

Package C: 24 matches on Sundays at 14:00 and eight matches on Saturdays at 19:45

Package D: 32 matches on Sundays at 16:30

Package E: 24 matches on Mondays at 20:00 or Fridays at 19:30/20:00 and eight matches on Sundays at 14:00

Package F: 20 matches from one Bank Holiday and one midweek fixture programme

Package G: 20 matches from two midweek fixture programmes   BT have got A. Sky have got B, C, D & E so far.

[Lovejoy]

1 minute ago, StanSP said:

Package A: 32 matches on Saturdays at 12:30

Package B: 32 matches on Saturdays at 17:30

Package C: 24 matches on Sundays at 14:00 and eight matches on Saturdays at 19:45

Package D: 32 matches on Sundays at 16:30

Package E: 24 matches on Mondays at 20:00 or Fridays at 19:30/20:00 and eight matches on Sundays at 14:00

Package F: 20 matches from one Bank Holiday and one midweek fixture programme

Package G: 20 matches from two midweek fixture programmes   BT have got A. Sky have got B, C, D & E so far.

F&G will set a very dangerous precedent. Not far off the days of every game being televised .

[StanSP]

Just now, Lovejoy said:

F&G will set a very dangerous precedent. Not far off the days of every game being televised .

yep.

won't be long before there's games at 11.00 or 11.30am like Spain and Italy. 

 

Just before Christmas, there were games at 6pm in Italy before the regular 7.45pm Monday slot. That seems to have stopped now. 

[Fox92]

Bank holidays. Absolutely wrong.

[NorthfieldsFox]

Think this is a drop of about half a billion ??? 

 

Didnt they pay £5.2 billion last time ???

 

 

[Sambiasso]

1 minute ago, NorthfieldsFox said:

Think this is a drop of about half a billion ??? 

 

Didnt they pay £5.2 billion last time ???

 

 

That's just the packages announced so far so the other 2 should top it up to around the same. 

Is there a limit to how many packages one company can buy? 

[Fox92]

1 minute ago, NorthfieldsFox said:

Think this is a drop of about half a billion ??? 

 

Didnt they pay £5.2 billion last time ???

 

 

Yeah. Paying approx 16% less per game.

 

PL failed to secure big rises which had previously.

[Fox92]

Absoloute no thought about fans at all. Saturday 7.45pm is a joke - it means most away games will also require hotels etc to stay over.

 

[Sir Shep]

3 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Absoloute no thought about fans at all. Saturday 7.45pm is a joke - it means most away games will also require hotels etc to stay over.

 

Yeah I’m really not into a late Saturday kick off, don’t think the viewing figures will be as high either. 

[NorthfieldsFox]

8 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Yeah. Paying approx 16% less per game.

 

PL failed to secure big rises which had previously.

We have reached peak football pricing on UK TV 

 

I worry what will come next to keep increasing revenue ! 

 

I just get get the feeling that we could see overseas games , huge ticket price increases , a play off to win the league , early morning KO and Late night ones , if this TV cash continues to drop they will start to get desperate 

 

if amazon or Netflix come in and they then  find it doesn’t drive revenue or new members they will dump it ! And that would mean huge implications for future TV deals as Sky and BT it seems are finished fighting each other 

 

 

[NorthfieldsFox]

11 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Absoloute no thought about fans at all. Saturday 7.45pm is a joke - it means most away games will also require hotels etc to stay over.

 

Fans mean nothing to clubs , it’s all about cash now , and keeping the gravy train flowing 

 

we have sold our soul to the devil 

[Fox92]

10 minutes ago, NorthfieldsFox said:

Fans mean nothing to clubs , it’s all about cash now , and keeping the gravy train flowing 

 

we have sold our soul to the devil 

Definitely. Ticket prices should reflect that too. I'm pleased there's a cap on away tickets but it should be less now.

Edited 13 February 2018 by Fox92
sorry forgot the 'should' bit

[Corky]

Jim White was very excited about this as YOU CAN SEE THE BIGGEST GAMES AT THE BEST TIMES but given there seems to be at least eight different kick-off times, I'm not sure when that will be.

[boots60]

How about this for a revolutionary idea.

All games to kick off on Saturday at 3.00 with games  on Boxing day, New years day & Easter monday also at 3.00

Highlights of games on tv on a Saturday night & regional highlights on Sunday dinner time.

The champions would then go into a European cup & runners up & both domestic cup winners could be entered into a lesser Europen competition.

 

Just an idea like.

 

 

Edited 13 February 2018 by boots60

[LcFc_Smiv]

They brand these numbers around like they are somewhat impressive, just disgraceful how much control these companies have over a sport and the impact they have on the fans of these clubs.

[Soar Fox]

2 minutes ago, LcFc_Smiv said:

They brand these numbers around like they are somewhat impressive, just disgraceful how much control these companies have over a sport and the impact they have on the fans of these clubs.

The same when the transfer windows are “slamming shut” Sky Sports presenters get themselves so excited when they are reading out that English clubs have spent half a billion pounds. 

[Donut]

1 hour ago, boots60 said:

How about this for a revolutionary idea.

All games to kick off on Saturday at 3.00 with games  on Boxing day, New years day & Easter monday also at 3.00

Highlights of games on tv on a Saturday night & regional highlights on Sunday dinner time.

The champions would then go into a European cup & runners up & both domestic cup winners could be entered into a lesser Europen competition.

 

Just an idea like.

 

 

Pants idea.

[Wymsey]

Won't happen, but if most subscribers to these TV channels cancelled their subscriptions with them, that's the only way to burst this inflated bubble..

[lildave3]

4 hours ago, Lovejoy said:

F&G will set a very dangerous precedent. Not far off the days of every game being televised .

Why is that a bad thing? Every game is already televised in other countries.

3 hours ago, Fox92 said:

Absoloute no thought about fans at all. Saturday 7.45pm is a joke - it means most away games will also require hotels etc to stay over.

 

Most away games? There is 8 Saturday games in that time slot...so at most 16 teams. So at most, 8 sets of away fans. I suppose Tuesday/Wednesday late games mean fans have to have hotels and stay over too? 

[ScouseFox]

genuinely excited for saturday night games. i don’t go many games anymore but might try and get to some of them. used to love friday night games in the championship, imagine they’d be even better if you didn’t have work beforehand. 

 

get up, go the boozer for the early kick off, train to london/manc or wherever, boozer for the late kick off, game, out. 

 

cheers sky. 

[Donut]

People dont half love bashing modern football.

 

The only new games are saturday nights and theres hardly any of them.

 

The vast amounts of money keep the club in a sound financial state.

 

90% of you at probably subscribe to sky or your mums and dads do and you watch.

 

Why are people against lots of games on tv anyway?

[Samilktray]

The sooner all games are televised and available on yearly subscription package like the NFL or NBA the better. Stuck in the stone age