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"Thanks for that Brian" said:
So, as expected, the domestic TV income is on a downward spiral. Apparently subscriptions are down by around 20% for Sky and BT. That's bad news.

Bad news for clubs outside the 'Big 6' as the number of viewers for them is going to drive 'The Big 6' to ask whether they should go elsewhere

Bad news for us supporters. 'The Big 6' will chase more money. It's what they do. So....

  • Game 39 [40, 41 and 42] in China?
  • Existing fixtures played at increasingly weird times to satisfy the foreign TV viewer?
  • A two half season, with the Top 10 playing each other twice in the second half of the season for the league title and the bottom half fighting it out for the relegation spots?
  • A European Super League?
  • Little chance for '£20's Plenty' and improving the lot of fans.
Bad news for what little money trickles down the football pyramid.

Bad news all round.
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For those clubs outside the Top 6 it also heralds the start of 'Diversify or Die' in revenue terms!

As we said a couple of days back, a Palace or similar is reliant on 60-70% of their revenues from TV. :emoticon-0107-sweat
 
"Thanks for that Brian" said:
So, as expected, the domestic TV income is on a downward spiral. Apparently subscriptions are down by around 20% for Sky and BT. That's bad news.

Bad news for clubs outside the 'Big 6' as the number of viewers for them is going to drive 'The Big 6' to ask whether they should go elsewhere

Bad news for us supporters. 'The Big 6' will chase more money. It's what they do. So....

  • Game 39 [40, 41 and 42] in China?
  • Existing fixtures played at increasingly weird times to satisfy the foreign TV viewer?
  • A two half season, with the Top 10 playing each other twice in the second half of the season for the league title and the bottom half fighting it out for the relegation spots?
  • A European Super League?
  • Little chance for '£20's Plenty' and improving the lot of fans.
Bad news for what little money trickles down the football pyramid.

Bad news all round.
Click to expand...
With all due respect to Stoke and West Brom, they are not big draws for TV audiences. Perhaps a ten team premiership who play each other 4 times per season might be the way to go.
 
"Thanks for that Brian" said:
So, as expected, the domestic TV income is on a downward spiral. Apparently subscriptions are down by around 20% for Sky and BT. That's bad news.

Bad news for clubs outside the 'Big 6' as the number of viewers for them is going to drive 'The Big 6' to ask whether they should go elsewhere

Bad news for us supporters. 'The Big 6' will chase more money. It's what they do. So....

  • Game 39 [40, 41 and 42] in China?
  • Existing fixtures played at increasingly weird times to satisfy the foreign TV viewer?
  • A two half season, with the Top 10 playing each other twice in the second half of the season for the league title and the bottom half fighting it out for the relegation spots?
  • A European Super League?
  • Little chance for '£20's Plenty' and improving the lot of fans.
Bad news for what little money trickles down the football pyramid.

Bad news all round.
Click to expand...
It looks like they are paying about 15% less per match but there are 18% more matches being shown so about a wash on actual cash depending on how the last two packages pan out. These are the new ones with the rights to all ten matches of a 'round' so might go for a lower price. Saturday night football is another development....
 
It's all gone a bit pear shaped at the moment. I'll update on here if I can find out what's going on.
 
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