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RD
rdd Founding member
You have to think the public profile of La Liga in the U.K. & Ireland will be decimated because of this. Already Sky had cut back coverage to taking the world feed (except for El Classico which is getting a full pre and post game show on Sunday). If Eleven Sports (whom I’d never heard of) think this will be a subscription driver on its own they must be joking.

A lot of it’s exposure IMO came from pubs, in the days of the old Sky Sports numbered channels, leaving Sky Sports 1 on after Super Sunday when a La Liga game used to follow.
bkman1990, Brekkie and Rex gave kudos
BR
Brekkie
P.S. Do any TV guides actually even list Premier Sports or Freesports?


The Radio Times bills Freesports, but only when it's showing live sport - as is also the case with Sky Sports F1, Mix and Box Office. It doesn't bill Premier Sports. The other Sky, BT and Eurosport channels are billed in full.

In a way that's probably the best way to list sport for all channels now, especially since Sky changed their structure last year.
BR
Brekkie
C4 are to show three Wales Rugby games from their summer tour - one versus South Africa in the USA and two games versus Argentina.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/wales-rugby-matches-set-screened-14604240#ICID=Android_WalesOnlineNewsApp_AppShare
DV
dvboy
Wimbledon Spring press conference took place yesterday:



RD
rdd Founding member
The not particularly secret news that eir Sport have won the Irish rights to the Pro14 (more or less a fait accomplai once the Premier Sports deal was announced) has been announced this morning.

The only new news on this one is that a sub licensing deal with TG4 for 21 matches has been done, with the significant restriction that TG4 won’t be allowed show Leinster v Munster or Munster v Leinster.
NW
nwtv2003
Quest will be the home of the highlights for the EFL from next season.

https://twitter.com/questtv/status/991995787516116992?s=21
LL
London Lite Founding member
Quest will be the home of the highlights for the EFL from next season.

https://twitter.com/questtv/status/991995787516116992?s=21


According to replies to that post, Quest/Discovery are working to get the channel in HD.
HC
Hatton Cross
So, the chairman of Derby Country, where are those multi-million pound deals and higher visibility for the live and highlights rights, you think your league is worth then?

Oh. All mouth, no talk.

No real bidding war for the live rights, and no massive upward spike on the amount Sky pay.

Highlights now sold to a channel outside the first 5 slots of any EPG, and to a channel very few know actually exists let alone which channel on the EPG it actually is.

Discovery Networks are going to have to shovel a lot into external advertising to let fans know where the highlights are from next season.
BR
Brekkie
Quest will be the home of the highlights for the EFL from next season.

https://twitter.com/questtv/status/991995787516116992?s=21


According to replies to that post, Quest/Discovery are working to get the channel in HD.

Presumably they could repeat or simulcast on Eurosport to tick the HD box.
SW
Steve Williams
Presumably they could repeat or simulcast on Eurosport to tick the HD box.


I would have assumed that Sky's deal with the Football League would prevent any other pay channel showing it.
BK
bkman1990
Will Quest HD go on Pay TV platforms only or are they looking to both Freeview & Freesat to expand coverage?
VM
VMPhil
Quest will be the home of the highlights for the EFL from next season.

https://twitter.com/questtv/status/991995787516116992?s=21

Correct me if I’m wrong but surely this is a bad decision when it comes to visibility of the EFL - unless Channel 5 didn’t make a bid this time round. Unless you’re specifically seeking it out you’re probably not going to get new viewers who come across it, now that it’s on a channel a lot further down the EPG. I understood moving to to Channel 5 who could give it a prime time slot, but not this (strategically not financially!)

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