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Any Pub owners using Sky Sports here?

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  • 04-10-2011 11:55am
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    Gloomtastic!
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    Just spotted this over on the beeb site. Might cut your costs a bit. :rolleyes:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15162241
    A pub landlady has won the latest stage of her fight to air Premier League games using a foreign TV decoder.

    Karen Murphy had to pay nearly £8,000 in fines and costs for using a cheaper Greek decoder in her Portsmouth pub to bypass controls over match screening.

    But she took her case to the European Court of Justice.

    The ECJ now says national laws which prohibit the import, sale or use of foreign decoder cards are contrary to the freedom to provide services.


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    HellFireClub
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    There was an excellent thread on here about a year ago, I can't remember the name of the OP but he was running a pub and was really having a hard time of it, he was particularly driven mad at the amount he had to pay to Sky for the sports channels and they had been cutting him off I think because he couldn't pay the monthly bill, this was effecting his trade and the problems seemed to be worsening.

    I know he got a bit of stick from several folks, myself being one of them, for being identified as a greedy publican who just refuses to lower prices in order to stimulate trade, but he did go out of his way to discuss with us, the kind of chicanary that goes on with artificial price controls within the industry, etc and the genuine dispair he was experiencing, just trying to keep the doors open.


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    AstonMartin
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    I would appreciate a link to that thread if its found.

    congrats to that landlady, she risked bankruptcy to fight her corner. Major implications on how tv rights are sold now.


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    HellFireClub
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    AstonMartin wrote: »
    I would appreciate a link to that thread if its found.

    congrats to that landlady, she risked bankruptcy to fight her corner. Major implications on how tv rights are sold now.

    I'm trying to find the thread here but not having much luck, I don't even know if it was in this particular forum or some other one on the site...


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    neris
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    maybe europe does have its benefits sometimes. irish pubs to ditch sky and the price of a pint to be reduced :D


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    MrFrisp
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    Gloomtastic! wrote: »
    Just spotted this over on the beeb site. Might cut your costs a bit. :rolleyes:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15162241



    Not sure it's that clear cut,or simple...

    Look at "Tony's" post here...(Number 4).

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056409879

    "However, the court ruled against the bid by Karen Murphy, the landlady of the Red, White and Blue pub in Portsmouth, to be allowed to use a Greek decoder card to show live Premier League matches to pub goers at much cheaper rates than BSkyB charges commercial premises in the UK on copyright grounds.

    The ECJ said the transmission in a pub is a "communication to the public", which means that without the permission of the FA Premier League Murphy is in breach of the copyright directive. This directive would not stop individuals buying foreign decoder cards for domestic use."




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    Doher
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    Hi there, just wondering if anybody knows if there are any pubs to let in Dublin and if so how do I go about it. Thanks


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    HellFireClub
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    AstonMartin wrote: »
    I would appreciate a link to that thread if its found.

    congrats to that landlady, she risked bankruptcy to fight her corner. Major implications on how tv rights are sold now.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056135175


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    barura
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    Doher wrote: »
    Hi there, just wondering if anybody knows if there are any pubs to let in Dublin and if so how do I go about it. Thanks
    Don't know why I'm responding to this... Anywho. http://www.irishpubs.com/PubsForSale

    Ask any pub owner how to go about it. Just don't step on there toes.


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