Chapter 123 Doubts

"This proposal may be difficult to pass. First of all, the Football Association will not agree, and the interests involved are too great."

After hearing Cameron's words, Barron sighed.

Indeed, Sky TV’s bid for the exclusive broadcast rights of the Premier League will soon exceed 1 billion pounds. This is a huge sum of money for the Football Association and various Premier League clubs, and will even be the main income of many clubs.

Therefore, this matter will indeed involve the interests of many parties.

The Football Association will definitely be worried that if the broadcasting quota is released and it is not exclusive, its income will be reduced.

But Barron knew that their worries would not happen.

In the original time and space, in 2007, the judge ruled that the Football Association's Premier League broadcast rights were prohibited from being granted exclusively, and at least two media outlets needed to obtain the UK-wide broadcast rights for Premier League matches. After that, BSkyB's competitor BT Sports shared it with them. For the Premier League broadcast rights, the two parties still need to pay a total of more than 5 billion pounds in fees. It can be said that it has not declined, but has increased a lot.

Well, one thing to note is that the current Prime Minister stepped down in 2007, and it was also 2007 when Murdoch's Sky TV lost its exclusive license. It's very interesting.

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After seeing off today's visitors, the next step is the world of Barron and Bonnie.

"Honey, wait for me."

Seeing Bonnie's mysterious look, Barron asked doubtfully:

"How could it be? Are you hiding something from me?"

"Just wait, you'll know in a while."

When Bonnie closed the bedroom door, Barron thought that today was his birthday and couldn't help but guess something...

It seems that in addition to the Vacheron Constantin watch, my girlfriend has also prepared other gifts.

Sure enough, when the bedroom door opened again, Barron's eyes immediately widened when he saw the woman walking in.

Although her figure is not as exaggerated as that of her cousin Chris, Bonnie's figure is more standard. She is tall, has long legs, and is also bulging forward and backward, giving her an S-shaped figure.

But at this time, her green eyes, illuminated by the dim lamp in the bedroom, were somewhat charming.

As for what she was wearing...well, it's not easy to describe in detail. I can only say that compared to it, Victoria's Secret seems to be a lot more conservative...

"Honey, this is another birthday gift for you, do you like it?"

What else could Barron say to Bonnie's question?

Any words at this moment will seem pale and can only be proven by practical actions...

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"The Americans wanted to be able to recreate exactly what we had done with Season 1 of The Traitors, so they wanted to shoot at Chatsworth, as we did."

When the room finally calmed down, Bonnie was in Barron's arms, and while chatting, the two talked about Sinclair Group's introduction of the copyright to "The Traitors" to film an American version of the reality show.

"But "Downton Abbey" is being filmed in Chatsworth right now, so it might be inconvenient."

Barron frowned slightly and said.

Initially, because he wanted to promote Kalan Kasbah, he decided that the next season of "The Traitors" would be filmed in Kalan Kasbah instead. The Sinclair Group in the United States hoped to import their program rights and shoot the American version. "The Traitors" reality show, so he also hopes that the other party will also be filmed at Karan Castle.

Now the other party has proposed that if it is filmed at Chatsworth Manor like the first season of the British version of "The Traitors", then I am afraid that there will be a conflict because of the filming of "Downton Abbey".

"Either we can only ask the other party to wait until May next year to start filming, so that even if the filming is at Chatsworth Manor, the filming of "Downton Abbey" can be staggered."

"This is a way, but will the Sinclair Group agree?"

Reality shows like "The Traitors" that include some outdoor games also have certain requirements for filming time.

After all, it is impossible for the contestants to wear heavy winter clothes to take these photos.

It is now the end of October, and the weather in England has turned cold. Although the on-site shooting of "The Traitors" took less than half a month, the contract was finalized with the Sinclair Group, and then the other party selected the contestants to participate in the recording. After following such a set of procedures, when it comes to shooting, time is very tight.

In this way, it is indeed a better choice to wait until after May next year when the weather in England gets warmer before shooting.

"This is not a big problem. I have put forward this suggestion and they need to discuss and decide. And since they will also introduce "The Traitors" we recorded, it will be played this year, and then next year they will play their own "The Traitors" "The reality show can also be regarded as a warm-up."

What Bonnie said is indeed feasible. Barron was thinking of their own second season "The Traitors":

"So our second season of "The Traitors" will also have to wait until next year to record?"

"It can only be like this, because since we are going to record at Callan Castle, the climate in the Scottish Highlands will be colder and is no longer suitable for shooting. I plan to wait until the turn of spring and summer next year to shoot."

It seemed that Bonnie had already planned something. She continued:

"But this is good, as it allows us to be more prepared. And because of the success of the first season, our program has attracted the attention of many brands. In the second season, we will have more time to attract investment. I'm afraid this time, our income will be much higher than in the first season."

Although the agreements signed with sponsors for the first season of "The Traitors" were mostly based on stepped offers based on ratings, the bulk of the revenue came from brands that temporarily joined the show after the show's ratings increased.

Now with the success of the first season, in the second season of "The Traitors", Summit Media can be more confident to choose the title of the brand, and the initial price can also be set higher.

After all, what those brand-sponsored ads care about is not the price, but the ratings of the program. Their goal is to reach more users with their brand.

"Infiniti is very satisfied with our cooperation. The sales of their latest SUV models in the UK have increased significantly. Therefore, they have expressed that they hope to continue to cooperate with us in the second quarter and will serve as the main sponsor. , are expected to spend 50 million pounds for sponsorship - of course, they also hope to have more shots of their cars in the show."

This is the powerful ability of a phenomenal variety show to attract money.

"But one thing is that they have concerns about us putting The Traitors on a new TV channel, because with the performance of ITV Digital, they are afraid that the show will not be broadcast on ITV1 by then. Afterwards, viewers will need to use a set-top box to watch programs on the Freeview platform, which will lead to a huge decline in the number of viewers."

What Bonnie said is indeed a problem, but compared to the income of "The Traitors", the development of SDTV is a more important matter. There is no need to think about Barron's choice at all.

He solemnly said to Bonnie:

"No matter what, the second season of "The Traitors" will definitely be broadcast on SDTV, but the current situation is different from ITV Digital. Our Freeview will be a free broadcast platform, even on TV set-top boxes, it will be free It is installed for users, so when the second season of "The Traitors" is aired, I believe the number of viewers will not decrease too much."