Post by btfc Supporters Club on May 9, 2023 13:24:50 GMT
If you are not aware the EFL confirmed a deal with Sky TV, which will consists of massive amounts of increased live football games.
This is I believe the package agreed;
The EFL broadcast deal for 2024 – 9 has seen a significant increase in the number of games that will be shown
Each season, Sky Sports will broadcast a minimum of:
• 328 Sky Bet Championship matches
• 248 Sky Bet League One matches
• 248 Sky Bet League Two matches
• All 15 Play-Off matches
• All 93 Carabao Cup matches
• All 127 EFL Trophy matches
Each League weekend fixture round will see 10 live EFL fixtures shown; five from the Sky Bet Championship and five from the Sky Bet League One and League Two. Every match from the Carabao Cup and EFL Trophy will also be available.
All opening, final day, and midweek fixtures in the Sky Bet EFL will be shown live as will all games played on Bank Holidays including Easter, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day alongside the matches played in Sky Bet League One & Two during international breaks.
This will see a substantial increase in the number of games moved from Saturday 3:00 pm. Every weekend, 5 out of every 12 Championship games will now be moved from that 3:00 pm slot for TV as well as 5 League 1 & 2 games. A total of 10 in total.
There are approximately 32 weekend fixture rounds per season, Easter and Christmas dates notwithstanding, which would equate to 300+ games being moved from Saturday at 3:00pm. It's a massive increase as the BBC reported, the last deal was 138 EFL games per season including midweek fixtures.
There will be a big media income increase from £595m for 5 years to £935m over the same time period.
The EFL say there will be "increased notice for fans" but they don't define what that is; copy and pasting the Premier League notice period would be an improvement but we don't think the Premier League's is good enough and we would like the EFL to go further. It will also be interested to know if Sky will broadcast Championship games against its Premier League coverage. If not, delays to the Premier League TV picks will cascade down to EFL.
The statement references a new EFL/Sky streaming service to replace the iFollow/red button services, but no details have been announced. It can only be hoped that any future provision is an improvement on the current offering.
The broadcast deal is already an agenda item for the forthcoming EFL dialogue meeting, but the FSA will be looking to speak to the EFL about this as a matter of urgency.
This is I believe the package agreed;
The EFL broadcast deal for 2024 – 9 has seen a significant increase in the number of games that will be shown
Each season, Sky Sports will broadcast a minimum of:
• 328 Sky Bet Championship matches
• 248 Sky Bet League One matches
• 248 Sky Bet League Two matches
• All 15 Play-Off matches
• All 93 Carabao Cup matches
• All 127 EFL Trophy matches
Each League weekend fixture round will see 10 live EFL fixtures shown; five from the Sky Bet Championship and five from the Sky Bet League One and League Two. Every match from the Carabao Cup and EFL Trophy will also be available.
All opening, final day, and midweek fixtures in the Sky Bet EFL will be shown live as will all games played on Bank Holidays including Easter, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day alongside the matches played in Sky Bet League One & Two during international breaks.
This will see a substantial increase in the number of games moved from Saturday 3:00 pm. Every weekend, 5 out of every 12 Championship games will now be moved from that 3:00 pm slot for TV as well as 5 League 1 & 2 games. A total of 10 in total.
There are approximately 32 weekend fixture rounds per season, Easter and Christmas dates notwithstanding, which would equate to 300+ games being moved from Saturday at 3:00pm. It's a massive increase as the BBC reported, the last deal was 138 EFL games per season including midweek fixtures.
There will be a big media income increase from £595m for 5 years to £935m over the same time period.
The EFL say there will be "increased notice for fans" but they don't define what that is; copy and pasting the Premier League notice period would be an improvement but we don't think the Premier League's is good enough and we would like the EFL to go further. It will also be interested to know if Sky will broadcast Championship games against its Premier League coverage. If not, delays to the Premier League TV picks will cascade down to EFL.
The statement references a new EFL/Sky streaming service to replace the iFollow/red button services, but no details have been announced. It can only be hoped that any future provision is an improvement on the current offering.
The broadcast deal is already an agenda item for the forthcoming EFL dialogue meeting, but the FSA will be looking to speak to the EFL about this as a matter of urgency.