RIP SkyPokerTV?

GELDY

Sky sells betting business to CVC private equity

Sky's sells majority stake in its bookie business to CVC Capital Partners for up to £800m as it focuses on core pay-TV operations

bartoniron

Looks like BT has rattled a few cages at Murdoch Towers.

Maggiesdad

I don't KNOW what this means, (nobody does until after events!) but my GUT INSTINCT says that the spirit of Sky Poker will be a thing of the past and the SPT will have run for the last time (but I hope to be proved wrong). Thoughts anyone?

aussie09

i am going to buy that house so that i can knock it down and park my caravan there instead.





 

bartoniron

Sky will still own 20% but the new majority owners will surely call the shots.

Watch this space seems order of the day.

bartoniron

aussie-its not necessarily about the house, more about the land its built on. 

aussie09

In Response to Re: RIP SkyPokerTV?:

aussie-its not necessarily about the house, more about the land its built on. 
Posted by bartoniron

yes.


".. the sky has fallen upon my head, i'm off to tell the king."



 

GELDY

all i know is that private equity owners are very cost and profit conscious. They will also have a clear plan of what they are hoping to achieve.  ie the land or house question.

could lead to major changes to skypoker maybe negative maybe positive.  Fingers crossed. 

Meanwhile sympathies to all the skypoker related staff whose careers may now be taking an uncertain turn. 

unknown_username

silly question perhaps but is Sky Poker part of Sky Bet then?

bartoniron

certainly is,skybet is part of what was until recently bskyb which is now just sky, which itself is part of the murdoch empire.

NoseyBonk

I guess times of uncertainty for all the employees - not nice at all at any time, but especially at this time of year. Hope all works out fine.

ShaunyT

could be rip skypoker. Or skypoker as we know it.