Note Summary

Sky Sports: Purchase rights to broadcast.
BSkyB recently paid £1.62 billion for broadcast rights from 2010 to 2013.
1992 - Present
Since beginning of the EPL.
Popular crit.:
One of the main points raised is that Sky has built an incredibly valuable property in the EPL, and with the financial backing of BSkyB and its many other ventures, it would be ‘commercial suicide’ for anyone to try and bid the kind of prices that Sky can.

Most of the experts say that it will be many years before Sky can be challenged on the sale of EPL rights.

Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/feb/16/sky-sports-rights

Ofcom and the EU’s investigation into Sky’s 13 year monopoly of English football broadcasting rights.
possibility of Ofcom and the EU forcing Sky to sell some of its broadcasting packages to its rivals as its monopolisation of the industry is seen as being unhealthy for competition.
battle between the European Commission and the League, as the EC feels the league is not doing enough to investigate this matter.

Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2005/sep/12/football.ofcom