Until the completion of the transaction will change for the customer, nothing else, stresses the UPC media spokesperson Alexandra Bini. Everything that happens after that, is a decision which was hit by Sunrise . And what do you say? “With this Acquisition, we are expressing that we want to take advantage of the TV experience from UPC,” spokesman Rolf Ziebold. But to say, on what content to put, but it was still much too early.
UPC secured in the summer of 2016, the TV rights for the Swiss ice hockey from the season 2017/18 for five years and 35.4 million Swiss francs per year. And brought the club to a money blessing – the sum equivalent to almost a tripling. Meanwhile, the platform Mysports, the fußball-Bundesliga, Handball, or E-Sports to be transferred to celebrated their 500-day anniversary.
In the hockey scene is very satisfied with Mysports. Nevertheless, you could not stop at UPC the decline in TV subscriptions, since the fall of 2017, about 100’000 subscribers were lost. It has been speculated, therefore, the UPC could sell his hockey rights to rival Swisscom to reduce the losses. This is likely to be after the sale is hardly an Option.
For the hockey clubs is not a strong competitor to Swisscom, the prize for the TV-breaking rights. The Treaty of tele-club (Swisscom) with the Swiss football expires in 2021, and that of the UPC with the football in 2022. Live sports has been enhanced in the age of streaming services. Soon may be offered to the right. (sg)
Created: 01.03.2019, 14:06 PM
