Originally Posted by mlt11:
“Yes - I'll also be very interested to see what happens.
I would be very surprised if they do stream every game live from the German, Italian and French Leagues. If they do the audiences will be so small they will be unmeasurable - I seriously wouldn't expect some games to even get 100 viewers, let alone 1,000.
But at the same time BT did say they were showing every game live. So if they don't will they actually say anything or just hope everyone's forgotten?”
Just found the press release. It says
Quote:
“BT has the new football rights for multiple years. The Serie A rights include 380 live matches per season delivered in HD, highlights packages from each match day as well as the weekly preview show Total Italian Football and weekly review Serie A Show. The Ligue 1 rights include 380 live matches per season in HD, a weekly preview show and highlights packages from each match day.”
Going off that, I take it they'll be showing the PSG match live on Friday via the website? If they don't, like you say, they'll just hope people have forgot they ever mentioned it! Not that it's anything of note - who really cares if they show 380 French or Italian league matches. I was just intrigued as to whether it was a ploy to sound bigger and better and whether or not they'd actually see it through for the whole season.
It seems a lot of fuss to get a tiny tiny return in viewers - if at all any for a lot of the games!
Btw - link to that press release is
here