BT have (apparently) snapped up La Liga TV rights

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Feb 8, 2005

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...se-to-moving-to-BT-Sport-from-Sky-Sports.html

No Spanish football on Sky for the next few seasons - very unhappy about this. Wasn't fussed about the Champions League, but love a bit of La Liga. Just waiting for my Sky subscription to end before I cancel it after 15 odd years. Ridiculous that Sky put their prices up because they paid too much for the Premier League while losing important rights.

 

seagullsovergrimsby

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Aug 21, 2005

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• Aug 1, 2015

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It appears that Sky put in a larger bid than BT to secure the La Liga rights but a decision was made to have a second round of bidding perhaps due to the BT bid being closer to Sky's than expected.

 

Tom Hark Preston Park

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Jul 6, 2003

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BT's current telly ad is saying that until (I think) 6th or 7th of August, if you switch to them you get, apart from any telly-related stuff, a Sainsbury's voucher for £125 for a 12 month contract. Probably worth doing for that reason alone, I'd have thought

 

Frutos

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• Aug 5, 2015

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Sky have agreed a new 3-year deal to show over 100 live La Liga matches per season, according to SSN.

 

Meade's Ball

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Frutos said:

Sky have agreed a new 3-year deal to show over 100 live La Liga matches per season, according to SSN.

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Rats.
That means i'll have to keep both channels then. I had the intention of ditching Sky if they lost La Liga.

Frutos, as a Spanish football lover, do you get over there much for games?

 

Gullflyinghigh

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Apr 23, 2012

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Meade's Ball said:

Rats.
That means i'll have to keep both channels then. I had the intention of ditching Sky if they lost La Liga.

Frutos, as a Spanish football lover, do you get over there much for games?

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It was my tipping point for Sky as well. I think my girlfriend was hoping she'd finally be free of Sky Sports in the house...oh well!

 

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Frutos said:

Sky have agreed a new 3-year deal to show over 100 live La Liga matches per season, according to SSN.

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Love that, did seem strange they would just let it go as was being reported at the weekend