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Wolves Trip Live on Sky
Wednesday, 18th Feb 2015 16:04

Town’s game away against Mick McCarthy's former club Wolves on Saturday 18th April has switched to a 12.15pm kick-off for live Sky coverage.

The game will be Town's 10th live match of the season with the Fulham (H), Norwich (H), Wigan (A), Charlton (A), Derby (H) and Southampton (H) games having been shown and the Norwich (A), Middlesbrough (A) and Bournemouth (H) matches also still to come.

Home clubs receive £60,000 from Sky per game with away teams receiving nothing. For the FA Cup replay against Southampton, which was live on BBC1, both clubs received a broadcast fee of £72,000.



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oscarwhiting added 16:07 - Feb 18
are sky dizzy? there never usualy this interested in us
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StowTractorBoy added 16:08 - Feb 18
Its from famine to feast - unbelievable
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blackheath_blue added 16:16 - Feb 18
When does the Sky Sports Ipswich channel start? How many live games is this now this season?
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brittaniaman added 16:16 - Feb 18
SKY Have taken us over, Help !!!!
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hoppy added 16:18 - Feb 18
Is it because we have a similar shade of blue to Leicester, and we're filling in their Championship slot until they regain it next season?
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carlo88 added 16:45 - Feb 18
Nice one hoppy
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Bergholtblue added 17:09 - Feb 18
It is being reported that with this new TV deal Premier League clubs will be getting the equivalent of £10 million per match.

60 K for a Championship match seems a bit mean! No wonder there is such a gulf between the two Leagues
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thebeat added 17:13 - Feb 18
Great, im going to that game, now i have to get up at stupid oclock to get there. Sky...ruining football since 1992
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whosroundisitanyway added 17:17 - Feb 18
There goes my pre-match drink. Allready booked train tickets to get a deal, looks like we'll be running to the ground to make kick off! Why cant Sky screen live games at 3pm?
Anybody know??
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dirtydingusmagee added 17:20 - Feb 18
Ok so Wolves get the money,then we should get the points,simples, COYB
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Chicago_Blue added 17:41 - Feb 18
All the away games I'd earmarked are being moved for TV. Good in a way, and I should still go, but it does make the trips far trickier!
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ForrestsFingers added 17:42 - Feb 18
3pm "Blackout"
In the 1960s, controversial Burnley F.C. Chairman Bob Lord successfully convinced fellow Football League Chairmen that televised matches on a Saturday afternoon would have a negative effect on the attendances of other football league games that were not being televised and as a result reduce their financial income.

As a result, The FA, Premier League and Football League do not want English matches to be televised live between 2:45pm and 5:15pm on a Saturday within the United Kingdom. Until recently, the FA Cup Final was an exception and had been broadcast at 3pm on a Saturday in May; however, in 2012, the FA Cup Final was moved to 5pm.

In February 2011, Advocate General Kokott of the European Court of Justice opined that the "closed periods" did not encourage match attendance at other league games.

It is, in fact, doubtful whether closed periods are capable of encouraging attendance at matches and participation in matches. Both activities have a completely different quality to the following of a live transmission on television. It has not been adequately shown to the Court that the closed periods actually encourage attendance at and participation in matches. Indeed, there is evidence to refute this claim: for example, in an investigation of the closed periods under competition law the Commission found that only 10 of 22 associations had actually adopted a closed period. No closed periods were adopted in France, Germany, Italy and Spain, or in Northern Ireland, that is to say, within the sphere of influence of English football.

Advocate General Kokott of the European Court of Justice[29]
To avoid this blackout, the last day of the Premier League, when all ten games must kick-off simultaneously, is always played on a Sunday. Championship (second tier) last day fixtures used to be always on a Sunday at 12.30pm but are now always on a Saturday at 12.30pm.

Live radio broadcasts are permitted, both nationally and locally; these may be simulcast on the internet, depending on the broadcaster. Viewers outside the UK can still watch these games live on foreign broadcasters, thus creating somewhat of a grey market within the UK with viewers able to subscribe to or watch streams of foreign channels.

The Premier League and Sky maintain that, while grey market viewing of games is not illegal on the part of the viewer, it is illegal for anyone (such as a public house) to make such services openly available. This has in the past lead to heavy fines for public houses in the United Kingdom which have shown 3pm games in their establishments. More recently, the legality of such fines has been disputed, and a number of Crown Court cases have been reported in which publicans successfully challenged the Premier League's position.[30]

In recent years, Sky Sports has shown 3pm games on tape delay on their Football First show, either in full or as extended highlights.
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carsey added 18:04 - Feb 18
whosroundisitanyway - I bet you're glad you asked the question now 😃
ForrestsFingers - a most comprehensive answer Cheers

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jas0999 added 18:51 - Feb 18
£240K from SKY this year then. Plus another £72K from the BBC. A good return.
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Paulc added 19:04 - Feb 18
do people actually read the whole article on here? Blackheath blue asks "How many live games is this now this season?" the 3rd line of the piece states 'The game will be Town's 10th live match of the season"
genius!
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dukey44 added 19:05 - Feb 18
As of next season sky are showing games from prem at 3pm on a saturday!
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EssexTractor added 19:17 - Feb 18
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Vancouver_Blue added 20:36 - Feb 18
This means 4.15 am for me here in Vancouver, oh well...I'll be up & watching it. COYB
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WindsorBlue added 21:07 - Feb 18
It will keep the Mrs quiet if I don't go. Every cloud. It will then give me a pass for Huddersfield and Blackburn.... or just go to them all, but 1215 is stupid, unless clubs are close together....no thought for the actual supporters!
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paulthebluealien added 11:40 - Feb 19
Sky f**k me off.
No consideration for fans - (at least until next season if rumours be true!)
Still though, just irritating.
On the brightside they can't get enough of us!
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