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Originally Posted by Mad Max
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It's Groundhog Day every year on here with predictions for next year.
The DAZN one is an interesting one. Very much in 'last throw of the dice' mode trying to get a foothold in more markets with an obvious loss leader at £1.99 a month in the UK. That said - they are getting some rights elsewhere such as Germany.
However, we know from Setanta Sports and Eleven Sports that the UK market is a tough nut to crack. BT have arguably not seen the returns from sport it would expect and while I don't foresee them intentionally exiting the market I doubt they intend to go all out in bidding wars.
A standalone boxing channel has been tried and largely failed. While Boxnation still exists with wholesale arrangements with BT and Premier Sports keeping it afloat with almost no new content. While Eddie Hearn would argue that his stable of boxing would be more appealing than that of Frank Warren whether that would remain the case longer term without the
free advertising that is Sky Sports News is an unknown.