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Old 11-08-2020, 19:43   #7938
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by Raider999 View Post
You possibly can, but as you cannot record from NowTV it would be useless for my needs (and a lot of others I am sure)

Streaming getting involved in Sports Rights is bound to increase the cost to the user, as sky/BT will try to retain their shares whilst streamers will have to bid big to capture anything apart from low-hanging fruit.

In the medium term (say 10-15 years) customers will need to pay more for what they currently get as linear tv/streaming battle it out

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You really are talking through your ar*e - sky and BT both paused my sports subs for over 3 months as there were no EPL matches on.

Despite taking no money, the sports channels remained available so I was able to view past recordings and also watch live matches as they became available without any payment.

Additionally, when EPL restarted, I was treated to over 20 extra EPL matches on Sky and 15 or so extra on BT - at no extra cost.

Hardly fits with your assessment of Sky!
They didn't do this through the goodness of their hearts! They simpy wanted to avoid people cancelling their subscriptions.

We all know why Sky and BT showed the free matches, and that was a one-off decision related to the Coronavirus emergency.
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