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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
The cold, hard reality is that Amazon is testing the waters.
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That reality is neither particularly cold, nor particularly hard. They've been offered rights at a knockdown price where neither Sky or BT were exercised enough to meet the reserve price in the first round or come back in at round two.
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They will want to know if they can introduce a streaming service that is as good or better than conventional broadcasting. They will want to see how many actually watch the matches they have acquired over the Christmas period.
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So many questions as to the viability of the high cost, high risk business model. Glad to have you on board.
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I do believe they are serious about this. Only this week, they have introduced a new series 'Back of the Net' that each week will look back at the last weekend's Premiership action, hosted by Peter Crouch. Also on Amazon is a six-part series 'Take Us Home, Leeds United' and another weekly series called 'Inside Borussia Dortmund' which goes behind the scenes of the top German football club during Bundesliga's 2018-19 season. Why the sudden interest in football documentaries, I wonder? Answers on a postcard please....
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There's a massive gulf between low cost football documentaries and high value football rights. If they want the Bundesliga and the Premiership that's even greater cost (and risk!)
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As for your 'anyone can do it' jibe, it is pretty obvious that any company wanting to bid for the Premiership rights needs big trouser pockets.
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They need a viable business model!
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Amazon's are way bigger the Sky's and BT's, so I really don't understand this mental block of yours which compels you to continue denying that this could happen. It could, and I think that is obvious to most people. There is no barrier to prevent it, apart from your own dark imagination.
Let's agree to disagree. I can't bear to keep going over these same old arguments. I am never going to convince you, and you are certainly not going to convince me. Only a few short years before we see the truth of the matter.
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And what changes between now and then?