Storm over Turkish pay-TV rights
By Julian Clover
January 20, 2010
January 20, 2010
The leading Turkish satellite platform Digiturk has secured the main rights to the country’s premier football league, known as the Türkcell Super League, for the period 2010-2014. However, the amount it bid – $424 million (€39.6 million), including VAT and duties – was over three times the $140 million paid previously per season and has caused considerable controversy in the country.



