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Premiership Rugby may be going to a new broadcaster
DIR By: DazzaS
Date: April 27, 2020, 4:19 am
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Premiership rugby could be leaving BT sport for new broadcaster
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Coverage of the Gallagher Premiership could be set for a huge
drop in value because it failed to agree a new deal with either
BT Sport or Sky before the coronavirus crisis.
After failing to secure the new deal, it seems very unlikely
they will get anything close to the £40million a year it
receives from BT Sport.
Slow negotiations could severely harm value of Premiership Rugby
broadcasting rights
Premiership Rugby is facing a significant drop in the value of
its broadcasting rights because it failed to agree a deal with
either BT Sport or Sky before the coronavirus crisis struck.
BT Sport, who have transformed Premiership rugbys coverage in
recent years had an exclusive negotiating period with the league
but that has come and gone without the broadcaster renewing,
according to The Times.
They’ve reportedly also held talks with Sky but failed to agree
a deal.
Premiership Rugby has declined to comment.
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Re: Premiership Rugby may be going to a new broadcaster
DIR By: Monte
Date: April 27, 2020, 4:24 am
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Well national press this morning is saying they have been so
slow agreeing that Sky has lost interest and BT are likely to
continue but paying less than they do currently!
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Re: Premiership Rugby may be going to a new broadcaster
DIR By: DazzaS
Date: April 27, 2020, 4:32 am
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I do hope BT keep it. They have been good and Premiership Rugby
need to stay on BT or if they were to mvoe , it would have to be
Sky. Anything less seriously devalues the league and will not
pick up the causal value the other two channels can get.
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Re: Premiership Rugby may be going to a new broadcaster
DIR By: Fearless Fred
Date: April 27, 2020, 5:18 am
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Whoever gets it, I hope they continue to put the occasional game
on FTA (Ch5 have had a number of games over the last couple of
seasons). While the BT coverage has been far better than what we
had under Sky, having it all behind PayTV doesn't give the game
enough exposure.
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Re: Premiership Rugby may be going to a new broadcaster
DIR By: harlequins
Date: April 27, 2020, 5:32 am
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There is mention of rugby going to Amazon but I can't even see
CVC taking that option unless Amazon was going to pay a lot of
money.
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Re: Premiership Rugby may be going to a new broadcaster
DIR By: MadMax
Date: April 27, 2020, 5:52 am
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Accepting a much lower value deal with BT forcing clubs to cut
their cloth accordingly would be a very good thing in my
opinion.
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Re: Premiership Rugby may be going to a new broadcaster
DIR By: Fearless Fred
Date: April 27, 2020, 6:17 am
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Just an idea: If BBC & ITV lose the Six Nations rights, maybe
they should pair up & try to get the Premiership Rights. Show 3
games a week (alternating between weeks as to which broadcaster
gets 2 games). Surely the Domestic rights must be cheaper than
the International Rights. It would give them a decent
Saturday/Sunday afternoon Sport option for the first time in
years, and also boost the profile...
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Re: Premiership Rugby may be going to a new broadcaster
DIR By: QuinsFan
Date: April 27, 2020, 6:29 am
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Disgraceful that 6N may go to ‘pay wall’ if that happens
interest in rugby will be over
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Re: Premiership Rugby may be going to a new broadcaster
DIR By: Nico Wilson
Date: April 27, 2020, 11:44 am
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I do hope Amazon don't pick it up. Their coverage of the US Open
is terrible. It's akin to snooker on a black and white portable
TV.
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Re: Premiership Rugby may be going to a new broadcaster
DIR By: quinalan
Date: April 27, 2020, 2:51 pm
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Mrs QA is a huge Tennis fan & we followed it for years on Sky.
The Amazon Tennis coverage is appalling, particularly for the
big tournaments, which Sky covered really well. If they ever get
the Rugby contract god help Rugby.
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