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Old 02-09-2022, 11:41   #11056
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
Other consolidations in the future may have bigger impacts. I was just pointing out that the process was underway.
The predicted recession should in theory encourage consolidation. I should point out that companies joining and leaving the sports market is nothing new with Setanta (2009), ESPN (2013), Eleven Sports (2019) and Boxing Channel Media t/a BoxNation (2019, brand then licensed to Premier Sports) all entering and leaving the UK market.

Against this, But we've also seen the entry of Amazon (2018) and DAZN (2020) into UK TV sports broadcasting.

The weakest sports provider in the UK now is probably DAZN. Although it's being propped up by a billionaire, I could see it eventually quitting the crowded UK market leaving two main players: Sky and WarnerBros Discovery-BT plus the two smaller players Viaplay and Amazon.
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