Can anyone compete with BSkyB for football TV rights?
Malcolm Wall, chief executive content, Virgin Media TV My own view is that this latest development will not have an instant impact. Setanta still has 18 more months of rights. Since they built their business they have FA internationals outside the country, some really good FA cup offerings and the Scottish Premier league which obviously has a big impact north of the border. My own view is that having less of the Premier League is certainly going to weaken the Setanta offering and it is definitely a blow for them. But they can certainly survive at the appropriate price point – and that will probably have to come down. There is definitely an opportunity fo Continue reading… Posted by Interviews by Ben Dowell 10.53 GMT Monday 19 January 2009 Question of the week BBC Friday Night with Jonathan Ross returns this Friday, after an absence of three months. Ross’s eight shows during the autumn averaged 3.4 million viewers, a 23.8% share. The seven following weeks drew 2.4 million, an average
