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Sky and BT win Premier League TV rights

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Sky and BT Sport have agreed to pay £4.464bn for live Premier League TV rights for three seasons from 2019-20.

Five of seven live packages have been awarded, with bidding for the remaining two ongoing.

There is interest from "multiple bidders" for these packages, the Premier League said.
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  • TalalTalal
    I wish Sky would just fuck off.
  • Valley27000Valley27000
    Bt has only one package so far.
  • Horsfield9Horsfield9
    Valley27000 said:

    Bt has only one package so far.

    They want to sort out our f#cking pensions first !!!!
  • killerandflashkillerandflash
    Just in time for when we return to the Premier League...
  • Chris_from_SidcupChris_from_Sidcup
    Sky will have first choice of every weekend match and will also show Saturday night fixtures (19:45) for the first time.

  • ElthamaddickElthamaddick
    BT sport only have the Saturday lunchtime KO's, sky increase share and cost per game goes down c£2m whilst BT lose games and their cost per game increases....

    Sky the winner here, but overall - clubs get less money I believe (although the overseas TV deal(s) will prop that up sadly)
  • ForeverAddicktedForeverAddickted
    Be interesting to see where those two final categories end up... With Facebook and Amazon sniffing around

    Of course BT could still win those and thus get more matches
  • CHGCHG
    Won’t the “content sharing” between BT and Sky be in place by the start of the 2019 season?
  • HastingsaddickHastingsaddick
    Will MOTD still be on Saturday/Sunday morning?
  • ForeverAddicktedForeverAddickted
    Hastingsaddick said:

    Will MOTD still be on Saturday/Sunday morning?

    Yeah BBC have kept the highlights package for a few more years... Is a completely different thing

    https://ft.com/content/a7f2c2b6-05c5-11e8-9650-9c0ad2d7c5b5
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  • stackitstevestackitsteve
    The remaining 2 packages seem to be just 2 fixture weeks each.

    "One package of 20 matches covers an entire bank holiday weekend in the Premier League and one entire midweek programme of matches. The other covers two entire midweek programmes."

    So they have all 10 matches from 1 Tuesday/Wednesday to show.

    So say Facebook win 1 package they will only have 2 weeks of games the whole season, where as the other packages are for 1 game a week, every week etc.
  • CroydonCroydon
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    Sky will have first choice of every weekend match and will also show Saturday night fixtures (19:45) for the first time.

    Great KO time for travelling fans that...farcical
  • SuedeAdidasSuedeAdidas
    CHG said:

    Won’t the “content sharing” between BT and Sky be in place by the start of the 2019 season?

    “Early 2019” was the timeline given I believe.
  • Chris_from_SidcupChris_from_Sidcup
    Croydon said:

    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    Sky will have first choice of every weekend match and will also show Saturday night fixtures (19:45) for the first time.

    Great KO time for travelling fans that...farcical
    Not good for train journey's home or policing but certainly good for pubs for all day pre-match drinking.

    Given that we already have early and late Saturday games, 2-3 sunday games, a Monday night game and sometimes a friday night game, plus teams having to play on Sunday because of the Europa league, i'd imagine it won't be too long before we have a weekend where there is no 3pm Saturday game
  • RedhenryRedhenry
    BT got less games 32 v 42 for 8% less money = 9.2m per game a 20% rise per game.
    Sky secured exclusive live rights to show 128 matches per season between 2019 and 2022 for GBP1.2 billion ($1.7 billion), 14% less than it paid for the last deal.
  • MacronateMacronate
    Daisy moonlighting as lead negotiator for BT?
  • T_C_ET_C_E
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    Croydon said:

    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    Sky will have first choice of every weekend match and will also show Saturday night fixtures (19:45) for the first time.

    Great KO time for travelling fans that...farcical
    Not good for train journey's home or policing but certainly good for pubs for all day pre-match drinking.

    Given that we already have early and late Saturday games, 2-3 sunday games, a Monday night game and sometimes a friday night game, plus teams having to play on Sunday because of the Europa league, i'd imagine it won't be too long before we have a weekend where there is no 3pm Saturday game
    If that happens, I'm cancelling my kodi subscription.
    Regards
    Angry of Minster ;)
  • Covered EndCovered End
    Croydon said:

    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    Sky will have first choice of every weekend match and will also show Saturday night fixtures (19:45) for the first time.

    Great KO time for travelling fans that...farcical
    True, but no different to a mid week 19.45 KO.
  • Leeds_AddickLeeds_Addick
    Covered End said:

    Croydon said:

    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    Sky will have first choice of every weekend match and will also show Saturday night fixtures (19:45) for the first time.

    Great KO time for travelling fans that...farcical
    True, but no different to a mid week 19.45 KO.
    better if anything as no work the next day
  • stackitstevestackitsteve
    Final 2 packages that were still up for bids have been confirmed.

    BT and Amazon took one each
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  • stackitstevestackitsteve
    starting August 2019 BT will have 52 games per year, Sky 128 and Amazon 20
  • stackitstevestackitsteve
    stackitsteve said:

    The remaining 2 packages seem to be just 2 fixture weeks each.

    "One package of 20 matches covers an entire bank holiday weekend in the Premier League and one entire midweek programme of matches. The other covers two entire midweek programmes."

    This is the package Amazon won. So they will have 2 gameweeks showing all 10 matches in that week/weekend
  • cafcfan1990cafcfan1990
    Is that just Prem games? So that means 200 of the 380 games will now be shown live? The 3pm Saturday kick off will soon be a thing of the past.
  • MrLargoMrLargo
    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jun/07/amazon-breaks-premier-league-hold-of-sky-and-bt-with-streaming-deal

    The US web retail company will exclusively livestream all 10 matches over one bank holiday of Premier League games and another 10 during one midweek fixture programme, for three seasons from 2019.
  • eaststandmikeeaststandmike
    ForeverAddickted said:

    Yay three subscriptions that people need to have now!!

    And they wonder why more people are being pushed towards streaming

    This, anyone that pays for that lot wants their bumps felt.

    Madness
  • ForeverAddicktedForeverAddickted
    Will be interesting to see what that does to attendances... Wonder which Bank Holiday it'll be, presume Easter Monday
  • The Red RobinThe Red Robin
    Well done Amazon. Bargain for my Prime membership - they do a great job with the NFL.
  • ForeverAddicktedForeverAddickted
    Also wonder who'll present the coverage for the Amazon games
  • Big_Bad_WorldBig_Bad_World
    edited June 2018
    eaststandmike said:

    ForeverAddickted said:

    Yay three subscriptions that people need to have now!!

    And they wonder why more people are being pushed towards streaming

    This, anyone that pays for that lot wants their bumps felt.

    Madness
    BT Sport comes as part of the Virgin TV package, which is a cheaper subscription to have than the one Sky managed to con people in to buying for years.

    Amazon Prime seems to be the subscription that most people, that I know of anyway, have out of the 3.

    Agreed, though, that streaming is becoming an ever more popular choice, and one that I'd encourage as many people as possible to make.
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