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Old 13-09-2020, 12:06   #9932
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news

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Originally Posted by denphone View Post
Exactly as that is how l see it.
Perfect business sense for them at Christmas. Likely to align well in November with their Premier League games in December. Far from an all out assault on sports rights creating a compelling 12 month offering.

That would obviously mean billions in sports rights. High risk, what reward?

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
Sky has already indicated that it will not keep bidding upwards for sports rights. I think they have calculated that this has gone far enough, and further huge hikes will not be profitable for them.

As for Amazon, I think you underestimate them massively, but we will see where this leads.
They correctly guessed that Premiership rights had fallen, yes, and Netflix/Amazon were nowhere to be seen in that bidding.

Where do these huge hikes come from? Where is the business model that will underpin them?
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