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Originally Posted by Mr K
I heard Amazon were after the Ashes series next winter, probably more affordable for them.
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Not sure it is the expense - Amazon policy is not to get involved in long-term rights.
By that I mean things spread over a season - hence they like the concentrated hit of their 2 rounds of EPL matches (timed to entice new Prime members around Black Friday and Xmas).
I think it is highly possible the Ashes may be on a streamer of some nature as it will generate a lot of subscriptions.
However, where streamers lose out is many people just subscribe for a month or two, watch a particular thing then cancel.
I did exactly this with Prime - took month free trial for the Autumn Rugby internationals kept it for an extra month for the football over Xmas then cancelled. Since, cancelling I have received numerous emails from Amazon extolling the virtues of Prime that I will be missing.
Interestingly, this hasn't as yet extended itself to a discounted offer.