Rejected petition BT's Champions League deal in the face of public subsidy

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We, the undersigned, hereby petition parliament to question why BT have paid £299 million per season for the rights to screen Champions League and Europa League football whilst they are receiving public subsidy for the maintenance and upgrade of their network.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

This is something to raise with your MP to ask in Parliament. Gvt does not interfere with operating decisions of companies.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 9 November 2013
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