New sports channels will probably be in demand among subscribers. Again, it doesn’t look like it will be widely available.
Next Thursday, the Slovak and Czech television market will expand with two new sports televisions from the Nova workshop. It will be the premium channels Nova Sport 5 and Nova Sport 6, which will bring attractive content.
We were interested in the availability of new stations and therefore asked the operators if they wanted to add them to the offer. However, several of the operators indicate in discussions with us that the channels will be extremely expensive and they will not be able to afford them.
“Motorsport fans will be able to enjoy a full range of regular exclusives at the new premium stations live F1 broadcasts on Nova Sport 5 a MotoGP na Nova Sport 6. These will be supplemented at both stations with WorldSBK (Superbike World Championship) races and selected football matches from prestigious European football leagues such as Bundesliga, LaLiga and Serie A,” Nova reports.
The availability of Nova Sport 3 and 4 is already limited. While Nova Sport 1 and 2 are spread by many players on the market, the third and fourth circuit is already available only to Telekom, Digi TV, Orange and Skylink.
Supposedly unrealistic requirements
Several smaller and medium-sized players in interviews with our editors claim that although some of them formally received an offer for inclusion, it is completely beyond their financial means.
If they were to decide to include channels under such conditions, package prices would have to rise significantly. However, Nova says its goal is to make the channels available to a large number of viewers.
“Our goal is to make the new premium sports stations Nova Sport 5 and 6 available to as many Slovak viewers as possible. We are currently intensively negotiating with television operators to include both channels in their program offers,” she told Živé.sk.
Several players anecdotally talk about high fees for new channels. Source: istock
Skylink is certain for now
Skylink for Živé.sk confirmed earlierthat he will add the station Nova Sport 5 with Formula 1 in HD quality to the Astra satellite. It will be available in Kombi+ and Komplet packages.
The inclusion of the Nova Sport 6 has still not been decided.
Read also Skylink will add Nova Sport 5 in HD quality. What packages will it be in?
What other players are saying
See the statements of other operators on the topic of inclusion of Nova Sport 5 and 6:
- Telekom: the largest TV provider has indicated that it is negotiating the inclusion.
- Orange: due to ongoing negotiations, the provider does not want to talk more about this topic.
- UPC: “We are constantly negotiating with many broadcasters and programmers about the possibilities of expanding the TV offer with new stations, including sports ones. We will inform about their possible addition to the offer after the end of these negotiations,” he informed.
- Antique: “Negotiations on this topic are currently underway with the broadcaster. Unfortunately, we cannot disclose more information on this topic,” he said.
- DSi Data: according to the provider, negotiations are underway on the possibility and conditions of inclusion.
- Digi Slovakia: the company is currently negotiating with the broadcaster of the mentioned programs.
- O2: currently the operator is not negotiating the inclusion of the mentioned stations in the program offer.
- SledovanieTV: the operator is negotiating the inclusion of stations, but adds that he cannot estimate if and when the channels will be added.
- Hat: the operator says that he did not know about this intention at the time of the announcement of the new channels. “Of course, we are interested and we will negotiate if they approach us. We assume that the current negotiations are only with operators who are already broadcasting exclusively Nova Sport 3 and Nova Sport 4. We also negotiated the inclusion of these stations in the past, but the business offer from the broadcaster was more or less only formal, i.e. commercially unacceptable “, he specified. According to Satra, Nova Sport is not interested in smaller players spreading these channels.
- Slovanet: the provider considers the content of the new channels to be attractive to viewers and has already negotiated the inclusion. “His current conditions – the extremely high required license fee – are not acceptable for us yet, but we will try to reach a compromise through further negotiations,” he specified.
- Cookie TV: the service is interested in including channels. If he agrees to include Nova Sport 5 and 6, he will inform about it.
2024-02-20 00:59:11
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