Didn't want to clog the forum with yet another thread but mod please move if needed. New TV deal points to less money being paid by SkySports and BT. Ad the hanging threat of the tech giants hasn't materialised, yet ... The least attractive packages aren't going to make up the £600 million to the current deal, surely, are they? Package E: 24 matches on Mondays at 20:00 or Fridays at 19:30/20:00 and eight matches on Sundays at 14:00Package F: 20 matches from one Bank Holiday and one midweek fixture programmePackage G: 20 matches from two midweek fixture programmes— Richard Conway (@richard_conway) February 13, 2018 BREAKING: 5 of 7 Premier League live domestic TV packages sold for £4.464bn (4 to Sky, 1 to BT), with two live packages still to be sold “with interest from multiple bidders”. Current deal worth £5.1bn— Dan Roan (@danroan) February 13, 2018 BT Sport have paid £295m per season for 32 games for a total of £885m (£9.2m per match). That means Sky have paid £3.579bn for 384 matches or £9.3m a match— Ed Aarons (@ed_aarons) February 13, 2018 Sky win packages B, C, D and E A big win for Sky Sports. This means they will be broadcasting 32 matches on Saturdays at 17:30, 24 matches on Sundays at 14:00, eight matches on Saturdays at 19:45 and 32 matches on Sundays at 16:30. BT win Package A This means BT Sport have won the rights to broadcast 32 matches on Saturday’s at 12.30.
Apparently the international rights are still going to be enormous - but the domestic money from TV may be seeing its last hurrah.
I wonder how long it will be before the PL just sells the majority of games directly with their own streaming service.
disagree - it will happen but not for a while yet. I'd say 3 or more years out. maybe 5. streaming simply isn't reliable enough for too many people.
My guess is there will be some sort of middle ground in the near future, but I agree broadcast deals will likely remain in place for a while. It leaves out causal fans/viewers and limits their ability to attract new fans. Also, not sure how the math would work out. Take the NBC contract, which is about $1B for 6 seasons through 21-22. That is about $160m/season. Assume their average viewership (450K) all buy $5/mth subscriptions, for a 9 month season that is only $20M. That is a lot advertising dollars the PL would have to make up in the US.
The sharing of the international rights, equally shared at the moment, may be revisited. And if the other 14 refuse to compromise, could there be another breakaway division?
They usually nip this in the bud by changing the CL rules to allow more big teams to be consistently in the competition. Now 4th goes straight into the group stage. The next step is probably for 5th and 6th to get into qualify stages.