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		<title>The SPL’s Amazing New Broadcast Deal?</title>
		<description>Discuss The SPL’s Amazing New Broadcast Deal?</description>
		<link>http://theawayend.net/articles/opinion/1244-the-spls-amazing-new-broadcast-deal-the-spl-recently-signed-a-new-broadcast-deal-with-sky-sports-worth-approximately-p13million-per-season-so-was-this-television-deal-good-or-bad-for-our-game-what-is-undeniable-is-that-this-deal-provides-clubs-</link>
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			<title>Jarvis says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A question that I have not seen answered anywhere relating to this. Not sure if anyone can answer but worth asking in case I have missed something that is already in the public domain. Sky announced the deal to screen matches first and the media concurrently announced that the value of the deal was £13m per season. The Sky PR did not include any financials, so it's unclear as to where this number came from - cannot find a PR relating to this news on the SPL website. ESPN at that point had no new agreement with the SPL. They subsequently agreed a deal to show an increased amount of games, including 10 from the SFL, but no increased amount for these matches has ever been announced. Are ESPN paying an additional amount to the leagues for these games that has not been published? OR Was the £13m the agreed figure between both broadcasters and it was non-revenue related items that held up ESPN's agreement? If so, what is the split between the two, supposedly rival broadcasters? OR most worryingly Do Sky have rights to all SPL/SFL football and are they charging ESPN for a share of it, thus increasing their own profits to the detriment of Scottish football? I'd hoped that after the events of the last 12 months, the MSM would dig a bit deeper into these type of announcements but all we saw was the usual rush to get the PR out first, as opposed to any sort of analysis on the deal itself, which although it brings welcome stability during a difficult period for the game remains a very poor one in comparison to other leagues of similar standing.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Jarvis</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Bob says:</title>
			<link>http://theawayend.net/articles/opinion/1244-the-spls-amazing-new-broadcast-deal-the-spl-recently-signed-a-new-broadcast-deal-with-sky-sports-worth-approximately-p13million-per-season-so-was-this-television-deal-good-or-bad-for-our-game-what-is-undeniable-is-that-this-deal-provides-clubs-#comment-1189</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tv good for Scottish football? It's time we took a long hard look at this subject (no pun intended) Why are we asking people to watch the games in their home instead of going to see their team?? This is what is killing Scottish football. We can watch Celtic live at midday and man u at 16.00hrs. This is totally wrong. Fans should go to the game and give their money to their club, not give it to sky to take a massive cut then pass on some to Spl who takes a profit before filtering it down to the clubs, who, incidentally have 1/3rd empty stadiums!!! Surely we should have no live tv football when our leagues are in action and tha includes English games. It's a great league but they shouldn't be keeping our fans in the armchair. No live tv (except cup finals an big internationals) and through time the crowds will increase and the cubs can then have their income direct from the fans. Im cancelling my sky sports, not that it stopped me going to all my clubs games. It's my way of protest of Tv killing our game. L]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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