BT’s successful £897m bid for UK Champions League and Europa League rights is one of the most significant commercial developments for Celtic in years – if we continue to qualify for the Champions League group stage.
This money, £299m per season, more than double the current deal, is paid directly to Uefa. What participating teams receive is directly linked to the value their domestic TV rights raise. If Scottish clubs participate, they earn 10% of the UK distribution.
Scottish Premiership TV rights are currently shared by BT and Sky but they are worth a fraction of what they went for the last time a competitor (Setanta) made a genuine challenge to Sky. It would literally take loose change from BT’s budget to remove Sky from the required list of providers for Scottish football fans. Whatever the next SPFL deal looks like, having two major players bidding should ensure it is worth a lot more money.
The same is true for English football rights. 20 years ago Sky built their UK business on the back of English Premier League broadcast rights. If BT want to supplant them in the TV market, enhance their ISP position and secure a lead in the emerging services on-demand market, English Premier League rights will be the major battleground.
BSkyB share prices is down around 10% today, reflecting the reality that they will either have to pay a whole lot more for the same rights in future, or they risk losing market share. I’d be very happy to dump Sky, which has recently resembled a tax on committed Scottish football fans without the corresponding revenue spend.
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Kojo
Thanks for the nod for my ramblings….
Kikinthenakas
Weeron
Ah don’t Agree..
Rogic, Is a Far bettah Player..
He jist needs Mair Games..
Ledley,Is No Use.. He disappears .
So he Scored Two Goals?
Which Is Good..
Howevahhhhhh..How Miny has he scored fur us in The Time He has bin wi us?
Na..
Ledley,is Not the Answer..
Oor Mid Field is Mainly the Reason that oor Strikers Canny Score as Many as they should.
Oor Mid Field Needs tae be Wiped Clean..
Brooney,is Not really The Answer ,eethur..
Neither is Charley.. Ah Luv Charley.. He has the Correct Attitude..
But Charley is No the Answer,eethur..
Commons?
He is Over the Hill. His Best Years are Behind Him..
He now has ..His Good Games..and then..He Has his Bad Yins..
Signs of Age..
Biton, may be one of the Answers b Rogic,, may be anither..
but, It is Time that Neil .. Cleared oot the Present Regulars,in the Middy.
Kojo
Still,Laughin
winningemmell
15:18 on 11 November, 2013
__________________
Thanks very much.
I have been searching all over the place without any success.
Wishae men know everything.
Good Luck.
International striker on his way to paradise
http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/celtic-close-to-signing-iceland-under-21-striker-says-his-chairman.1384186109
– here’s hoping this striker can play up front
Beebawbabbity
Ye needed tae be taken doon a Peg or Two Pal..
Fans, are Entitled tae be..
Fickle..
That’s part of the Fun..
You were getting too Philosophical in Yer Remarks.
Far too Serious.
So. .Ah Did the Needful..
Look.. It is Jist a Game. fur Us.. a Pastime..
Let us Be . Fickle Fans.. and We wull be Happy.
Kojo
Still,Laughin
Fridjonsson havnt heard much could be another finbogasson
B-)
KOJO…..now you’re talking(posting) some very good observations there( IMHO ) which most can identify with.
BBB(non elitist)
bhoylo83
18:01 on 11 November, 2013
Or Wayne biggins :-) HH
Without a scattergun approach, I think people talk absoute keech about Celtic youth coaching in particular, and the state of youth football in Scotland in general.
I watch at least 2 youth games every week, outside of pro-youth.
I see boys with all the basic attributes of football. Many of them with excellent skills.
Ive watched a few pro-youth games, and again, most boys on show are definately talented footballers.
I rarely see a hook up the park and everything in the air type approach to a match.
and whisper it, often i listen to coaches in their team talks and think, wow, they know what their talking about.
the step up to the Pro game, thats the hard bit, its more than a size issue (islam feruz and gould being talked abut in spain by the way).
now , parents on the sidelines, you can hear a lot of pish there ………. almost like at the real matches.
Hun Skelper
Aye ,right ye are.
Not surprised by the BBC story on Whyte’s links with Sevco, but must confess I am a little surprised that it’s a Police matter, indicating that the issue at hand is a little more serious than Whyte being involved as a Sevco shadow.
Moreover, from what I can gather, it looks more as though Whyte has been scammed than has done the scamming – there is nothing illegal (excl Money Laundering) in funding a business enterprise anonymously.
Interesting.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24904369
Beebawbabbity
17:33 on 11 November, 2013
BRTH … What a class article you submitted on the Paper Hankies…….makes you proud to be one. Our families that suffered would truly appreciate that acknowledgement…….well done.
*I’ll second that, I have a book here called “River of Fire” written by John Macleod which mirrors pretty much what BRTH wrote, Clydebank was never the same again as people relocated etc. I have an affinity with the place, it might be because my mother had an old aunty that lived across from John Browns or it could be the pals from there that I met in St Pats or mibbees the gorgeous wee lassies that went to Notre Dame or the 18 months working in Duntiglenan or Clydebank Tech, it was just a place I liked.
Foxy
This youngster is
Six Foot Three ..
He kin Handle it.. and we know Awe aboot Him..
Fur ..he has Bin tae Bhoys Town..and He Luvved it.. and
Neil, Luvved him..,
So. ..It is a Marriange Made in Heaven..
He wull Be a Fine Additiion.
Fur..Neil , Has Actually seen him Play.. and He Likes whit he sees…
that is Always the best way tae Sign an Inexf;ensive Player..
“Taste and try. Afore Ye Buy”
Well,, Neil ,goat a tast of How this Kid Plays..
He watched him . playing in Bhoystown.. or..as You Guys call it.. Lennoxtown.. which Ah nevah…
And Neil Liked whit he Saw..
A Pity Neil, couldnae Hiv Hiv Pukki, at Lennoxtown fur a Week ,Afore He Signed Him
Kojo
Still,Laughin’
KOJO….oh dear…my complementing you was premature….you have reverted to type.
Let’s leave it!
BBB.
dessybhoy
17:41 on 11 November, 2013
regards the ajax hooligans throwing seats ,attacking stewards and police all inside the stadium
there would be plenty of cctv
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not a lot was said from the police and smsm etc
total white wash imho
do not even get me started on how you deid team scum behaved at our ground
sectarian singing
vandalism
assault
and that was just the players
and we need them back to make the league competitive
ffs …….i pray we never meet them again in my lifetime
took me back to the how the green brigade section have been treated by the club etc
for the breaking of seats
when celebrating a celtic goal
1 rule for us
another rule for the so called guests who are admitted to our stadium
what are the club paying all these plods to do
arrest the home support
and partake in the vadalism
arghhhhhh
jam67
Beebawbabbity
Pal.. Ah hiv a Degree in English.. fae McGill.. And those guys dinnae throw thur Goodies aboot…
like a Drunken Sailor..oan shore Leave ..in Greenock!… Ah kin tell You.
Sure, Ah could write in bettah… English.. But..
Ah Prefer..
Kojoese!
Ah refuse tae Conform..
Ah am a Loose Cannon ..and Ah am Proud tae be wan.
Kojo
Still,Laughin
….PFayr supports WeeOscar
13:27 on
11 November, 2013
weeminger
the UK`s strict approach to non EU immigration hampers CFC`s academy
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YES………and the paradox is thus:
Vote for independence and set your own agendas and benefit the way Porto and Ajax do
…….or vote for the status quo and be a reader club for the Wigan’s and Swansea’s of the EPL.
just saying……
Had to laugh at the ff lot moaning about no minutes silence, if they are such patriots and pro military services you would think that they would know that the first man to go from the rank of private all the way to the very top of the army was born less than 5 miles away from Dingwall, major general sir Hector Archibald MacDonald, a crofters son from milbuie, absolute half wits and morons. They built a monument to him at the top of the hill in Dingwall to remember him. And it’s also disrespect to Ross county.
Half a mo
Are the Scottish Police now a detective agency, which you can employ to do some digging about former owners/partners???????
Or is something illegal going on?
And if so – why did Pinset Mason’s investigation give a green light (Excuse the irony) to Chuckles yet throw up materiel worthy of Police involvement.
Stinks. Has Stank. Will continue to stink.
Police for hire in the RIFC country…
U
kikinthenakas
17:44 on 11 November, 2013
Stokes is average at best and would be happy to accept a bid for him
agree that stokes is average and would accept a bid for him ;-)))
but first we need a striker that can score more than him and a bid well in excess of £2 million
will do as thats the going rate for a striker who cannot score
balde is the 1 to watch imho
he can score from his own runs in open play
speed and strength plus hits the target at the end
not many of the other have shown the same attributes
as for wee james forrest
got a by from me for whole season after the garagandy goal
then he took the pen vs ajax
the ween man needs the praise of the support
as they say
KTF
jam67
the battered bunnet
18:06 on 11 November, 2013
This is, indeed, REALLY interesting…….if Whyte was involved, they’re scuppered….
A source close to Green told BBC Scotland that he is co-operating with police, while a
similarly placed source for Whyte says police have not contacted the former owner on the matter.
The investigation is being carried out by Police Scotland’s Economic Crime Unit and they also want to speak to Green about a document submitted to Companies House.
This document lies at the heart of Whyte’s claim that he and Green were working together.
When the Scottish Football Association transferred the liquidated company’s membership to a new company “the key requirement” was the total lack of involvement of Whyte.
I see we are signing a young Icelandic striker…. maybe we don’t need a fitba manager but a Project Manager
JungleJam67
Are the folk who want youths to be given a chance the sane ones who berate said youths….see wee James as an example.
The biggest game of our season so far was v Karagandy at home and he was immense.
Sure we have a 3m striker coming back in January, I only hope Tony can knuckle dozen and make himself a must “pick”.
Kikinthenakas
Something coming up on BBc 1 sports ref: police craig whyte , charles green , now !
BMCUWP
Just reading back. If I didn’t get the enjoyment of kicking SFTB on a Sat morning, I would swear he is Peter Lawell posting on here.
It would be nice if Lenny once and a while got a striker from his A list.
We seem to do ok in other positions re projects, but so far other than Hooper, the strikers have not delivered. I think John Park has too much influence here.
HH
CRC
Why would the police investigate any Whyte involvement with Rangers
Pardon my ignorance but I don’t get it
Even if Whyte is involved indirectly from the sidelines its hardly a criminal matter if Green was telling the SFA porkies about Whyte.
Unless of course there is a fraud
So why no mention of the reason for the police investigation
JungleJam
Pal..Ye couldnae be Righter!
Ah agree wi every syllable!
And wee Jamesie is wan of Ma Fair Haired Bhoys.. as Is.. Amido..of Course..
Amido is a Keeper.. although.. at the Moment.. Ah Consider Him tae be ba Sleeper.
He wull suddenly Blossom..
We Jamesie is oor Maist Exciting Player..
He gets thing Going..
At this Time.. He is Playing wi a Lotta Pain…
Sciatica,is nio Nice..
And it takes a long time tae Go Away.. But, it usually Diz .. when He eventually Grow a New Disc..
Jamesie is wan of Ma Favourites.
He wull Improve.
Nice Chattin
Kojo
Still,Laughin
Saint Stivs
I echo what your observations are about Youth Football. The coaching and the ethos for youth development are one thing they do well.
Beebawbabbity
I would not worry about being called an elitist by someone who boasts about getting a degree. His usual default position when it comes to criticism of the money men at our club is “Don’t you worry your little heads about that!”
Just don’t try and get between Kojo and his right to bitch. He’s not keen at you bitching back either. A classic whining bully.
Malcolm “No surrender” Murray has just stated that
Chuckles said ” he would grow potatoes on that field” if need be.
Go for it chuck.
BSkyB suffering after taxing fans for years
Interesting headline.
For my part, I consider that far too many Celtic fans have been happy to dig into their pockets and let Rupert Murdoch tax them.
#Fearless Wee Oscar is on a Celticrollercoaster
18:38 on
11 November, 2013
BMCUWP
Adequate midfielders don’t cost anything as much as more than adequate striers.
Gotta Go Guys..
Back tae L.A. .. fur Two or Three weeks..
Wull No Be oan Here.
Goat a Loata Bizness tae Dae there,
Seeya..
Kojo
Still,Laughin’
Why is this all ‘breaking’ now, just before the shares ‘sale’……. This AGM is panicking a few peepul ……….!!!!!!!!……. Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
BBC sport..
Ha ha ha..
They are in mourning. .
ulysses mcghee is praying for oscar
18:26 on 11 November, 2013
Exactly…..this is strong stuff……it’s all coming to ahead now…..AGM has sparked some action
Has anyone asked Jabba for his views on latest developments?
tom mclaughlin
01:37 on 11 November, 2013
THE EXILED TIM said:
there were blokes sending in pics of themselfs naked ffs, they were that desperate for a job
I’m intrigued. Why would someone who is “desperate” for a job believe they were enhancing their chances by submitting pictures of themselves naked?
Am I missing something?
:-)
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How do you think Jabba got the gig?
Jabba was only partly naked. He only had his left trouser leg rolled up.