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libero

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9 Quid!!!!!!!!!

 

 

ESPN has announced it will launch a new channel next month to show the Premier League matches whose rights it bought following the collapse of pay-TV firm Setanta.

 

EPL was quick to re-sell rights when Setanta couldn't meet financial obligations

 

 

 

The US company purchased the rights for 46 live games when the British arm of Setanta went into administration a month ago.

 

From 3 August, the new channel will offer top-flight football alongside international sports and a wide-range of premium US sports previously provided on ESPN America, which will be integrated in the UK into the new channel.

 

It will be made available in both standard (SD) and high definition, making the UK-based channel the firm's first HD offering in Europe.

 

As part of the new arrangement, Sky News owner BSkyB will retail ESPN to both its residential and commercial customers.

 

ESPN will be available on a premium subscription basis to all Sky homes, which means all live Barclays Premier League matches will be available in HD to Sky homes.

 

Sky has confirmed that Sky Sports subscribers will be able to get ESPN for £9 per month while other Sky customers will be able to subscribe from £12 per month.

 

Sky Sports will produce its football games, but the coverage will use dedicated ESPN graphics and analysis.

 

The US broadcaster also plans to create original studio shows to support football and other sports coverage.

 

Lynne Frank of ESPN Europe said: "We hope football and sports fans will enjoy ESPN's compelling mix of Barclays Premier League football, international sports and the best of the US sports in both SD and HD."

 

Mike Darcey, Sky's chief operating officer, added: "Our agreement with ESPN to retail its portfolio of sports channels ensures that we have certainty of distribution of all live Premier League matches to Sky homes, and further adds to the high-quality sports content our customers can enjoy, both in standard- and high-definition.

 

"We are also delighted to provide support in the form of production, advertising sales and commercial retailing."

Swipe

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We might get it this year, on account of the two packages, but it can get to f*** the following year when they'll have two matches a month.

 

Forgot about that. Sky already nabbed a couple of their packages didn't they?

 

Hopefully it'll have a 'cancel any time' policy like Setanta

MFletcher

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They have two packages this year, but 5 out of 6 games for the 2010-2013 period will be on Sky. You can't justify £9 a month for 23 games over a nine month period, so we'll cancel it for the following period unless the price drops considerably. I used to sit and watch the dross games, but even I, a relentless football fan, can't be arsed with the frankly turgid quality of most of the league.

Gomez

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If its free i will get it!

 

Amazing isn't it, Setanta had the same product, charged a similar price (I'd guess on average less than £9-£12 seeing as there were perpetually in a half price for three months etc deal) and failed to make it viable, yet ESPN think they can. It wasn't really all down to McManaman you know.

 

I won't be paying again and again, Sky is already over priced. It'll be the pub for me, and preferable one with a dodgy stream so they don't even get any money indirectly. They really need to learn to stop inventing different ways to milk the football fans, and it wouldn't be so bad if man u didn't get more of my money than Liverpool.

 

The sooner I can just pay LFC for all their matches and be done with it, the better.

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Ethan

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Do Setanta still have rights to certain games ? Did they only lose 1 package and still show Saturday evening games ?

 

Only in Ireland and North America I think - they still have the 3pm rights on a Saturday - They've lost everything in the UK

Sion

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Amazing isn't it, Setanta had the same product, charged a similar price (I'd guess on average less than £9-£12 seeing as there were perpetually in a half price for three months etc deal) and failed to make it viable, yet ESPN think they can. It wasn't really all down to McManaman you know.

 

I won't be paying again and again, Sky is already over priced. It'll be the pub for me, and preferable one with a dodgy stream so they don't even get any money indirectly. They really need to learn to stop inventing different ways to milk the football fans, and it wouldn't be so bad if man u didn't get more of my money than Liverpool.

 

The sooner I can just pay LFC for all their matches and be done with it, the better.

 

It didn't help that they shed out a load on Scottish, Internationals and Conference football

 

They should have concentrated on the PL by offering a season ticket thing, and let non-subscribers buy individual games like prem plus did.

Hassony

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It didn't help that they shed out a load on Scottish, Internationals and Conference football

 

They should have concentrated on the PL by offering a season ticket thing, and let non-subscribers buy individual games like prem plus did.

 

Did they actually pay a lot for the conference games?

 

Did they even get more than few thousands viewers for these games?

 

they must have wasted a lot of money on the stupid IPL

uppsala

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Well i am a big fan of sky HD so i will defo pay the £9 a month for the HD coverage on ESPN.

I use to pay £12.99 to sentanta for a crap picture, so £9 for top football games, with HD pictures will do for me.

Stefano

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I don't think I ever paid the full price when I was with Setanta, so it was never a huge burden. I doubt ESPN will be offering similar discounts and you're looking at 80 quid a season, more if you keep it all year round. I thought the whole point of ending the Sky monopoly of the coverage was to aid the consumer, yet we're being ripped off more than ever.

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