Scandinavian wools

[Beardsley]

Yesterday, it was confirmed that PL will not be sent on Canal+ for the next 3 seasons, but on TV2 in Norway. The decision might be pending what's happening in the other Scandinavian countries (given, that Canal+ will not get the nod in the other countries).

 

Can anybody shed some light of status quo about the TV deal in their Scandinavian country?

[Cobs]

and how to receive that channel via a sky box in the UK?

[Hassony]

and how to receive that channel via a sky box in the UK?

 

 

Lyngsat.com

[drdooom]

It f***ing sucks if Canal+ won't show it. The nightmare scenario would be if Viasat gets it for Finland/Sweden. Like the idiot I am I paid for a year of Canal+ in December!

[Beardsley]

If PL is sold to anybody else than Canal+ in the other Scandinavian countries, it wouldn't be on Canal+ in any of the Scandinavian countries for the coming 3 years. As I said, it's apparantly a done deal in Norway, but the final decision by PL is pending on who's gonna buy in in Sweden/Denmark.

[Kvarme Ate My Food]

He once had a team

Or should I say, it once had him?

He showed me his room

Isn’t it full, Norwegian wool?

 

He showed me his Liverworld bags and his red Riise wig

And his jester hat and his scarf and his shirt that said ‘Stig’

[Bo Benn]

AFAIK the PL-rights were bought by an independent investor who is now in the process of selling the rights to whatever channel pays the most I presume.

 

For Sweden the most like scenarios is that either Viasat or the TV4-group buys the rights I guess. How this affects Denmark, Norway and Finland I don't know.

[Beardsley]

AFAIK the PL-rights were bought by an independent investor who is now in the process of selling the rights to whatever channel pays the most I presume.

 

For Sweden the most like scenarios is that either Viasat or the TV4-group buys the rights I guess. How this affects Denmark, Norway and Finland I don't know.

 

 

 

 

That's correct. It's been sold to TV2 in Norway, which is a commercial channel like your Swedish TV4.

[Falconhoof]

He once had a team

Or should I say, it once had him?

He showed me his room

Isn’t it full, Norwegian wool?

 

He showed me his Liverworld bags and his red Riise wig

And his jester hat and his scarf and his shirt that said ‘Stig’

[drdooom]

TV4 owns Canal+ Scandinavia I think(?). The swedish setup with Canal+ is really nice imo, hope they'll be able to continue with that.

[Beardsley]

That's correct, drdooom. I really liked the Canal+ setup in Norway. Knowledgeable hosts and "liveable" commentators. I dread the day I have to listen to TV2 commentators. Bunch of knobheads the lot of them.

[Bo Benn]

I think pundits in Sweden (like C+'s Fjellström) already work for the different networks, ie both Viasat and C+/TV4 so I'd imagine the surrounding programming around the PL matches will remain more or less the same.

 

Question is whether or not C+ will show the games on the Swedish channel alone or drop it altogether after losing out on one or a few of the other Scandinavian contracts.

[DazzlaJ]

I get all them channels so couldn't give a f***, hope this helps

[Jonesy]

I get all them channels so couldn't give a f***, hope this helps

 

and you still haven't told me how to sort it out!!

[DazzlaJ]

and you still haven't told me how to sort it out!!

 

 

motorised dish, up your way look at 1, 1.2 meter, bigger the better, linux reciever, card sharing, look it up.

[Beardsley]

I get all them channels so couldn't give a f***, hope this helps

 

 

In Norway, TV2 will in all likelyhood establish a new footy channel.

[Walrus]

Don't think anyone will pay what's asked in Finland, so the new deal will be cancelled in all countries. Then if everything goes to plan, Canal+ will get their lower bid (including all 4 countries) accepted and nothing changes. Happy days.

[Internationinteroperability]

A friend of mine wrote to the Danish Canal+ to get an update on the situation. He received this reply:

 

"De danske rettigheder er endnu ikke solgt men vi tror med stor sandsynlighed at CANAL+ som minimum får de danske rettigheder og at vi derfor fortsætter med at sende Premier League i samme omfang som hidtil. Vi forventer at kunne melde noget ud snarest muligt og hvis det mod vores forventning skulle vise sig at vi ikke får rettighederne så vil du stadig kunne nå at opsige dit abonnement.

Premier League er den vigtigste rettighed for CANAL+ og den vil vi gøre alt for at holde fast i."

 

It says that the Danish rights haven't been sold yet but Canal+ reckons it will, as a minimum, get the Danish rights and everything will be back to normal. C+ will inform us ASAP when it has new information. If the channel doesn't get the rights, there'll be enough time to cancel the subscription.

PL is the most important thing for C+ and it will do everything to keep the rights.

[Beardsley]

A friend of mine wrote to the Danish Canal+ to get an update on the situation. He received this reply:

 

"De danske rettigheder er endnu ikke solgt men vi tror med stor sandsynlighed at CANAL+ som minimum får de danske rettigheder og at vi derfor fortsætter med at sende Premier League i samme omfang som hidtil. Vi forventer at kunne melde noget ud snarest muligt og hvis det mod vores forventning skulle vise sig at vi ikke får rettighederne så vil du stadig kunne nå at opsige dit abonnement.

Premier League er den vigtigste rettighed for CANAL+ og den vil vi gøre alt for at holde fast i."

 

It says that the Danish rights haven't been sold yet but Canal+ reckons it will, as a minimum, get the Danish rights and everything will be back to normal. C+ will inform us ASAP when it has new information. If the channel doesn't get the rights, there'll be enough time to cancel the subscription.

PL is the most important thing for C+ and it will do everything to keep the rights.

 

 

Just read today that it is in fact SBS (6'eren) who have bought the PL rights in Denmark, so Canal+ DK will not show PL games for next season either.

[Internationinteroperability]

Just read today that it is in fact SBS (6'eren) who have bought the PL rights in Denmark, so Canal+ DK will not show PL games for next season either.

 

I thought they teamed up this season? Canal+ shows a lot of the Spanish games as well, which SBS owns the rights for, right? 6'eren (or is it 9'eren?) also shows one PL game each week.

 

I still hope C+ will be able to sort it out (the company can't afford not to!). The thought of additional s***ty channels like 6'eren and 9'eren sickens me!

[Murphman]

He once had a team

Or should I say, it once had him?

He showed me his room

Isn’t it full, Norwegian wool?

 

He showed me his Liverworld bags and his red Riise wig

And his jester hat and his scarf and his shirt that said ‘Stig’

 

He flew into Speke

Feeling quite weak, cheap duty free...

b******sed! Totally pissed!

Bladder is full, Norwegian wool

 

He went into town, met with Kev, who said Rafa must go!

When asked who'd replace him young Ant said 'I really don't know'?

 

Then, Wooly met Wayne,

Sometimes a pain, when it comes to the boss

Andy, then, Anny Road

Bought him a beer, in case Wooly got cross...

[Bo Benn]

C+ has given up on the Swedish rights now too. No new broadcaster has been announced though. Too bad as their off-match stuff was pretty good.

[Duncan Disorderly]

A friend of mine wrote to the Danish Canal+ to get an update on the situation. He received this reply:

 

"De danske rettigheder er endnu ikke solgt men vi tror med stor sandsynlighed at CANAL+ som minimum får de danske rettigheder og at vi derfor fortsætter med at sende Premier League i samme omfang som hidtil. Vi forventer at kunne melde noget ud snarest muligt og hvis det mod vores forventning skulle vise sig at vi ikke får rettighederne så vil du stadig kunne nå at opsige dit abonnement.

Premier League er den vigtigste rettighed for CANAL+ og den vil vi gøre alt for at holde fast i."

 

That's easy for them to say.

[Beardsley]

C+ has given up on the Swedish rights now too. No new broadcaster has been announced though. Too bad as their off-match stuff was pretty good.

 

 

fIn Sweden, MTG has confirmed they will show the PL next season, so Viasat it is then.

[drdooom]

Money talks, quality can go f*** itself, it's the way of the world.