Great news for pubs.
This used to affect us when we had the pub, Sky Sports charged us £375 a month, and that was quite low as we were rural. Some pubs in town centres can pay over £1000 a month for sky sports, they base it on your rateable valuation.
A woman in England took it all the way to the European courts as Sky tried to prosecute her for using a Greek Decoder to receive it.
The Premier League block the 3pm matches, their reason is so that more people go to matches.
Quote..
"The Premier League has lost its case in the European Court of Justice against a pub landlady who used a foreign decoder to show live matches at 3pm on Saturdays.
The ruling by the ECJ could have major implications for how the Premier League sells its broadcast rights both in Britain and Europe.
The ECJ said in a statement: "A system of licences for the broadcasting of football matches 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."
The ECJ heard the case after Portsmouth publican Karen Murphy appealed against attempts by the Premier League to prevent her using a Greek satellite decoder."
This used to affect us when we had the pub, Sky Sports charged us £375 a month, and that was quite low as we were rural. Some pubs in town centres can pay over £1000 a month for sky sports, they base it on your rateable valuation.
A woman in England took it all the way to the European courts as Sky tried to prosecute her for using a Greek Decoder to receive it.
The Premier League block the 3pm matches, their reason is so that more people go to matches.
Quote..
"The Premier League has lost its case in the European Court of Justice against a pub landlady who used a foreign decoder to show live matches at 3pm on Saturdays.
The ruling by the ECJ could have major implications for how the Premier League sells its broadcast rights both in Britain and Europe.
The ECJ said in a statement: "A system of licences for the broadcasting of football matches 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."
The ECJ heard the case after Portsmouth publican Karen Murphy appealed against attempts by the Premier League to prevent her using a Greek satellite decoder."
