07-11-2023, 01:05 AM
(06-11-2023, 07:56 PM)Rdd Wrote: Daily Mail so usual caveats apply etc but they are reporting that the BBC is the only bidder.
www.dailymail.co.uk
The Telegraph and The Times (and the Daily Mirror - though referencing the Mail) are also reporting it, so it sounds like it's as close to a done deal as possible.
From what I can remember and from what I can read from the below article, the BBC were the sole bidders the last time the rights went to tender, although they did end up paying marginally more.
Quote:The 2019-2022 rights will cost the BBC £211.5 million, slightly more than the £204 million it paid three years ago, though indicating a fall in value once inflation is taken into account. In 2012 the broadcaster paid £179.7 million.
www.thetimes.co.uk
I saw somewhere that by the end of the next rights cycle it will be a 25 year uninterupted run for the top tier highlights on MOTD.
Anyway, thanks goodness for the BBC there was no highlights show tonight - ot would have been a very tight turnaround to finalise the edit in the end!