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*A source has told me tonight that DAZN Group are looking for Comcast to take them over. *A other source has confirmed that DAZN are in financial trouble but say DAZN Group can recover from it with new investors. |
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All the stench of a Scudamore special. (I know he's not there any more - the last auction that actually happened cost him his job)
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Whoever gets what it will still end up us paying more
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It is separate from his other investments through Access Industries which is currently a buyer of media assets, not a seller. |
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Some go mad when I get info that I can't post on here (Do not post orders or Not allow to post on Forum orders), Then some others go mad when I pass on information I was given by my sources. ---------- Post added at 13:19 ---------- Previous post was at 13:05 ---------- Sir Leonard Valentinovich Blavatnik is 66 year old so maybe is looking to sell the loss making company. |
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The FT story is just the views of Danny Cohen. The way FT posted the story it look like Danny Cohen think Sir Blavatnik may make bid for Channel 5 owners Paramount or MTV owners Warner Bros Discovery. I have seen the FT story for Free online the rest of it is about what happened in the past. *He tookover Warner Music for $3.3bn in 2011. Cohen joined Blavatnik to run Access Entertainment, part of the billionaire’s Access Industries, in 2016. |
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My money is on that DAZN, and Len, and any other ownership vehicles on the go would bite your hand off for a way out of the market that recoups all of, or the vast majority of, their investment to date.
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Anyone know when Sky sports is planning to start showing some NCAA basketball games? The press release says November which is now but I can only find the football on schedule on Saturdays but basketball isn't coming up yet in the guide.
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Sky 5 year deal for ATP and WTA tours confirmed
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One potential option for Sky Sports might be to launch a full time American sports channel Sky Sports America. The NFL and NCAA seasons would give them live content between the end of August and the start of April and if they were to, say, get the NHL then that would provide live action until early June so there'd only be 10 weeks of no live coverage, as is the case with Sky Sports Premier League. Maybe Sky now wishes that they'd not let the NBA go to TNT Sports. |
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One of my followers on my X feed has told me tonight that Newspaper reports in Sweden (dagens industri) is reporting a following 3 broadcasters are interested in buying (all or shares) in Viaplay:
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I'm sure Viaplay are due to post their next set of results shortly. Early this week.
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I assume we shall get clarity on the future of the UK arm then. Viaplay's financial results will obviously be poor so they will be keen to show investors progress on the restructuring. They will want to do any write-downs now and not later. The core Nordic and Dutch business is apparently financially sound and they do have some solid trade investors.
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so....via player was unsuccessful and has gone back to premier sports.
i can't grasp the point of this. premier sports was unsuccessful. it gave up and sold to via player. via player has also been unsuccessful with a wider array of shows. so premier sports has come back....to do what?! |
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Last year, Viaplay made Premier Sports an offer they couldn't refuse for Premier Sports GB (€30m) and they wisely took it. When Viaplay offered it back to Premier Sports this year (likely for peanuts in a distressed sale) it was again a deal they couldn't say no to. It's probably little extra cost for Premier Sports to run Premier Sports GB given that they now run premier Sports Ireland (and Premier Sports Asia) but they will get additional subscription income. |
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I think it can be interpreted both ways - exiting the market for a mere €30m (or about 3 Premiership games) isn’t necessarily a sign of a successful and developing business model it does read as a bit cut and run.
The question does remain why do they want it back presumably with the increased costs of rights that Viaplay have committed to and can’t make work in their own business. |
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Anyone know what happened to Viaplay's results?
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I have seen reports on X that say A Swedish journalists did called Viaplay early on Thursday evening and was told by Viaplay that they were still working on the report.
I feel Viaplay may reveal it results at 5am on Friday. |
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The release on the recapitalisation plan makes for grim reading. It does look like Canal+ might be positioning themselves to acquire the corpse.
https://www.reuters.com/business/med...bt-2023-12-01/ |
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It looks like there weren't buyers for the Baltic and Polish operations so they limp on until Summer 2025, presumably in line with sports rights. Didn't see a mention of the US but may have missed it, this was a market they were planning on exiting too. The intriguing bit is the innovative new deal for Formula 1 in the Netherlands. Presumably some revenue-sharing arrangement that reduces the headline rights costs in return for splitting advertising/subscription income. |
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Sky Sports Mix moved from 416 to 425 in Channel Islands on Sky which means that Sky acquired the former Ginx eSports TV slot...Sky Sports Mix still on Sky channel 416 elsewhere for now.
They can also resuse the E! capacity when it closes. |
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https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2023...eo-tnt-sports/
NASCAR scores seven-year media rights deal, with the Cup Series to debut on Prime Video & TNT Sports |
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Sky Sports will broadcast 215 Premier League matches from 2025 they will also show all 10 matches on the final day of each season.
Sky Sports new contract includes All first pick matches, giving fans the best matches week in week out until May 2029 Super Sunday remains the flagship kick-off slot at 4.30pm First and last word on a Premier League weekend with more live games on Fridays and Mondays For the first time, all the final games on the last day of the season will be live in one place, creating a real moment for fans Sky Sports will now be able to offer multiple live matches on a number of weekends at Sunday 2pm Most of the festive season fixtures, with Boxing Day Premier League football back on Sky TNT have got 52 games |
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So sky got all the picks bar one.
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No streamers?
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Where is OB when you need him...;)
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I imagine Sky and WBD will be happy with those outcomes. WBD keeps its foot in the door with its beloved 12.30 Saturday package whilst Sky has the clear lion's share.
And the streamers? If they were serious, we would be discussing their right packages now. |
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The BBC have retained Match of the Day until 2029
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This deal proves that. |
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I imagine this auction's rights carve-up is the best that fans could realistically hope for. |
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The news we've all been waiting for...
Ideal World is returning to VM, and this time it's in HD! https://twitter.com/IdealWorldTV/sta...mIYW0nAZA&s=19 |
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Seems like they were only interested in the bargain basement package as well - and failed. I thought Sky was resigned not to pull out all the stops to keep their Premiership rights. Seems like they were feeling flush after all. |
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The claimed £300m a year (£1.2bn over 4) should have almost certainly won a package if they were serious. Over 5 packages that’s £6bn, and we already know the top dollar games go for a lot more on average. The current deal has Sky paying approx £9m a game and TNT approx £5m.
Sky have (again) correctly gauged the market, having paid less per game (for better picks) in the 2019-22 auction than the rights they held 2016-19. The rollover auction allowed them to maintain this position for less on an inflation adjusted basis. Streamers - including some of the biggest companies in the world - have declined two excellent opportunities to enter this market. Three if you believe the League could have held an auction during Covid as many other sports bodies did - everyone knows my view they chickened out and this auction demonstrates why. The big question for the league is how do they actually stimulate competition in the market for rights since even essentially giving them away to Amazon for six years didn’t work. Sky aren’t (as you claim) “feeling flush”. They’re the incumbent with an established, proven business model that by the end of this next period will have monetised the rights for just shy of forty years. |
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I've had some more thoughts:
So where does the League go from here?
There were rumours of a streaming service lurking in the background of the proposed European Super League. Is that the only viable in to gain worldwide rights for a new product entirely? |
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The future for the Premier League seems to be a combined rights deal with the English Football League and the end of the 3pm blackout.
No idea of how this might look like in terms of packages and the Premier League seems to have given itself a few more years to work this out. |
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It could be very bad timing for the Premier League to join up. On an inflation adjusted basis the EFL rights are at or near their peak with the current value at the eye-watering levels ITV Digital put themselves under bankrolling (or not bankrolling).
The Premier League has year on year been falling in value since 2016 in real terms. There’s no evidence in this rights auction that we can’t expect more of the same in five years time. The EFL will be on solid ground to argue it’s the additional matches they bring to the table, from lower league clubs, that add value. The big boys are already on 30+ times a season - the market is saturated. I’ve seen it said on another forum, but not crunched the numbers myself, the new contract creates the theoretical possibility of a team having every game televised depending on the Europa League. |
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Anyone notice that last night's EPL (Luton v Arsenal) and tonight's (Man Utd v Chelsea) games are not showing in HDR on Virgin, Sky or BT?
They work on Amazon devices - and other HDR assets are still working on all platforms. The HDR tag was there on all platforms last night and was not working. It doesn't show at all tonight but is working on Firesticks. |
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TNT Sports get rights to Formula E from next year
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TNT Sports have secured the rights for the FIFA Club World Cup and will show every game.
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any reason why sky tennis won't launch till March 24 when they get the rights end of December?
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Sky Sports UK signs deal with ONE Championship.
ONE Championship has reveal that ONE & Sky Sports has signed an exclusive partnership to air ONE events in the UK. The partnership kicks off with ONE Fight Night 18: Superlek vs. Mahmoudi, live on January 14th on Sky Sports (Channel to be confirmed). https://www.onefc.com/press-releases...k-and-ireland/ |
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https://www.dazn.com/en-GB/news/othe...oqzd23sdo3vh40
DAZN launching their app on Sky platforms in 2024 |
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Good opportunity for a streamer to step up here!
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Sky Sports Red Button now on 360s - access from Sky Sports channels.
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How to watch England men’s cricket tour of India in 2024 on TNT Sports:
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