QUOTE(treblecase @ Feb 27 2015, 02:10 PM)
Yeah but who's gonna pay for it? The Premier League will not let anyone have it for free. It's a cash cow for them. I dunno how the PL segregate the rights for Asia but it seems like country to country. Asstro holds the right currently to broadcast BPL matches/highlights/clips etc in Malaysia & Brunei only. Fox Sports meanwhile can only broadcast matches to Malaysia only it seems. By having Fox Sports to broadcast certain games, it denies Hypptv the rights to show those games under Fox & Supersport 3. Which is why Fox almost always show Man Utd games (largest viewership I guess). But of coz, hypptv has MUTV but I'm not sure if they show MU's live games or not.
While I do agree that Astro should not get monopoly power of all the BPL games, we must consider what is happening in the UK now.
For almost two decades, SKY had complete control of the rights to the games. When the regulators stepped in to stop the monopoly, Sky had to share the rights. While it broke their stranglehold on the games, it also burdened the fans who now have to pay 2 separate pay-tv operators to access more games. Sky have more matches but BT also has their fair share. You dont get all the matches through one pay-tvt though.
this is why i hope malaysians bpl fans should becareful what they wish for. Yes we hate astro coz they keep hiking d sports package due to rising content fees. Yet i dont want to pay them and tm for access to games if they share the rights.
imagine u need tm for BPL but astro has champions league, la liga, bundesliga plus formula one, rugby, nba, wwe etc. Malaysians simply arent ready for that. next season, sky has lost the rights for champions league to BT so fans in the UK need Sky for the majority and biggest games for BPL and also pay BT to watch d champions league
The best thing is for Astro n TM to show whatever each other has but offer better prices, packages, internet connections n etc.
btw, from next season, the German Bundesliga will move to the Fox Sports Network from their current Astro Supersport home. So one less league Supersport aRe paying for. Maybe to pay a bit more for BPL?