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TNT loses Champions League Football

Takahashi — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 14:21:15 GMT

From yesterday's paper.

Paramount beats TNT Sports to £4bn Champions League

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Re: TNT loses Champions League Football

Kodikid — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 12:14:38 GMT

Food for thought for anyone tempted by the latest £2 for six months on 24 months contract offer.

In 18 months all European football will have vanished from your TNT subscription

Re: TNT loses Champions League Football

Andrew600 — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 12:31:36 GMT

It obviously depends on which sport you’re interested in, but for me there is no way it will be worth the £31 list price. Even my EE mobile add on for £20 will be too expensive for one match a week. I’ll just live without it.

Thats said, who knows what Paramount will charge. Time will tell.

Re: TNT loses Champions League Football

Kodikid — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 12:54:06 GMT

Yeah getting ludicrous now.

To watch your premier league team on tv you would have to subscribe to

Sky sports...prem matches

TNT...Saturday lunchtime matches and FA cup

Paramount...European matches

Amazon...Tuesday night first pick UCL

And after all that if your team like mine (Liverpool) are kicking off at 3pm you're scuppered. As after splashing out for the above you still can't watch it.

No wonder the vast majority have access to suspect streaming.

Re: TNT loses Champions League Football

BSF74 — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 13:29:51 GMT

There may be no change if paramount succeed in buying out Warner brothers who own TNT sports

Re: TNT loses Champions League Football

Kodikid — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 13:45:35 GMT

Netflix Sky (comcast) and paramount are all interested.

It's extremely likely all three would abandon Discovery and TNT and absorb the content.

Re: TNT loses Champions League Football

zulu17 — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 13:50:22 GMT

A lot of things potentially may or will change over the next two years.

Paramount are apparently according to various media outlets one of the companies bidding for WBD so who knows.

It does seem that the UEFA Europa and UEFA Conference League will be on Sky/Now from 2027-28.

EETV perhaps need to consider how they present their TV packages options to give customers more flexibility in choosing a pack that suits them.

Re: TNT loses Champions League Football

BSF74 — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 13:55:23 GMT

but the difference is non of the other bidders what the sports side of the business, they are only interested in the other parts ie the studio and entertainment tv side of things

paramount what the lot hence why they are the favourites

Re: TNT loses Champions League Football

Kodikid — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 13:58:33 GMT

Even more reason not to be seduced by the current EE/TNT offers

Re: TNT loses Champions League Football

zulu17 — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 15:07:49 GMT

@BSF74 Although TNT Sports channels are owned and operated by WBD I believe the rights (UK) are with the Joint Venture that is currently under WBD/BT shared ownership,

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BSF74 — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 15:17:24 GMT

@zulu17 That is true but I assume any wbd sale to paramount would see paramount take the share of the joint venture unless bt have exited by then

Re: TNT loses Champions League Football

Brucemeister5 — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 15:25:36 GMT

I find it hard to believe that Paramount’s successful bid for the Champions League UK rights are not part of a bigger plan, rather than offering it as an add-on to their existing app only entertainment pack over here. Even if they don’t succeed in their WBD bid, they will probably try to acquire TNT Sports separately, as non of the other bidders appear interested in that part of the empire. What about buying Premier Sports too?

I was wondering why Gareth Bale was yet to make an appearance on TNT Sports football coverage so far, when he was announced as Rio Ferdinand’s replacement at the beginning of the season. He turned up on Paramount’s CBS Champions League US coverage the other week instead. I wonder why!

Re: TNT loses Champions League Football

zulu17 — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 16:04:54 GMT

@Brucemeister5 Paramount appear to have targeted the Champions League in both Uk and Germany in this auction - looks like they are focusing on important markets with high profile content rather than looking to simply acquire a large sports portfolio.

Looks like Paramount. Amazon and Sky are happy with the outcome.

Re: TNT loses Champions League Football

zulu17 — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 17:16:39 GMT

@Brucemeister5 I think Gareth Bale worked the US CBS coverage of game between Liverpool and Real Madrid which TNT Sports didn't have as it was an Amazon pick here. The obvious big game coming up for TNT Sports to utilize him would be the Real Madrid v Man City game on 10th December.

Re: TNT loses Champions League Football

Brucemeister5 — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 17:57:41 GMT

@zulu17 Maybe they will use him for that game, but we’re almost at the end of November and he hasn’t been used at all yet, as far as I am aware. When he wasn’t used for the recent Spurs v Man U match I began to wonder what had happened.

Re: TNT loses Champions League Football

NigelB72 — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 18:45:29 GMT

@zulu17 WBD bought out BT's shares either last year or this year if I recall, so they wholly own TNT Sports.

With regards to Paramount, Netflix & Comcast potentially buying WBD the most likely buyer will be Paramount & Skydance because they're rolling in money due to the Ellison connection. Comcast would need regulatory approval in the US and I can't see Netflix putting a suitable bid together and they could potentially stop physical releases and stick everything on streaming with its **bleep**ty bitrates and heavy compression

Re: TNT loses Champions League Football

BSF74 — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 19:02:27 GMT

@NigelB72 I’m not 100% sure that wbd have bought out bt and I can’t find any official online source to confirm it

Re: TNT loses Champions League Football

NigelB72 — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 19:21:55 GMT

@BSF74 my apologies, they started negotiations in May to buy BT's 50%.... ... Guess that's gonna be put on hold now...

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Brucemeister5 — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:06:23 GMT

@zulu17 Gareth Bale is not doing Real Madrid v Man City, nor, indeed, any other match for TNT Sports again this week.

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zulu17 — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:54:03 GMT

@Brucemeister5 Recent article about Gareth Bale in GQ

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/gareth-bale-has-a-few-things-to-get-off-his-chest

probably based on interviewing him at Foxhills Golf (surrey)

mentions

Bale still supports Real Madrid, Cardiff City and Tottenham Hotspur (“I'm not a diehard fan where I've got to watch every game, but I’ll look out for them”) and, after stepping in as a pundit at last summer’s Europa League final, has just been snapped up by TNT Sports as a contributor – as well as CBS Sports Golazo on a more ad-hoc basis. He feels the time is now right to return to the game – and talk about all that happened in his career.