sidSmith wrote:Dameerto wrote:sidSmith wrote:Nigels Tackle wrote:sidSmith wrote:Fucking hell. Just seen that BT sport are showing the scum final for free tomorrow. Disgusting to charge all the other fans with a subscription for the season but give the scum their cup final for free. Self serving twats.
you mean the same as it was last year?
the champions league final is free as well
http://sport.bt.com/football/bt-sport-t ... 4180768744they have to - otherwise only about 8 people would watch but it's always better to pretend that there is some weird conspiracy theory...
Do you mean the game that Liverpool was involved in....? Fair enough if it's the champions league where no British club is involved, but to charge a subscription throughout then drop it for the final seems shit to those that paid already. And if it's right that only 8 would watch, it's entirely self serving.
They have to agree to show a certain amount of matches free-to-air as part of the bidding process for buying the rights (I think, or am I getting mixed up with the Premier League?)
Ah good point. Maybe it's also on BBC, ITV, etc, so they're sort of forced to show it for free so that we can all enjoy their pundits. If that's true, I think Nige is right and they'll get 8 viewers!
Part of the broadcast deal UEFA do states that the finals must be available free to air. In this past that was on ITV as they shared rights with Sky. Now BT have sole rights they have to show the final for free (and at least one match from each round). Think last year they did it via a YouTube channel I think.
They're not giving the scum preferential treatment (for once) or ripping off BT subscribers, just sticking to their contract .