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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Apple+ is set to make a bid for the Premier League rights. For some of us, a major bid by a streaming service was always a high possibility this time around, but it won’t go down well in some circles.
https://www.imore.com/music-movies-t...premier-league
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Apple may have dropped out of the streaming rights race for the NFL Sunday Ticket, but it looks like it hasn't given up on its sports streaming aspirations yet. A new report from the Daily Mail says that Apple is planning on bidding for the streaming rights for Premier League.
The report says Apple is gunning for Apple TV Plus to grab the domestic streaming rights for the UK. The rights are currently with Sky Sports and BT Sport, in a three-year deal set to expire in 2025. |
The rights are currently split three ways, the other player being Amazon with the smallest package of rights.
We don't know which rights packages will be on offer but I would expect Apple to be competing against Amazon for a smaller one and not BT and Sky for the larger packages. The Premier League would not sell the rights to one player as the excerpt you have quoted suggests is a possibility.