ESPN says no to subscription rate cut

Within a few months the FA Premier League will have been won, the season will be finished and fans will be waiting for the next season to start, when digital TV sports provider ESPN will be showing just twenty three games from the league.

For the season starting in September, ESPN will have its quota of live Premier League games cut back from forty-six to twenty-three but, despite calls for ESPN to cut the subscription rates, the broadcaster is sticking to its current pricing plans.

As for the missing Premier League games, they will be turning up on Sky Sports following the £159 million deal with the FA that caused sports broadcaster Setanta so much trouble.

Currently subscribers of Sky TV pay between £9 and £12 per month to access ESPN.