Originally Posted by irishfeen:
“Of course sky had the option to bid for them too... the limit in games in Ireland is not right in the first place!”
“Of course sky had the option to bid for them too... the limit in games in Ireland is not right in the first place!”
Sky were probably not interested in the Irish 3pms as long as they stayed with an Irish broadcaster selling an independent subscription. Once BT aligned with Setanta it changed the market,
With regard to quotas you got in after my edit.
The season before last the Setanta Pack in Ireland, without quotas, could have shown Manchester United 16 times (they played at 3pm nine times added to BT Sports' 7 showings).
Liverpool were a similar number.
With Sky limited to a maximum of 21 times you can see exactly why quotas were introduced when you compare the sums paid by each broadcaster.
If BT had sold their packages independently in Ireland no quotas would ever have been introduced.



