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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
You were the one opining how expensive it was to have the streamers taking over sport. You know as well as I do, this trend will continue, but what this arrangement in the US shows is that there are opportunities to reduce these potential costs both for the streamers (through sharing the burden) and to the consumer (by making those sports available on multiple streamers).
You are still in denial over TV channels disappearing, aren’t you? And Sky may not always be hogging all the rights.
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The only user in denial here is you, OB.
Sky aren’t “hogging” all the rights - they’re bidding (like everyone else) in the open marketplace and monetising those rights from end users. Something that a “streamer” has been unable to do on any meaningful level for sports rights.
Your contention that they will have to break the law - as Hugh points out above - to make a return on sports rights speaks volumes as to the challenge.
Sky of course monetise their rights through streaming in addition to their own platform, and retailing through third parties such as Virgin Media. The market is well developed.