Football Broadcasting: Advocate General Shows Yellow Card...

..TO EXCLUSIVITY IN FOOTBALL BROADCASTING BY DAVID FLINT AND JOHN REID

The European Court of Justice ("ECJ") may be set to call time on the ability of broadcasters to object to pubs and bars that use foreign satellite equipment to show subscription television. This will undoubtedly cause concern among broadcasters who have, until now, widely viewed exclusive rights to broadcast within a certain territory as affording enforceable protection.