Thread: General ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Old 05-09-2017, 14:58   #7467
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by muppetman11 View Post
The whole idea of adding things to Prime is attracting people to buying at Amazon , how would that work if other broadcasters had the content Amazon had just paid boat loads of money for.
Because Amazon would have all the matches it pays for. It could sell on selected matches to terrestrial or other broadcasters; provide snippets to YouTube and other platforms; set up Amazon pay channels on all pay tv platforms (not just Sky, Virgin and BT) including on Amazon Prime; employ techniques to enable discounts and promotions on these services by way of sales inducements; provide better access by way of pay per view events on all platforms; etc.

There are plenty of opportunities to make money out of having these sports rights in a way that Sky and BT do not and that is what would enable them to pay more for the rights while decreasing costs to the consumer.

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Originally Posted by denphone View Post
Perhaps you need to read this OB as this tells you the sports rights market is going one way worldwide.

http://indianexpress.com/article/spo...-bcci-4829847/
Again, that's what happens with monopolies and monopoly practices.
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