Originally Posted by popeye13:
“I think they have shown that i the money is right, like with the France deal, they will take the money over FTA exposure as the money makes up for it.
I honestly think ITV's days as a UCL broadcaster coming to an end and the fact they are carrying an attitude along the lines of they believe they should get a game means IMHO they deserve to lose!
Id like the final to get a FTA outing, BBC perhaps...”
“I think they have shown that i the money is right, like with the France deal, they will take the money over FTA exposure as the money makes up for it.
I honestly think ITV's days as a UCL broadcaster coming to an end and the fact they are carrying an attitude along the lines of they believe they should get a game means IMHO they deserve to lose!
Id like the final to get a FTA outing, BBC perhaps...”
I doubt very much that a FTA channel would get just the final (the pay channels aren't going to want to allow that, and would drive down what they'd be willing to pay for the rights), and given the BBC doesn't know what it's budget is going to be for 2017 onwards until 2015, and it is still operating under the TVL freeze imposed in 2010, I can hardly see them splashing out cash, especially if ITV is willing to bid.
In addition, UEFA and the sponsors won't want the matches to be on the BBC because a big part of the sponsorship is TV advertising and "break bumpers", which are the brief five second bits which come up just as the progamme goes to ad breaks. Some sponsors don't want to shell out for a full thirty second ad, but they do want the break bumbers - an example would be Gazprom, at least in the UK. If the matches are on BBC, neither the ads nor the break bumpers are available, so UEFA may not be able to charge as much from the sponsors for the rights.
So, I'd be amazed if the BBC are even interested, more so if they end up with any of the rights.




