Supposedly the reason they let Olbermann and some others go is because they were going to focus on content and not personalities. And now they're giving up content. Maybe they weren't getting the bang for the buck they wanted.
On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 3:13 PM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> I cannot find a previous occurrence where a network willingly gave up >> (even via negotiation) TV rights for an event. >> > > For what it's worth, this has happened a few times in the UK, particularly > with the BBC. > > The Open golf will no longer be live on the BBC for the first time ever. Sky > Sports won the rights from 2017 leaving the BBC with just evening > highlights. The BBC was due to broadcast the final year of its contract in > 2016, but has now sold the rights to that final yea on to Sky. > (Incidentally, that only leaves the Masters on live free-to-air TV - the > BBC. This at a time when golf in the UK is seeing popularity falling.) > > Then there was the case of Six Nations rugby - a competition between > England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France and Italy each year. The BBC had > exclusive rights until 2017, but with the contract coming up for renewal, > the rights will be shared with ITV. And the BBC has again brought forward > the sharing, beginning next season. > > Finally the BBC also did a deal with Sky some years ago when it had > exclusive Formula One rights, agreeing to share rights in exchange for > reducing the fee it paid. Sky shows every race live, while the BBC shows > only half the races. Consequently they missed live coverage of Lewis > Hamilton winning the Championship in Texas at the weekend. > > In each of these cases, it was simply a case of saving money on sports > rights. This comes at a time when the BBC has challenges around funding > shortcomings, the details of which I could bore you with, but are > complicated but big. > > > Adam > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
