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Sadly we have previously seen the BBC do deals with Sky which result in less content on free to air TV but I think they've more than enough football at the moment. The likely outcome is the status quo remains - Sky aren't exactly breaking the bank to win exclusivity anymore either. The bigger threat is if a streamer takes an interest.
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Some valid points there, although I'm curious on a few bits.
For some events I suspect Sky will still "go big" to get exclusivity - football, F1, cricket & some golf are the obvious. For many others, then I get the feeling they'd rather have the rights than not, but are being stricter on budgets - and BT have got a few good wins recently.
Your comment about the streamers appeals to my pet beef - this basically means Amazon, but they don't seem to have any intention of being a mainstream sports broadcaster but pick off what I'll loosely call "low hanging fruit". Taking international rugby as the obvious (and my biggie) example, I'm still gobsmacked at the low value of the AI rights compared with the 6N deal, and when Amazon's 2year online-only deal runs out before RWC-2023, it will be very interesting to see who shows an interest in the home nations warm-up games. I don't see Amazon being too interested, but I'm beginning to wonder if Sky's only interest is in the England games and they don't have much value on the other home nations.
Equally, Sky's Rugby Championship deal is only for this one tournament which makes the dynamics of any long-term deal over the next year fascinating.
BBC Sport are now not showing highlights of Emma Raducanu's win at the US Open because of Channel 4 getting the live rights,
'The agreement means a planned BBC highlights show that was scheduled for Sunday will no longer take place.'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/58514875
japitts post_id=39311 time=1631450720 user_id=1385 Wrote:Your comment about the streamers appeals to my pet beef - this basically means Amazon, but they don't seem to have any intention of being a mainstream sports broadcaster but pick off what I'll loosely call "low hanging fruit". Taking international rugby as the obvious (and my biggie) example, I'm still gobsmacked at the low value of the AI rights compared with the 6N deal.
I think two clear factors. Firstly ratings - a Six Nations game can hit 8m, an Autumn International comes nowhere close.
Secondly even though the home unions are somewhat in denial it is far from certain the All Blacks and Wallabies will come over. With lockdowns continuing down under with no end in sight nothing should be taken for granted.
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I wonder if Olympics will end up on Quest in 2026 if Discovery can get it added to free to air list.
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Ofcom currently only allow channels on the three PSB muliplexes - on the basis they have 99% coverage, the commercial multiplexes a maximum of 90%. The channels need to reach 95% across DTT, Satellite, cable and via ipTV. It is only 2019 when Five was added back to the list on the basis their reach from ipTV was deemed sufficient in additional to the other platforms, which included being on a PSB multiplex. The chances of the rules allowing the likes of Quest to be a qualifying service are low.
Sky are in their pitchside studio for today's Leeds vs Liverpool match. First time on their PL Coverage since Super Sunday on 8th March at Old Trafford. Another step in the return to normal. Still yet to bin the pitchside post match interviews and the Zoom Press Conferences, however.
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The Amazon Prime Video tennis studio.
https://twitter.com/CWhitakerSport/statu...0925189120
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They're clearly live in New York.
One thing I thought was how poor the screens were - seemed really small for the studio, especially the one behind the desk.
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The Amazon Prime Video tennis studio.
https://twitter.com/CWhitakerSport/statu...0925189120
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They're clearly live in New York.
One thing I thought was how poor the screens were - seemed really small for the studio, especially the one behind the desk.
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Well it was enough to fool the reporter from the Daily Mail.
But yes, the desk area of the studio looked like a modernised version of what Sky would have used for their lesser events about 15 years.
From memory that studio made its debut for the 2020 US Open and has been used for coverage of all tennis events held outside the UK where they've done a studio production (1000-level events) since.
They were on site for last year's Tour Finals at the O2, and this year at Queen's and Eastbourne.
dvboy post_id=39287 time= user_id=1528 Wrote:[quote post_id=39243 time= user_id=976 author=]
Really odd - the set couldn't have been more obviously in a basement studio somewhere if they tried. It was actually a fairly basic set saved by an epic desk.
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Pretty sure it's not a standing set - I think I've been in that studio for other IMG productions.
Watching tonight's tennis on the Firestick and it's 1920x1080/50fps.
Sky Sports Mix aired NFL GameDay Live for 5 minutes or so before switching to the scheduled NFL Redzone.
London Lite post_id=39365 time=1631465299 user_id=953 Wrote:Watching tonight's tennis on the Firestick and it's 1920x1080/50fps.
It has to be it looked so fluid on the LG is it not 60fps on a smart tv app ?
TIGHazard post_id=39368 time= user_id=904 Wrote:Sky Sports Mix aired NFL GameDay Live for 5 minutes or so before switching to the scheduled NFL Redzone.
Yes, that wasn’t good- almost missed the first “Seven hours of commercial free football start now!” of the season.
News Engineer post_id=39379 time= user_id=729 Wrote:TIGHazard post_id=39368 time= user_id=904 Wrote:Sky Sports Mix aired NFL GameDay Live for 5 minutes or so before switching to the scheduled NFL Redzone.
Yes, that wasn’t good- almost missed the first “Seven hours of commercial free football start now!” of the season.
What was worse, was that Scott Hanson had said on Twitter earlier, that there would be a tribute to 9/11 before RedZone started
https://twitter.com/ScottHanson/status/1...9154825216
This was actually acknowledged by @SkySportsNFL twitter handle
https://twitter.com/SkySportsNFL/status/...3500401665
So what happened???? Sky crashed into the tribute half-way through and then of course forgot to switch to RedZone!!