Thread: General ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Old 13-02-2018, 13:04   #7864
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by Chad View Post
This article suggests Amazon have made a bid for a small package of Premier League matches to test the water:

https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/h...be-generation/

"The latest Premier League TV rights deal is set to be completed this week and industry experts predict there will be very little growth from the £5.1bn last time, if any at all. Apart from Amazon, which has bid for a small package to test the water, the tech giants do not appear interested in taking on Sky and BT Sport."

This article suggests BT where interested in the simulcast packages:

http://www.firstpost.com/sports/prem...d-4342903.html

"BT is understood to be interested in the "simulcast" idea, which is also designed to draw in one or more digital hosts such as Amazon, Facebook, Google or Netflix."

This for me is interesting. Wonder if BT and Amazon may have partnered up for a joint bid on some packages? A bit of content sharing.

---------- Post added at 12:50 ---------- Previous post was at 12:34 ----------

With an announcement on the Premier League rights expected today it's interesting to see both SKY and Amazon's share prices climb this morning whilst BT's has gone in the other direction. Just coincidence I guess.
This is pretty well what was expected, Chad, thank you for this post.

It makes perfect sense for Amazon to test the water like this, ready for the big push in 2022.

If BT or Sky lose out to Amazon in the future, I think a tie-up between Amazon and Sky and/or BT is highly likely.
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