New television rights - Will this affect us?

• Dead_Man_Inc

  31 Mar 07, 02:34

  ITV and Setanta link-up lands £425m FA deal
  
  Football Association chief executive Brian Barwick has confirmed the television rights for England and FA Cup matches have been awarded to ITV and Setanta Sports starting in the 2008-09 season.
  
  The new deal comes after the FA's partners since 2001 BBC and Sky were outbid for the package, which takes effect from August next year and will run until July 2012.
  
  It will generate £425million for the FA over the four-year term - a 30% increase from the current £300million agreement with BBC and Sky.
  
  FA chief executive Brian Barwick said: 'We are delighted to have concluded a four-year deal with the two companies. It is a deal that starts from August 1 2008 and is worth in the region of £425million. It is an increase on our current deal of £125m and a 42% increase on that previous deal.
  
  'It means a £31m increase for the FA which gives us chance to invest in the game again in a bigger way
  
  'We will have in excess of £100m a year to put back into football.'
  
  Barwick added: 'It gives us the chance to extend the message of football as wide as possible and give everyone a chance to enjoy the game.
  
  'For viewers we have ensured key FA Cup and England games get free-to-air coverage. That was essential to us and we have delivered on it.
  
  'We have been able to extend coverage - we have asked both broadcasters to look at the amateur game and make sure there is coverage of that.
  
  'ITV are proven deliverers of good football products. They were there at the inception of the Champions League in 1992 and Setanta are new kids on the block.'
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  does that mean we have to pay more for EPL next season?
• Pitot

  31 Mar 07, 02:56

  damn c0ck.
  
  they outbid each other to earn money. but in the end the price all covered by the viewers..
  boycott until the price lower than we watch
• used

  31 Mar 07, 08:35

  
  it better not!!!
• turbo_drift

  31 Mar 07, 08:36

  hope not..
• zocoss

  31 Mar 07, 11:29

  I think we already have to pay more for the EPL next season... Hope we don't have to pay "Extra" for the Team England, FA Cup and Carling Cup matches as well...
  
  Looks like we will get squeeze again by StarHub... #%*@
• allentyb

  31 Mar 07, 11:31

  
  
  never heard anything from Starhub yet
• anhydrouscoppersulphate

  31 Mar 07, 15:12

  
• The man who was death

  31 Mar 07, 20:15

  time to switch to p2p tv......
• dragg

  1 Apr 07, 16:06

  prices will always go up.