18-03-2022, 02:38 PM
thegeek post_id=73919 time= user_id=1372 Wrote:Rdd post_id=73789 time= user_id=1409 Wrote:I'm exactly sure how Premier's match picks work for Premier's ROI package - presumably it's normally anything they like from the Saturday 3pm games, but I'm not sure of the mechanics with midweek rounds. Anyhow, last night's Everton game was postponed from December 30th, and in that matchweek they showed Man Utd v Burnley.Brekkie post_id=73542 time= user_id=976 Wrote:I'm guessing UEFA's stance about Premier League games clashing with Champions League fixtures has softened a bit, especially with covid to consider. There have been a few games in recent weeks though generally lower profile and on Thursdays vs the Europa League but Arsenal v Liverpool on Sky going head to head with Lille v Chelsea on BT has to be the biggest broadcasting clash between the Premier League and Champions League in their history.
I’m not sure if this is the reason but tonight’s Everton v Newcastle fixture is not being broadcast in Ireland - the rights to it are held by Premier Sports but it’s not in their listings (and they have no other live sport scheduled, just ice hockey repeats).
Premier have two packages, the ROI-only 3pm package, and the ROI rights to Package F (one full bank holiday and one full midweek round), ie the same games Prime Video would broadcast in the U.K. Because Package F consists of full rounds there shouldn’t be any concept of there being “picks” per se - every eligible game is supposed to be broadcast.
With the 3pm’s, back in the day Setanta did have free choice originally (and showed as many Man United and Liverpool games as they could possibly squeeze in) but at some point that changed, and they were given a quota of only showing each team five times, and I think that has stuck since through the changes with Sky and then Premier Sports taking over the package.