Even more cynical, yet admittedly off-topic, it would bring FIFA/Sepp Blatter into the picture. But I agree, the amount of money involved in world football is absolutely insane enough to fund whole countries back to solvency (if only Greece had a profitable league such Germany, Italy, or Spain).
How the BBC uses it as a funder of the PL, passing it along to viewers, or as billpayer for other services (if they even could) remains to be seen. On 7/16/15, 8:38 AM, "Swprograms on behalf of John A. Figliozzi" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: >I think the answer is two-fold: > >1. The absolutely ridiculous profits and salaries this enterprise >produces (largely due to its audiences' willingness to pay.) > >2. The excess profits of the corporate world have to go somewhere. > >Cynical, yes. Inaccurate? I think not. > >John Figliozzi >Halfmoon, NY > >> What¹s interesting is that part of the issue here is why broadcasting >> rights are so high to begin with, something that they also dealt with in >> Spain recently (all of La Liga was on strike because of a rights >> disagreement). >> >> Mark >> >> On 7/16/15, 6:27 AM, "Swprograms on behalf of Richard Cuff" >> <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> >>wrote: >> >>> The BBC Charter is up for renewal, and there are several elements of >>> the BBC's existence that could be changed. >>> >>> One of them is the Licence Fee funding mechanism - making it >>> "means-tested", as is the Finnish broadcasting licence fee. >>> >>> Another item for consideration is public service programming, a >>> decision that has long been part of the discussions on the CBC: >>> Should CBC (or the BBC) participate in sports programming rights fee >>> discussions such as the NHL or Wimbledon? >>> >>> Worth keeping an eye on...because the fortunes of the World Service >>> are directly tied to the Licence Fee, which historically wasn't the >>> case. >>> >>> Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA >>> >>> Shared link: >>> >>>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/bbc/11742553/BBC-licence-fee-could-be-me >>>an >>> s-tested-under-Government-charter-renewal-plans.html >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Swprograms mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms >>> >>> To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to >>> [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the >>>URL >>> shown above. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Swprograms mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms >> >> To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to >>[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the >>URL shown above. >> >_______________________________________________ >Swprograms mailing list >[email protected] >http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms > >To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to >[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL >shown above. > _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
