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Originally Posted by muppetman11
Multiple billion pound bid ?
You do realise that both BT and Sky combined are paying the Premier League nearly £4.6 billion in its latest rights deal.
The Middle East and China plus other overseas markets are growth markets some netting the Premier League nearly double the previous rights , I can't see the league committing all their global rights to one provider it just wouldn't make sense.
As for bundling multi billion dollar UK rights into a Prime subscription how much is that likely to push up Prime especially for those who don't like Football.
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If Amazon offered a lot more than the £4.6billion, I think the Premier League would seriously consider it, yes. Better to deal with one company, than dozens of them.
On UK rights, I would expect Amazon to play some trickery pokery with bundling, to mask the costs to the consumer in the same way that Sky etc do with their bundles.
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Originally Posted by alwaysabear
No one company is allowed to have exclusivity in the UK market as I am sure you must be aware. Not sure what the competition law is around the rest of the world.
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The tech companies have a lot of dosh, some of that no doubt would be spent on lobbying politicians. But I agree, its a hurdle for now.