now that setanta have gone who will get the ufc cards. with ufc 100 just around the corner and being absolutely packed with quality i reli want someone to pick it up fast.
i presume sky, as much of a ***** dana is he will not let this one pass without been shown on either sky sports or virgin, he would give it away for free as a good gesture to sky was a rumour i heard
May go back on Bravo, though i hope not. Virgin would be good, Virgin1 channel is dying with all the **** there showing on it. Not sure if Sky would buy it.
If it goes to Bravo then it won`t be shown live, if it goes to Sky then they`ll stick it on Box Office for £20 a pop. This is so depressing. This UFC card is gonna be killer, and I can`t believe the UK are gonna miss out.
Bravo, Sky, ESPN and Virgin have all been mentioned. Bravo would be be a step back IMO. I have a feeling ESPN will be like a relaunch of setanta but obviously under the ESPN own name and run better. For me it will between them and Sky.
I really don't think it would sell enough to be ppv. But I know what Sky are like. I would probably pay the ppv price for UFC 100 but I doubt I would for much after that. Especially when you could see it in the coming week on one of the channels included in your subscrtion pakage.
I have also heard ch5 being interested. It would be great if ch5 or virgin get the rights as it could give them a bigger audience. I just hopes it goes to whoever can guarantee the best coverage (showing all the shows live).
I really doubt they would sell the rights if it weren't going live. It would be a total step back to a rapidly growing sport,
