The 2016-17 Premier League Rights Auction

[ChesterDave]

I thought some of the other bidders would have muscled in and I also thought BT were going to blow Sky out of the water this time, something to do with the Broadband turf war?

Well as BT have increased by about 25% (edit: nearer 30 actually) but got an extra 4 games for their trouble so probably did bid big for the others but never expected that Sky would go so much in excess of the previous level. I reckon with the £12bn they splashed out on EE they probably didn't have any more to spend. Certainly not the money we now know Sky were prepared to.

[Hollowman]

Given the disparity in what the two paid, looks like BT were left with scraps rather than packages they set out for. The redistribution of the first picks was interesting.

A rough calculation - if you take the average Sky are paying per match now, and the average audience for Super Sunday, then they are paying more than four times more per viewer than Fox pay in the States for each NFL viewer of their matches.

Obviously there are subscription costs that heavily mitigate that, but it's still crazy.

[Chazza]

BT paid a fortune to secure the full champions league rights didn't they?

If Sky had lost a few more of these packages a load more would have ditched them and gone fully to BT.

[ChesterDave]

BT paid a fortune to secure the full champions league rights didn't they?

Another £900m

[Vermilion]

I actually cancelled a few days ago. Good luck with that Sky, not that they will miss my £82 per month.

More people like you Tee; and they would.

[ChesterDave]

Latest deal news

Five of seven packages sold. Looking like it will be a small increase by the time final packages sold. No entry from Facebook or Amazon yet

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43002985

[rodo]

so no change to how you watch it or how much you pay and yet they will still moan about people streaming

[dom9]

so no change to how you watch it or how much you pay and yet they will still moan about people streaming

Amazon or Facebook or Netflix may well win one of the remaining packages.

[Shaggy]

I use a HD pay streaming site - $10 a month - and just stream from my PC to my TV with a HDMI cable. It's ****ing class. **** paying those prices. I haemorrhaged £100+ a month on Sky for years.

[rodo]

£30 for a vpn £15 for an nbc log in as well as £50 a year for a **** load of tele channels as well as movies havent paid for a tv sub for nearly 2 years and have never missed a game

[S-RED]

I use a HD pay streaming site - $10 a month - and just stream from my PC to my TV with a HDMI cable. It's ****ing class. **** paying those prices. I haemorrhaged £100+ a month on Sky for years.

Any details would be appreciated

[rodo]

Any details would be appreciated

pretty sure shaggy is still on king media

[S-RED]

ta muchly

[Shaggy]

Yep - PM'd.

[dom9]

Or you could save that 120 quid a year by going to the streams thread each time.

Acestream is pretty good.