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Old 09-11-2021, 23:59   #441
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Re: The future of television

John Skipper (formerly President of ESPN and who oversaw DAZN entering the US market) has been lamenting their failure in the US market to Sports Business Journal.

Some of the boxing they were trying to charge for nobody was watching for free* on ESPN never mind being willing to pay for an over the top subscription service. Aggregating secondary rights hasn’t worked out and the absence of first tier rights (like the NFL) is costing them.

On streaming services replacing cable bundles:

Quote:
Eventually you’re going to get less and pay more
*by free I assume he means on a basic cable package.

On this side of the Atlantic the farce in Italy continues with supporters threatening a boycott as DAZN seek to reduce piracy by limiting users to viewing on one device at one time. Certainly with Sky, BT and Virgin users currently get to enjoy premium content at home and “on the go” on multiple devices.

https://sport.periodicodaily.com/daz...-e-andata-giu/

Apologies but you can use Chrome to translate. One social media campaign is pushing the idea that three months would be long enough to boycott for the service to fail.

Last edited by jfman; 10-11-2021 at 00:08.
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