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TELEVISION DEAL IN TROUBLE

Last updated : 16 August 2005 By editor

Jane Martinson in The Guardian:

‘The European commission is preparing legal action against the Premier League after talks over the sale of lucrative television rights for top football games appear to have stalled.


‘After 18 months of negotiations, commission officials believe the Premiership is dragging its feet over how to open up the sale of the rights to as many competitors as possible. For almost 13 years, dominant satellite group BskyB has owned exclusive rights to televise live Premiership games.

‘The commission is understood to want to limit Sky's ownership to 50% of all live games by the time the next three-year contract starts in 2007. Broadcasters such as ITV, NTL, Telewest and Setanta have all expressed an interest in bidding.’