NBC wins PL TV rights in the USA for 6 years

[yankspurs]

Apparently there was thought that a joint bid between ESPN and Fox Sports won back the rights and would have been announced this week, but NBC stepped up and won them back in a late bid. Thank fuck. ESPN and Fox Sports coverage of the sport here is absolutely piss poor and they have college sports and NFL to worry about which takes away coverage for the PL.

6 year deal through 2021/2022. Havent found monetary figures yet. Last deal was 3 years/$240m. Have to figure this one will absolutely shatter that

http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2...the-exclusive-u-s-home-of-the-premier-league/

Okay well scratch the joint bid rumor and the rumor that it was close...

More info....

John Ourand ‏@Ourand_SBJ 17m17 minutes ago
Source: EPL told bidders that it would not accept joint bids. ESPN did not submit a formal bid because of college football conflicts.

John Ourand ‏@Ourand_SBJ 9m9 minutes ago
Source: Fox put in a bid by itself. Bein Sport put in a bid, too. NBC won the rights in the first round. There was no second round.

Richard Deitsch ‏@richarddeitsch 30s31 seconds ago
NBC submitted both a 3-year and 6-year bid for the EPL rights

Update: Estimated monetary details. $1bn over 6 years

Ourand's article: http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Closing-Bell/2015/08/10/EPL-NBC.aspx

Jake Cohen ‏@JakeFCohen 1h1 hour ago
NBC paying estimated £640m (£1 billion) for six-year US rights to Premier League. If figures accurate, gives each PL club extra £2.66m py.


This will go along with the money from the new domestic deal and the rest of the international tv deals that I think are up for renewal soon. The international tv deals are apparently worth $2.2bn currently. Not unfeasible to think that will be around $5bn once all the new int'l deals are active.

 

[Gb160]

yessssssssss!!!!
bloody love nbc live extra !!

 

[yankspurs]

yessssssssss!!!!
bloody love nbc live extra !!

NBC's coverage of the PL is absolutely phenominal. Second to none.

The deal also includes exclusive spanish language rights which is not insignficant.

 

[Gb160]

If its anything to go by the uk coverage increased by 70% on the previous deal.

 

[Gb160]

Their coverage is excellent....and at least they don't try to use American commentators/studio pundits like some US broadcasters do....although i haven't seen Brads punditry yet, he was pretty impressive in the stuff I've seen him do for UK TV.
He's signed a deal with Fox right?...and they've got the CL this year?

 

[yankspurs]

Their coverage is excellent....and at least they don't try to use American commentators/studio pundits like some US broadcasters do....although i haven't seen Brads punditry yet, he was pretty impressive in the stuff I've seen him do for UK TV.
He's signed a deal with Fox right?...and they've got the CL this year?

Brad with Fox, yes. He'll be doing MLS games, UEFA games, WC stuff and Bundesliga studio coverage maybe. Who knows. Fox's coverage of the sport is absolutely brutal, to put it nicely.

NBC uses 1 american pundit in studio who is actually fairly decent. They've started to use Tim Howard as a co commentator for some games when he is able to do it(which is apparently going to be more often this year since Everton is not in Europe) and its just bad. But that's about it.

NBC's coverage is incredible and goes well beyond just airing the games. They've done alot with the rights, and will probably continue to do more. They've really done alot and they've probably increased the PL's fan base here, or at least brought them together more.

You rarely have everyone celebrating rights going some place, but the announcement of NBC retaining the rights is legitimately being widely celebrated here. Everyone is happy about it. There was a very real fear the league would go back to ESPN and Fox Sports, which really would have killed all the momentum the PL has here.

 

[LexingtonSpurs]

Rebecca Lowe

 

[etchedchaos]

Must be a whopper of a deal if they snagged 6 years, EPL won't accept longer than 3 years unless the bid is monstrous.

 

[yankspurs]

Must be a whopper of a deal if they snagged 6 years, EPL won't accept longer than 3 years unless the bid is monstrous.

Most definitely was monsterous, but the PL had told bidders early in the process to submit bids of both 3 and 6 years

 

[yankspurs]

Here's a link to a story about it. Author seems to think the bid might be in upwards of $1bn.

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Closing-Bell/2015/08/10/EPL-NBC.aspx

 

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