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Old 03-11-2018, 19:14   #4672
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services

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Originally Posted by Horizon View Post
Really??

I don't know if you have Amazon Prime or not, but over the last year they have shown live tennis and American football from America, boxing, snooker, motor car racing and perhaps a few others.
Actually we do have Amazon Prime which is useful as a add on to our normal TV services which is the same for the vast majority of people and l don't see that changing.

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What they've shown would not be considered major for a UK audience, but Amazon are testing the waters and don't forget they've picked up a new batch of premier league rights that was offered at the last football rights auction:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44396151
They picked up two very small packages of 10 matches which basically amounts to shopping in the bargain basement area of a shop as there is not a chance of them ever going for the main big football packages because for Amazon or any other streaming company the figures don't add up financially.
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