Sky - Exclusive World Cup rights?
Chris155au
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I heard that they'd be allowed to get exclusive rights. You're shitting me. This is a joke right? How can your Government be so useless? Here in Australia, our Government have a blacklist, which even the FA Cup final is on! And football is far from our biggest sport. England on the other hand... it IS your biggest sport right? I'm seriously starting to wonder, especially with a dedicated F1 channel (seriously, WTF?), but not a dedicated football one. Someone please tell me I've heard wrong about the rights.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ofcom_Code_on_Sports_and_Other_Listed_and_Designated_Events
I would pay less attention to whoever told you, the World Cup is on the FTA protected list and there has been no indication that will change
Hang on. Sky were in contention for the 2010 World Cup right? And failed to get them. That's what I read.
I don't recall reading such.
In theory, Sky could bid and win rights, however every single match would also have to be on free to air television. So it would be a bit pointless for them to do so.
Yes, I remember UKTVG2 (now Dave) showing some of the 2006 World Cup even though each match also appeared on the BBC or ITV.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/organgrinder/2006/mar/16/uktvtoshareworldcup
Without looking at the article, I believe it was just the BBC matches that appeared on UKTVG2, I believe they "sublet" the rights to their games. They owned half the channel anyway, not too sure as to why they did it, maybe it was to give an alternative angle on the games, I dunno.
Evidently you've never seen Sky Sports.
It's been a bit of a fail all round, he must have woke up in the middle of the night and fancied an incorrect moan
Probably more thinking Sky New Zealand
In the UK we have a 'Crown Jewels' list, very much alike to the Australian 'Anti-Siphoning' rules for sporting events.
And no, Sky have never been in for WC rights, they can't show them.
That's also always been of FTA TV, and will be as far into the future as anyone can see.
I was reading Ian Darke's wiki article and read this under ESPN. (1st line)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Darke#ESPN
I know it doesn't say they couldv'e secured the rights but to me that makes out that they bidded but failed.
They're not closing down, they're just rebranding. Same programming surely. Not sure what fresh, new, exciting sports programming you've heard about.
And just becuase Sky has an F1 branded channel doesn't mean the sport of F1 has a greater level of coverage than football. There are contractual and logistical reasons that make sense for that channel to exist whilst their isn't a specific football one. Most UK sport channels simply wouldn't exist if it wasn't for football. It's what Sky Sports, BT, ESPN UK, talk SPORT etc are or were basically built around.
Plus, I'm not sure how by us HAVING those 2 channels, it is the same as Sky NOT HAVING a football channel. How are they connected? Not to mention, we do have a dedicated channel for our biggest sport. (AFL for UK guys)
What are you actually moaning about here now? Is it because your initial moan has turned out to be baseless in fact, so you are moving onto something else?
Surely F1 DOES have a greater level of coverage than football, just not LIVE coverage. The channel runs 24/7 right? I'm curious as to what the contractual and logistical reasons might be for its existence. And I'm still left wondering why there isn't a football channel. Why wouldn't people want a 24/7 channel running Premier League Classics, latest round match replays/highlights, etc? Would people really prefer F1 replays?
The remainder were only available on Canal+
Whilst BBC and ITV have sorted out the next World Cup I could foresee a scenario either for the World Cup or European Championship whereby a smiliar situation as to that in Spain in 2002 played out. England matches and maybe one or two others available FTA, the remainder on Sky or BT or some such.
I hope not but factors such as greed and a desire to continue to milk football fans' pockets might conspire to make such a situation a reality here in the UK.
Again, does it really, really matter? Sky show plenty of non-live football content throughout the week.
That scenario is very plausible for the UK. Possibly Sky or BT would acquire t rights for 2022 with a FTA partner?
Its clear that the list of protected events will become less enforceable with time. It works at present with everybody's acceptance, but if one of the significant broadcasters opted not to ply, then the legal framework may prove to be very fickle.