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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
There’s speculation that DAZN may make a bid for rights to football premiership rights this week.
https://www.tvbeurope.com/business/i...ier-league-bid
DAZN, the so-called Netflix of sports, is said to be considering throwing its hat into the ring for the next round of Premier League broadcast rights.
The rights for the 2022-2025 seasons are expected to be allocated before May.
According to the Telegraph, the sports streamer is preparing to take on the likes of Sky Sports, BT Sport and Amazon Prime Video to secure rights to some matches.
It’s thought the next round of rights in likely to cost significantly less due to a channel sharing deal between Sky and BT. Because of that, the value of the rights is expected to drop by up to £920 million.
Bidding is expected to end this week.
DAZN already owns exclusive Premier League rights in Spain, Canada and Japan, but has yet to break into the UK football market. |
The Telegraph is a good source for these types of stories, but I'm pretty sceptical given that economics favour a broadcaster able to cross-subsidise their bid with another service to sell, like broadband or subscription TV.
Plus the situation in France with a new entrant failing to deliver on payments may throw up a few red flags with the seasoned negotiating team at the Premier League.
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Originally Posted by Raider999
Agreed, £6.99 pm to watch Spanish football - far too much, should be included in Prime sub as EPL games are.
I expect Prime will charge extra for EPL games if they get a reasonable take up on this.
Thin end of the wedge.
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I think it's going to continue to be included as part of the Premier Sports bundle, this is just another way of getting it.