06-03-2024, 11:38 PM
(06-03-2024, 11:25 PM)shropshireguy28 Wrote: A terrible deal for Free to air, to only have on Semi final, 2 quarter finals and most likely small matches. If the same deal was in place this year we would say goodbye to Manchester United V Liverpool and Manchester City V Newcastle. FTA would be left with the scraps like Wolves V Coventry and Chelsea V Leicester.
The number of matches on FTA is very similar to what was shown before 2021 in previous deals with BT Sport, ESPN, ITV and the BBC. The Daily Mail article makes no mention of what quality picks the BBC will receive, it is easily plausible that the FA has insisted that the FTA partner will have access to first (or second) picks like they did in the previous agreements, so it appears to be speculation to say a Manchester United v. Liverpool game would not be shown on the BBC in future. We'll have to wait to either when the deal is officialy announced or possibly until the deal comes into effect to see what picks the BBC will have be able to show.
It is worth noting that the BBC have cut another FTA deal with Warner Bros Discovery in the not too recent past that allowed them free reign to show whatever they want on their limited number of streams, whilst other countries had other restrctions on what could be shown. There is a point there that the BBC once again is propping up a grab by WBD to take a premium sport contract off FTA TV.
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