Premier League

Tough task for FA Cup holders

04-Jan-2007 By Richard Ross

The arrival of the new year means the welcome return of the FA Cup to our television screens. It's at this stage that the opportunity for real upsets...

FAPL issues first writ against satellite suppliers

21-Dec-2006

FA Premier League launches legal proceedings against supplier of foreign satellite equipment

Premier League takes legal action against foreign satellite supplier

21-Dec-2006 By James Wilmore

The FA Premier League (FAPL) is taking civil action in the High Court against a supplier of foreign satellite equipment. In an unprecedented move, a...

Satellite rules made clear

14-Dec-2006

It's four months now since the Morning Advertiser issued a challenge to soccer authorities and broadcasters alike. We headed it: Satellite Soccer:...

Final warning on illegal satellite TV

14-Dec-2006 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com

Pubs face risk of prosecution after foreign channels write to licensees to clarify legal position Licensees have been issued with a "final warning"...

Premier League issues three more "no rights" letters

12-Dec-2006

Premier League issues "no rights" letters from three more foreign satellite channels.

Premier League issues "absolute confirmation" on ART satellite

08-Dec-2006

Letter says ART has no rights in the UK

Host claims FAPL targets small pubs

07-Dec-2006 By Iain O'Neil iain.oneil@william-reed.co.uk

A Portsmouth host who was warned-off using foreign satellite systems to screen football has hit out because neighbouring Greene King- managed pubs...

Host claims FAPL targets small pubs

07-Dec-2006 By Iain O'Neil

Portsmouth host warned-off using foreign satellite systems hits out because neighbouring Greene King managed pubs are still using them

Case dropped against foreign satellite pub

05-Dec-2006

A Coventry licensee has avoided prosecution for showing foreign satellite football after Media Protection Services offered no evidence against him....

Hoops hunt Red Devil scalps

16-Nov-2006 By Richard Ross

The UEFA Champions League takes centre stage once more. While many fans will be criss-crossing the Continent to watch their heroes in action, what is...

Judge tells FAPL to target the big fish

09-Nov-2006 By Iain O'Neil iain.oneil@william-reed.co.uk

A judge has called on the FA Premier League (FAPL) to stop prosecuting licensees and focus on the suppliers. District Judge Gillespie made his...

Premier League's inaction fuels licensees' confusion

09-Nov-2006 By James Wilmore

The FA Premier League's (FAPL's) failure to prosecute the suppliers of foreign satellite TV equipment is continuing to fuel confusion among...

Arsenal get the winter Blues

07-Nov-2006 By Richard Ross

Following their mid-week efforts on the European stage in the Champions League, Premiership giants Chelsea and Arsenal meet in the pick of the...

Charges droppped against satellite football licensee

06-Nov-2006

Solicitor hits out at Sky and the FAPL for waiting until the "eleventh hour" to drop charges.

Licensees face foreign satellite blitz

02-Nov-2006 By James Wilmore

Licensees who show Premiership football via foreign satellite systems face a national crackdown by police and trading standards officers. In an...

Reds on the comeback trail

02-Nov-2006 By Richard Ross

The theme of the next seven days is one of taking stock. On the football pitch the competitors in this weekend's featured Premiership matches have...

Judge tells Sky and FAPL to go after satellite suppliers

02-Nov-2006

Judge clears licensee then says go after "real villains".

Fresh charges for pair cleared over TV soccer

19-Oct-2006 By Iain o'Neil

Two Portsmouth licensees who beat a prosecution for showing foreign satellite football last season have been caught in the act again. Derek Hopper,...

Back to court for foreign football pubs

19-Oct-2006 By Iain O'Neil

Two Portsmouth licensees who beat a prosecution for showing foreign satellite football last season have been caught in the act again. Derek Hopper of...

More fuel to the TV footy fire - Peter Coulson

05-Oct-2006

MA legal expert on the confusion surrounding foreign satellite football.

Four in chase for Uefa Cup

28-Sep-2006 By Richard Ross

A fantastic night of European football is in store tonight. The group stages of the Uefa Cup are just around the corner, and there's plenty of...

FAPL drops three more cases

07-Sep-2006 By Ewan Turney

The FA Premier League (FAPL) has dropped three more cases against licensees showing Premiership football using foreign satellite systems. Solicitor...

I can't afford Sky - but am I breaking the law?

07-Sep-2006

Peter Coulson and a team of industry experts try to answer the "closed period" football screenings battle that's raging

Pubs killing our gate says Premiership club

23-Aug-2006 By Ewan Turney

Blackburn Rovers FC has blamed dwindling attendance figures on pubs using foreign satellite systems to screen closed-period games. Rovers chairman...

Premier League's fresh attack on foreign satellite

09-Aug-2006 By Iain O'Neil

FAPL wants all foreign satellite channels to print warnings on the back of their smartcards NEW COMMENT

Foreign satellite football warning for pubs

07-Aug-2006 By Iain O'Neil

Licensees warned not to install Arabic channel ART to show Premiership football after company prints warnings about its legality in the UK.

Sky abandons old foreign satellite prosecutions

01-Aug-2006 By Iain O'Neil

Outstanding prosecutions dropped as Sky and Premier League look for 'fresh start' this season.

Football season preview

28-Jul-2006

Live football on TV will once again be dominated by Sky Sports with 43 Barclays Premiership games being screened over the first five months of the...

Watch out!

20-Jul-2006 By James Wilmore

The debate over foreign satellite systems is once again back on the radar.Earlier this month in Portsmouth, the FA Premier League (FAPL) and Media...

Three more foreign football cases dropped

12-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil

Sky and the FA Premier League have dropped charges against three Portsmouth licensees who showed foreign satellite football in their pubs. Derek...

Portsmouth licensees may escape fines over foreign broadcasts

05-Jul-2006 By James Wilmore

Three more Portsmouth licensees look likely to escape prosecution for showing Premiership football via a foreign satellite on the basis they were not...

Sky and FAPL suffer football defeat

04-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil

Sky and the FAPL are considering dropping charges against three Portsmouth licensees after suffering defeat in the courts again. Andrew Cornwall of...

Satellite battle to break monopoly

29-Jun-2006 By Iain O'Neil

Confusion still reigns over the question of whether it is legal to use foreign satellite stations to show Premiership football in pubs. IAIN O'NEIL examines the issues

Rulings boost Premier League's position

29-Jun-2006

The Premier League has claimed that two court rulings last week have bolstered its fight against foreign satellite operators. Sean Bennett, licensee...

Licensee fined for showing foreign satellite football

28-Jun-2006 By Iain O'Neil

After suffering a high profile defeat in the courts yesterday Media Protection Services has today succesfully prosecuted a Lanchashire licensee for...

Another licensee beats foreign football rap

27-Jun-2006 By Iain O'Neil

A Portsmouth licensee walks free from court after judge says she had not acted dishonestly in showing Premiership football via a foreign satellite system.

Sky football court case goes into extra time.

14-Jun-2006 By Iain O'Neil

Judge calls for more time to consider evidence in foreign satellite football case

My Shout - John Grogan MP

18-May-2006

John Grogan argues that the competition authorities should scrutinise the latest Premier League deal in relation to pubs

What the Sunday papers said

07-May-2006

Having seen off a £4.6bn bid from R20 last week, managed pub and bar group Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is considering snapping up Whitbread's...

FA meets pub trade over satellite football row

04-May-2006 By John Harrington

The FA Premier League has held a summit meeting with trade bodies as it bids to stamp out illegal football screening in pubs. The meeting, at Premier...

FA to target pub satellite suppliers

04-May-2006 By Iain O'Neil

The FA Premier League says it will go after foreign satellite suppliers in its bid to cut out closed-period screening of Premiership football. Dan...

Screening sports: Race you!

03-May-2006

It'll take more than the World Cup to pay for your big screen. Wesley Yin-Poole puts his money on racing.Horse racing, previously considered by many...

Pub football screening 3-0 to Sky at half-time

02-May-2006 By John Harrington

The trade is hopeful the cost of screening live Premiership football could fall as the FA Premier League hands out its packages for 2007. Sky secured...

Confusion over TV sport rules

13-Apr-2006

Licensees are being told not to take at face value claims that it is now legal to show football via foreign satellite systems.Letters have been sent...

Prosecutions for use of foreign satellites to continue

30-Mar-2006

Prosecutions of licensees who use foreign satellites to screen football will continue - despite a pub winning its case against the Premier League....

S&NUK's great pints and punts give-away

23-Mar-2006 By John Harrington

Pubs will get to give away £10,000 of free bets each during the World Cup in a £50m promotion from brewer Scottish & Newcastle UK. Billed as...

Licensee beats FA in closed period battle

09-Mar-2006 By Tony Halstead

FA Premier League suffers rare court defeat over a pub screening of Premiership football

Satellite firms stop ads for illegal soccer games

16-Feb-2006 By John Harrington

Rogue satellite companies that offer live Premiership football are no longer advertising Saturday afternoon 'closed-period' games in their marketing...

Row over 'closed period' football screenings

25-Jan-2006

A Newcastle licensee has attacked football chiefs for allowing one city bar to show live matches on Saturday afternoons. No pubs are permitted to...