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:D

I stand corrected! 'Indefinitely' is still worse, though. :Yes:

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In yesterday's You and Yours programme from about 0:30, it was said that, according to Ofcom the use of streaming services has doubled since the start of the pandemuc:



https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000ysmf

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This topic really is the turd that won’t flush. :rofl:

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DAZN is interested in taking over BT Sport.

Who would have thought it?

https://www.mediamole.co.uk/entertai...rt_464070.html

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Other interested parties in BT Sport are said to include Disney and Amazon.

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It all seems to point to increased streaming of the EPL matches. This won’t please the diehards.

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As has already been pointed out every EPL game is already streamed via Sky Go , Now TV and the BT Sport app.

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Almost everyone.

DAZN get referenced in almost every article going on the subject.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/20...ke-in-bt-sport

https://www.telecomtv.com/content/di...rection-41412/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58219424

https://insidersport.com/2021/05/10/...zNAzujcnBszRJR

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...roadband-push/

https://deadline.com/2021/07/dazn-ke...or-1234789952/

https://www.ibc.org/trends/the-sale-...s/7520.article

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It seems that the truth is dawning, then. Good to know. :D

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I’m not really sure how DAZN bidding for a stake in BT Sport (or even all of it) equates to any “truth”.

The truth would be that almost all of their customers on day 1 would be watching on linear, broadcast channels. I don’t see them closing that down on day 2 to suit the illogical dreams of you, OB.

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DAZN is a streaming company. If they do take over BT Sport, then they will want to bid for the Premiership rights - that was my point.

I agree that DAZN will initially offer a broadcast linear channel in all probability, but they are basically a streaming business.

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Seems a lot of supposition and rhetoric flying about based on the word "possibly"…

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Yet in doing so they’d also resign themselves to the fact that their existing streaming business couldn’t develop a business case to bid for the rights (against BT, Sky and possibly others).

They won’t offer a linear channel “in all probability”. They would certainly do so because that’s what makes buying BT Sport more attractive than bidding for the rights themselves - the existing contracts and customer base.

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While OB relies heavily on the word possibly and twists DAZN’s potential to invest billions in a linear television let’s consider other news articles that have happened recently.

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.ph...his-month.html

Sky to launch an IPTV service.

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.ph...duct-soon.html

Virgin to launch an IPTV service.

Glorious hybrids of linear and on demand being made available to millions more homes and a very welcome development.

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You’d only complain if I said it will happen.

:beer:

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No, they would offer the ‘linear’ broadcast channel due to the current level of broadband penetration. That makes absolute sense.

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It’s transitional, jfman. That’s because it’s only 2021.

Oh, and it costs billions to invest in a linear broadcast channel now, does it? Not long ago, you said it cost buttons to do so. I really hadn’t appreciated inflation was that out of control.