Coming soon - profitability!
A good article worth reading.
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The boss of sports streaming service DAZN has told the BBC that the platform will expand to introduce "things like wagering, betting, fantasy and commerce".
Chief executive James Rushton says it will become "a sports destination platform" over the next 12 months and that profitability for the loss-making company is coming "in the near future".
New services could help by boosting subscriber numbers.
Analysts have questioned how the company will recoup the billions of dollars it has spent globally on sports rights.
The BBC understands that about 15 million people around the world have now subscribed to the internet service, which is trying to disrupt the TV sports industry worldwide.
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Notable that Chief executive James Rushton mentions the financial savings from being an online operation which are then demolished.
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Francois Goddard, a media analyst at Enders Analysis, believes those savings are limited. He points out that in Spain, DAZN content is also available via "traditional linear channels".
"Look at the price of satellite channels today, it's no big savings, and online video is expensive because you need servers everywhere," he says.
This is a particular issue for sport because it is live and "everybody's watching at the same time", which increases the demand on the servers that are essential to relaying the live pictures into people's homes.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58219424
You can watch James Rushton's full interview on "Talking Business with Aaron Heslehurst" on BBC World News at 16:30 GMT on Monday, 12:30 GMT on Tuesday and 07:30 GMT on Thursday.