by Conor Pope @https://twitter.com/@ConorPope Published 6 min ago We are part of The Trust Project What is it? When the Premier League launched in 1992, it wasn’t just the introduction of Sky TV’s new monopoly on live fixtures that transformed the way football was consumed at home. Sky’s bid for the league’s television package was done in agreement with the BBC, which would have first choice on all highlights of matches not being shown live on the subscription-only service. After four years without top division league football rights, the BBC could bring Match of the Day back to Saturday nights. This, in part, was due to a calculation made by the Premier League: selling off all...
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