The Premier League-European Commission Broadcasting Negotiations
This intervention analyses the new arrangements for the sale of live television rights to FA Premier League (FAPL) games. The new procedures have been produced as a result of ongoing discussions between the FAPL and the European Commission. To ensure compliance with European Union competition legisl...
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University of Westminster Press
2016-06-01
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| description | This intervention analyses the new arrangements for the sale of live television rights to FA Premier League (FAPL) games. The new procedures have been produced as a result of ongoing discussions between the FAPL and the European Commission. To ensure compliance with European Union competition legislation, the Premier League has accepted the Commission’s calls for an end to its exclusive distribution of live broadcast rights, bringing to an end BSkyB’s 15-year monopoly of its main subscription driver (Buck and Terazono, 2005). Here, we examine the aims of the European Commission in pursuing the FAPL’s exclusive deal with BSkyB (Sky) and consider whether the deal that has been brokered provides any tangible benefits to the consumer. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d7180ebf42c46ddb5573877e24bc2bd2022-12-22T04:41:11ZengUniversity of Westminster PressEntertainment and Sports Law Journal1748-944X2016-06-014110.16997/eslj.104The Premier League-European Commission Broadcasting NegotiationsTarik Sabry0Communication and Media Research Institute University of WestminsterThis intervention analyses the new arrangements for the sale of live television rights to FA Premier League (FAPL) games. The new procedures have been produced as a result of ongoing discussions between the FAPL and the European Commission. To ensure compliance with European Union competition legislation, the Premier League has accepted the Commission’s calls for an end to its exclusive distribution of live broadcast rights, bringing to an end BSkyB’s 15-year monopoly of its main subscription driver (Buck and Terazono, 2005). Here, we examine the aims of the European Commission in pursuing the FAPL’s exclusive deal with BSkyB (Sky) and consider whether the deal that has been brokered provides any tangible benefits to the consumer.https://www.entsportslawjournal.com/article/id/734/European CommissionFootball Association Premier LeagueSkyCompetition LawBroadcasting |
| spellingShingle | Tarik Sabry The Premier League-European Commission Broadcasting Negotiations Entertainment and Sports Law Journal European Commission Football Association Premier League Sky Competition Law Broadcasting |
| title | The Premier League-European Commission Broadcasting Negotiations |
| title_full | The Premier League-European Commission Broadcasting Negotiations |
| title_fullStr | The Premier League-European Commission Broadcasting Negotiations |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Premier League-European Commission Broadcasting Negotiations |
| title_short | The Premier League-European Commission Broadcasting Negotiations |
| title_sort | premier league european commission broadcasting negotiations |
| topic | European Commission Football Association Premier League Sky Competition Law Broadcasting |
| url | https://www.entsportslawjournal.com/article/id/734/ |
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