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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
I still don't get how you think that a streaming service cannot afford to bid for football rights, although Sky and BT can.
As it has been pointed out before, streaming is just another means of delivery. The only obstacle remaining is the extent of fast broadband coverage throughout the UK.
It will be interesting to see the viewing figures for Premiership football on Amazon at the end of the year.
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Nobody is saying they can’t “afford” to do it, just questioning if they can develop a business model to support it long term.
Sky/BT are established in the market, it’s hundreds of hours of content for what’s is relatively loose change absorbed across millions of subscribers who are already interested in sports content.
The same challenges would exist for a new entrant third party on Sky, Virgin or online.