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Sky to retain football
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Posted by: TheBear

"BSkyB has said rival broadcasters will not be allowed to show any English Premiership games live because their bids for the rights were too low....BSkyB also announced pre-tax profits for the January-to-March period had more than quadrupled.."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3706183.stm

Posted by: iankb

quote:
Originally posted by TheBear
BSkyB also announced pre-tax profits for the January-to-March period had more than quadrupled..

Doesn't that just make your day? Now where is that 'Excuse me while I puke' emoticon?

Posted by: Regor

I dread to think how much they were asking just to let their rivals show 6-8 games a season.

Posted by: ozsat

They were not asking anything but were accepting bids.

The European Commission and Sky agreed on a reserve price which nobody met.

It also appears that the BBC did not bid as they would not be able to show them on satellite as they broadcast free-to-air.