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Old 29-12-2019, 19:23   #7077
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
Is it you consistently portraying these issues for Sky that somehow Netflix/Amazon are apparently immune to, or at least you fail to consider the impacts.

The Premiership rights have fell in value - Sky's main competitor in the market (BT) have indicated they are not going to enter into never ending bidding wars.

Your word choice 'blessing' is quite curious. Mergers and acquisitions of companies don't happen by chance. The whole point is to extract greater value from existing assets under the one umbrella.

By golly indeed. Eye watering amounts being spent on top of an already eye watering level of debt.

Amazon's retail operation doesn't guarantee them success, or otherwise, in the pay-tv market.
I certainly haven't said that Netflix and Amazon are immune to the moves towards the direct to customer approach. That's just you saying that. The point has been made repeatedly that Netflix is already having to give up its Disney content.

As far as the Premiership rights are concerned, Sky have already made it clear that they are not going to keep paying more in real terms for them. This, together with increasing interest being taken by the streamers, I wouldn't bank on Sky holding onto these rights forever.

Of course, the Comcast takeover of Sky was not by chance - again, who said it was? Murdoch got out while he still could on his terms.

The Amazon retail operation is an additional string to their bow that the other streamers and broadcasters do not have. Obviously, nothing is guaranteed - good decisions and good financial management are essential.
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