Published - 06 Feb 07

Competition from new pay TV platforms such as IPTV has caused prices for the rights to show Europe's premier football league games to escalate rapidly. Established operators are seeing their costs grow while losing some or all of their rights to newcomers, while there is little evidence that the price paid for football rights is reflected in subscriber or revenue growth. GMI examines the impact of sports rights on the business of key European pay TV operators.