Virgin Media complains over price of Premier League rights


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 01 Oct 2014

LONDON (Reuters) - Cable operator Virgin Media has called on British regulators to investigate the increasing costs of showing Premier League soccer matches, saying consumers were paying the price for a rights bidding war between broadcasters.

The company, owned by Liberty Global, said it did not plan to bid in the next rights auction, but as a network which carries the sports channels of BSkyB and BT it is affected by the rising costs those groups are racking up.

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