26-04-2023, 06:34 AM
Having ITV come over to buy all of VMTV in Ireland might show there is some complexity involved in how of the rights of the content are divvied up in the future.
The majority of the WBD content is shown terrestrially via ITV in the UK. RTÉ basically have full access terrestrial TV rights to all of that content in The Republic of Ireland.
I am not sure how those separate deals are going to operate in the near future. I would suspect that they would remain separate for now until one of the involved parties did eventually to a foreign rival.
The sports rights is a contentious one though when they come up for discussion especially when you look at the rights for the UEFA matches and The 6 Nations Rugby
The majority of the WBD content is shown terrestrially via ITV in the UK. RTÉ basically have full access terrestrial TV rights to all of that content in The Republic of Ireland.
I am not sure how those separate deals are going to operate in the near future. I would suspect that they would remain separate for now until one of the involved parties did eventually to a foreign rival.
The sports rights is a contentious one though when they come up for discussion especially when you look at the rights for the UEFA matches and The 6 Nations Rugby