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Topic Started: Oct 4 2011, 08:20 PM (154 Views)
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The European Court of Justice's decision to overrule the Premier League's rules on foreign decoders in pubs could have wide-ranging implications for the way English football is watched on TV - and the money in the game.

The ruling means the current model of allowing oversees viewers to watch almost all the matches - while blocking UK fans from seeing 3pm Saturday kick-offs - would be unsustainable according to EU law.
If ratified by the High Court, the most likely scenario is that all games would be made available, resulting in a different system for gathering and divvying up TV cash for the clubs.
After the Premier League attempted to stop Portsmouth publican Karen Murphy (pictured) using a Greek decoder to show the games unavailable to fans in the UK, a landmark ECJ ruling found that "a system... which grants broadcasters territorial exclusivity on a member state basis and which prohibits television viewers from watching the broadcasts with a decoder card in other member states is contrary to EU law".
This appears to find favour with publicans and other users of imported decoders, but came with the caveat that - while match broadcasts cannot be restricted by geography within the European Economic Area - specific video sequences and Premier League branded graphics could not be used without permission as it would be breach of copyright.
The Premier League said that - while accepting the ECJ ruling - they would re-evaluate the manner in which audio-visual rights are sold.
This could mean one of two things: that all footage is distributed in such a manner that illicit broadcast would amount to copyright infringement, or that all - and not some - Premier League matches would be broadcast on a pan-European or even global basis.
The first scenario would be difficult to enforce while the second could see the Premier League sell all its rights to a single global broadcaster - such as BSkyB, or ESPN - who would then distribute content within its territories either through its affiliates or preferred partners.
This would allow Britons to watch all matches, including 3pm kick-offs, which have previously been sacrosanct due to a historic fear of dwindling ground attendances.
"The ECJ have now answered those questions in terms of how European Law applies," the Premier League said. "It is now for the High Court to consider how the ECJ judgement affects the cases in question.
"On the broader points that could flow from the ECJ judgement... the areas of law invoked are complicated and necessarily we will take our time to digest and understand the full meaning of the judgement and how it might influence the future sale of Premier League audio-visual rights in the European Economic Area.
"We are pleased that the judgement makes it clear that the screening in a pub of the football-match broadcasts containing protected works requires the Premier League to make such broadcasts.
"The Premier League will continue to sell its audio-visual rights in a way that best meets the needs of our fans across Europe and broadcast markets that serve them but is also compatible with European Law."
In the final paragraph of the statement there is a clear implication that the Premier League will adapt the way it sells TV rights across Europe.
It could use copyright laws to enforce the belief that pubs in the UK should only use British decoders to broadcast matches made available to a domestic audience: the term "protected works" would apply if future audio-visual content was only sold with heavy branding and clearly-marked video sequences that allow the courts to identify the broadcasts as Premier League property.
How this point is enforced and proven is open to question and would be near-impossible to implement - raw satellite feeds often do not contain graphics or highlights sequences and are almost always devoid of audio commentary.
The second option is to sell Premier League audio-visual rights as a pan-European package. This could result in reduced overall revenues - the current split of UK to overseas revenue is almost even, weighted in favour of UK rights: £1.8 billion domestically, all to Sky, with an additional £1.4bn raised selling rights to a variety of foreign agencies.
The logical progression would be for a discounted global package to emerge, with less TV money distributed among Premier League clubs or - of even more concern given the situation that has developed in Spain - a Liga-style free-market model in which clubs negotiate separate and wildly-varying deals on an individual basis.
A Spanish-style could affect the way the Premier League operates as current TV deals see a ‘basic’ rate of TV revenue evenly distributed among all clubs, with prize-money bonuses awarded on the basis of league position: that system allows ‘smaller’ clubs to work in the global transfer and wage market, with teams at the lower end of the scale often filled with international players.
A switch to a free-market model would see the traditional 'big' clubs - such as Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal - dominate TV revenue, with 'smaller' clubs - such as Fulham and Wigan - left by the wayside and exposed to the financial problems that have put dozens of top and second-tier Spanish clubs in administration.


So what do people think, could this effect the premier league?
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There's very few matches on at 3 on a Saturday anyway, will make f all difference if they're on tv or not tbh.
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I think thats the point, if every game is on at 3 on a saturday will people still pay to go see the game or just watch it at home
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Course they will the same way people now pay to go see Super Sunday game, Monday Night Football games etc etc. If people want to go they will.
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But look at the games on a sunday, its usually the bigger teams, liverpool,uts,arsenal, chelsea, city,newcastle,spurs, these will be getting the crowds regardless how often would say Wigan vs Qpr be on a sunday at 4, they dont get in major crowds and if the games start being shown live will people bother to go see them
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they used to show live games via satelite on every saturday in pubs 12 years ago when i was living in gran canaria and the algarve, if i remember it was some sweedish channel

fair play to mrs murphy though
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Oct 4 2011, 08:33 PM
But look at the games on a sunday, its usually the bigger teams, liverpool,uts,arsenal, chelsea, city,newcastle,spurs, these will be getting the crowds regardless how often would say Wigan vs Qpr be on a sunday at 4, they dont get in major crowds and if the games start being shown live will people bother to go see them
that has nothing to do with attendances, those games & the big derbies are shown because they will get more views from neutral viewers. all about the ratings, sky couldnt give a toss about anything else. most local teams have a number of fans who will go to every game anyway, the true die hard fans. the attendances wouldnt alter that much if they were available. teams like wigan and the like have had the same attendance at a game regardless who they play for the past go knows how many years.
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Oct 4 2011, 09:33 PM
they used to show live games via satelite on every saturday in pubs 12 years ago when i was living in gran canaria and the algarve, if i remember it was some sweedish channel

fair play to mrs murphy though
everywhere does it now, i know of 3 pubs within walking distance from my house that do it.
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