Bar goes to court over satellite
Friday, November 30th, 2007 by David Allen
Its amazing that for most in the UK, they have to subscribe or pay per match to see a premier league game, and yet a bar in Hampshire have found a way where they can show live premier league games without no extra cost other than that of the cost for the equipment.
The Red, White and Blue Pub’s manager Karen Murphy has signed up with the Greek satellite broadcaster Nova, they have charged her just £800 and she can show these games in the bar, if she went through Sky, the cost would have been over £6,000, so the attraction is obvious.
But now the FA has decided to take her court, as if this became a popular choice with bars, the FA would be losing millions of pounds a year, however the court have decided to delay the case as obviously there is more to this than just one bar, the satellite provider and the FA involved.
The case will eventually be decided, if it goes in the favour of the pub, then the FA will lose out on the rights to sell the matches to broadcasters, such as Sky and Setanta, they have both paid £1.7 billion for the right to show live matches.
This will be interesting case and could change the way that the premier league is shown on TV.
Source [BBC News]
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