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Old 08-06-2018, 07:42   #8170
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by denphone View Post
My original view still stands OB as Amazon saw a chance to buy a cheap package for peanuts that did not sell as events will still be the same in 3 years time with Sky and BT having the vast majority of the packages still IMO.

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l quite agree MM although some might think differently.
My view, Den, is that they did not wish to pay a lot of money this time round because our broadband infrastructure is not yet up to it, which means that a significant number either would not be able to stream matches or would get blocking and stuttering.

Assuming that these problems are behind us in four years' time, streaming should have gained more acceptance, but even if we are not still ready, they can put in place a back-up plan to show these matches, say by setting up an Amazon Sport channel or by selling the rights to show matches on the existing Sky or BT channels.

Whatever the position, I think there is a good chance that Amazon will make a strong bid next time around, and other players may well also enter the fray.
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