UEFA CL Final confirmation of Porto as the venue.

BcastCornwall · 07-05-2021, 07:41 PM

News breaking that Wembley might ditch the EFL Playoff Finals to enable the Manchester City - Chelsea UEFACL Final to be played at the stadium in place of Istanbul following latest C19 decisions on travel to Turkey.

https://twitter.com/ben_rumsby/status/13...3437715456

Humphrey Hacker · 07-05-2021, 07:42 PM

Should be a battle royal to broadcast it.

Jon · 07-05-2021, 07:49 PM

Humphrey Hacker post_id=11309 time=1620412942 user_id=1128 Wrote:Should be a battle royal to broadcast it.

A bit late for that.

Brekkie · 07-05-2021, 07:52 PM

Will see what happens - UEFA can be stubbornly unpractical.

The real issue is this is the second all-English final in three seasons with no free to air broadcast coverage - and there seems to be relatively little fuss over it. A few years ago such an event would have been good for at least 10m on ITV.

Humphrey Hacker · 07-05-2021, 07:53 PM

Jon post_id=11310 time=1620413349 user_id=1050 Wrote:
Humphrey Hacker post_id=11309 time=1620412942 user_id=1128 Wrote:Should be a battle royal to broadcast it.
A bit late for that.

Good point. I'd have thought that maybe either ITV or BBC would have been given rights to broadcast it. Mind you I wonder if BT Sport will make it free to air?

Jon · 07-05-2021, 07:56 PM

Humphrey Hacker post_id=11314 time=1620413622 user_id=1128 Wrote:
Jon post_id=11310 time=1620413349 user_id=1050 Wrote:
Humphrey Hacker post_id=11309 time=1620412942 user_id=1128 Wrote:Should be a battle royal to broadcast it.
A bit late for that.

Good point. I'd have thought that maybe either ITV or BBC would have been given rights to broadcast it. Mind you I wonder if BT Sport will make it free to air?

It will be on YouTube, presumably. Not a requirement of the deal but what usually happens nevertheless

**thegeek** · 07-05-2021, 08:03 PM

Jon post_id=11315 time=1620413770 user_id=1050 Wrote:
Humphrey Hacker post_id=11314 time=1620413622 user_id=1128 Wrote:
Jon post_id=11310 time=1620413349 user_id=1050 Wrote:A bit late for that.

Good point. I'd have thought that maybe either ITV or BBC would have been given rights to broadcast it. Mind you I wonder if BT Sport will make it free to air?
It will be on YouTube, presumably. Not a requirement of the deal but what usually happens nevertheless

I believe making the finals free to view on social media is part of the contract - see this article, for example.

Hatton Cross · 07-05-2021, 08:55 PM

Humphrey Hacker post_id=11314 time=1620413622 user_id=1128 Wrote:Good point. I'd have thought that maybe either ITV or BBC would have been given rights to broadcast it. Mind you I wonder if BT Sport will make it free to air?

Well, if ITV end up show it, either live or with highlights, then we will all know who has taken a stake in BT Sport Wink

BcastCornwall · 07-05-2021, 09:02 PM

ITV are 'not involved' in the BT Sport (stake) sale. Sources today.

AnthonyW · 07-05-2021, 11:42 PM

thegeek post_id=11318 time=1620414191 user_id=1372 Wrote:I believe making the finals free to view on social media is part of the contract - see this article, for example.

Not specifically social media, I think, or at least not limited to - they're usually free on Virgin Media, too. I seem to recall in the past they've been on the Virgin Media Previews channel, although I think for some they have also just made BT Sport freely available on Virgin for the game.

**Fluffy Bunny Feet** · 08-05-2021, 12:05 AM

As has been suggested - those of us with BT Sport will obviously get it. In the past the final was made available on Youtube so expect the same again. I'm not sure ITV will try and get it live as it's readily available.

**thegeek** · 08-05-2021, 06:32 AM

AnthonyW post_id=11387 time=1620427338 user_id=1355 Wrote:
thegeek post_id=11318 time=1620414191 user_id=1372 Wrote:I believe making the finals free to view on social media is part of the contract - see this article, for example.

Not specifically social media, I think, or at least not limited to - they're usually free on Virgin Media, too. I seem to recall in the past they've been on the Virgin Media Previews channel, although I think for some they have also just made BT Sport freely available on Virgin for the game.

that was under the previous rights deal, which also saw some matches on the BT Sport Showcase channel on Freeview.

**commseng** · 08-05-2021, 07:45 AM

I'm not sure I can see the logic of any pay to view broadcaster taking a punt on rights to get a match, which if it is due to get a big audience, suddenly has to be free to air.
What am I missing?

AnthonyW · 08-05-2021, 01:02 PM

thegeek post_id=11404 time=1620451937 user_id=1372 Wrote:that was under the previous rights deal, which also saw some matches on the BT Sport Showcase channel on Freeview.

Thank you - I suppose it was one of those things that happened longer ago than I remembered!

AnthonyW · 08-05-2021, 01:03 PM

commseng post_id=11406 time=1620456324 user_id=1125 Wrote:I'm not sure I can see the logic of any pay to view broadcaster taking a punt on rights to get a match, which if it is due to get a big audience, suddenly has to be free to air.
What am I missing?

Because it's the entire competition across the season they buy the rights to, not just the final. I would imagine the calculation is that anyone who's desperate to see Champions League football enough to subscribe for it is going to do so for more of the competition than just the final.

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