The English Premier League Mobile Phone Broadcasting Rights Selling Model – Historical Study

Authors

  • Christos Koutroumanides Democritus University of Thrace, 4 Str Souliou, Kavala 65403, Greece
  • Panagiotis Alexopoulos Democritus University of Thrace, 4 Str Souliou, Kavala 65403, Greece
  • Athanasios Laios Democritus University of Thrace, 4 Str Souliou, Kavala 65403, Greece
  • John Douvis University of Peloponnese, Erythroy Stavroy 28 & Karyotaki, 22131, Tripolis, Greece

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29081/gsjesh.2018.19.2.13

Abstract

Indicative of those rights increasing use was that for the 2004-2007 period Premier League games, 3/Vodafone bought the rights for 11,5 million euro, while for the 2007-2010 period, BSkyB bought the rights for 12,4 million euro. In 2010, the Walt Disney Co’s sports TV network ESPN has acquired the rights to screen Premier League highlights on UK mobile phones. The rights to all 380 Barclays Premier League matches were previously held by pay-TV rival British Sky Broadcasting. In 2013, News International, owned by the pay-TV broadcaster's controlling shareholder News Corporation, prevailed against BSkyB in the battle to acquire the Premier League exclusive rights to internet and mobile highlights for 30 million pounds, for three years. Sun, Times and Sunday Times publisher shut out fellow News Corp division as well as Yahoo, O2 and Perform Group.

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Published

01-08-2019

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 2 (2018)

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