Big Spliff 0 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 just phoned the spl offices at hampden and it is �£13 million per year with an opt out after 3 years , who they opt out to is another question Well I'm taking it all back then mate; if its �£13m pa then we are back to square 1. Most recent/original Setanta deal approx �£13.5m pa (paid up until now) Proposed Setanta deal = �£125m or �£31m pa to start end of next season (obviously never got there) New deal �£65m and if over 5 years = �£13m. Opt-out can be seen as a review-point I'd say. So much for SDM's rant the other day then, if thats what we settle for and no OFTV proposals came up. Misleading reporting earlier saying �£65m till end of 2010/11 with two year extension/opt out clause. Effectively counting the extra two-years revenue in the �£65m. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,419 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 THE Scottish Premier League today agreed a �£65million five-year deal with Sky and ESPN to screen 60 live matches each season. But the SPL has an option of opting out of the final two seasons of the agreement with the new grouping. Sky-ESPN's deal replaces the one agreed with collapsed broadcaster Setanta, but the clubs will earn about half what they would have gained under that deal. The new contract is worth a similar amount to Setanta's original deal - �£13m per year - due to end next year. advertisement Scotland's 12 top-flight clubs - some of whom were facing severe financial problems without a TV deal - voted on the proposal at the league's annual meeting at Hampden Park today. And SPL chairman Lex Gold said: "We are pleased that in just over three weeks we have been able to strike this deal. "Sky and ESPN are two of the biggest names in sports broadcasting and they will bring first-class production standards and a wide audience to the table. "We are looking forward to working with both in the coming years to raise the profile of the SPL for our clubs, fans and partners." Setanta's original contract began in 2006 and the Irish-based broadcaster had negotiated a new contract worth �£125m due to begin in 2010. However, Setanta lost the rights to top-flight football in England and Scotland after being unable to meet payments at the end of last season. Disney-owned ESPN last month bought the rights to show English Premier League matches that were to have been shown by Setanta. It plans to launch a new UK sports channel, called ESPN, on August 3 and reached an initial deal to have the channel shown on Sky, which will also be responsible for selling advertising on the new channel. ESPN-Sky were believed to have offered a five-year contract, but the SPL appears to have won an option for the final two seasons with the new grouping, and the agreement will last until at least the end of season 2011-12. Rangers chief executive Martin Bain said this week that he had been in discussions with Celtic about buying the broadcasting rights themselves because they were unhappy at what they viewed as a cut-price offer. However, it is believed that the Old Firm's proposal was not voted on today. Meanwhile, St Mirren chairman Stewart Gilmour has been elected to the SPL board, replacing Campbell Christie, who has stepped down as chairman of Falkirk. Gold was elected unanimously for the 11th time as chairman but indicated that he would stand down in the autumn. Hibernian's Rod Petrie, Aberdeen's Duncan Fraser and Bain were all re-elected by the clubs to complete the SPL board along with newly-appointed chief executive Neil Doncaster. *Sky and ESPN will both cover 30 live Clydesdale Bank Premier League games each season. *The broadcast slots will remain as Saturday lunchtimes, Sunday lunchtimes, Sunday afternoons and Monday nights. *The SPL's existing broadcasting deals with BBC, BT Vision, MG ALBA and Sportfive will be unaffected by this deal. *All games will be broadcast in High Definition and Standard Definition formats. Publication date 16/07/09 http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/display.var.2520343.0.0.php 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Ally 0 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Btw, any ideas what this means for fans? Will it be an additional subscription? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyk 158 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Btw, any ideas what this means for fans? Will it be an additional subscription? don't know if it's been confirmed yet but sure I read they would charge between �£9 and �£12 per month....... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexscottislegend 2,072 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 I don't have a sky dish but watched setanta via freeview Channel 34. Anyone know if I can continue to do this with ESPN? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mac Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 don't know if it's been confirmed yet but sure I read they would charge between �£9 and �£12 per month....... Going to cost quite a bit extra by the sounds of it a Sky Sports subscription then another �£9 for the ESPN channel too 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyk 158 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 If you have Sky Sports already you will get 30 SPL games at no extra cost (and they will have most if not all the old firm games I guess). If you want the other 30 SPL games you will need to subscribe to the new ESPN channel for �£9 a month. If you don't want Sky Sports and only the ESPN games it will be �£12 a month. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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