'Premflix'

summerisle · February 8, 2020

The Premier League are planning their own subscription service, cutting out Sky, BT etc. Looking to the overseas' markets at first, but it would seem inevitable in time that it will apply to a domestic audience.

Premier League’s new chief says Netflix-style overseas service is on cards

The Premier League will eventually sell matches to the overseas audience on a Netflix-style platform, according to its new chief executive, Richard Masters

amp.theguardian.com

Connor · February 8, 2020

Only a decade late

KaiserEFC · February 9, 2020

Connor said:
Only a decade late

Super on the ball aren’t they?

Huyton Layne · February 9, 2020

I'm just curious how they will manage to make an absolute balls up of it.

Goat · February 9, 2020

Connor said:
Only a decade late

Not really, 10 years ago it wasnt feasible, Netflix has shown how it can work.

Doing it 10 years ago would have been very risky and considering how profitable the current model is, it would have been a major gamble.

McBain · February 9, 2020

MarcelsGoat said:
Not really, 10 years ago it wasnt feasible, Netflix has shown how it can work.

Doing it 10 years ago would have been very risky and considering how profitable the current model is, it would have been a major gamble.

Thank you, Richard Scuda-more dinner please

the sniderman · February 9, 2020

MarcelsGoat said:
Not really, 10 years ago it wasnt feasible, Netflix has shown how it can work.

Doing it 10 years ago would have been very risky and considering how profitable the current model is, it would have been a major gamble.

put that on a PowerPoint and u have something with more gravity than ur bingo wings you hideously obese beluga.

McBain · February 9, 2020

the sniderman said:
out that on a PowerPoint and u have something with more gravity than ur bingo wings you hideously obese beluga.

We got an emergency in the Jordan Pickford Thread snides!

Goat · February 9, 2020

McBain said:
Thank you, Richard Scuda-more dinner please

the sniderman said:
put that on a PowerPoint and u have something with more gravity than ur bingo wings you hideously obese beluga.

Soz boys, it jus bidness.

Paris · February 9, 2020

Premier League Pass already exists for our more rotund friends from across the pond.

Connor · February 9, 2020

MarcelsGoat said:
Not really, 10 years ago it wasnt feasible, Netflix has shown how it can work.

Doing it 10 years ago would have been very risky and considering how profitable the current model is, it would have been a major gamble.

Netflix literally introduced streaming back in 2010, it would have been fine

Goat · February 9, 2020

Connor said:
Netflix literally introduced streaming back in 2010, it would have been fine

You will see C.

Ive done the math.

I suspect this will be looked at but not taken any further for now due to the numbers not adding up.

Netflix have 168m subs worldwide, with revenue of 20bn, the Premier League wont get even a quarter of those figures.

longers · February 9, 2020

KaiserEFC · February 9, 2020

Or you could buy a season ticket and go the game like. It’s probably cheaper

Connor · February 9, 2020

MarcelsGoat said:
You will see C.

Ive done the math.

I suspect this will be looked at but not taken any further for now due to the numbers not adding up.

Netflix have 168m subs worldwide, with revenue of 20bn, the Premier League wont get even a quarter of those figures.

The Premier League makes £3.1bn a year from TV rights, of which £1.4bn comes from foreign buyers. However, launching its own streaming service in some territories could lead to substantial rises in revenue. In Singapore, Singtel pays £70m a season to the Premier League, yet it makes £175m a year from subscribers who pay around £35 a month for live games. If the Premier League kept these TV rights for itself it could potentially make another £100m in Singapore alone.

The chances of a “Premflix” channel happening in England, where Sky Sports has around six million subscribers and BT Sport close to two million, are slim. But Masters suggested a two-tiered system – with some countries watching games shown by existing TV broadcasters and others streamed directly by the Premier League – was inevitable. “I’m not saying it will happen in the next cycle or when it will happen but eventually the Premier League will move to a mix of direct consumer and media rights sales,” he said. “It is impossible to say when that will be.”

Masters was also bullish about the Premier League maintaining its global popularity despite a recent fall in the value of domestic TV rights. On Thursday, the Premier League announced a massive £2bn deal with NENT for the rights for Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland from 2022-28 – an increase of more than 20% a year – and Masters insisted the Premier League was in robust health. “We have every reason to be optimistic about the future of sports rights. I don’t think the bubble has burst because our business is effectively hedged between domestic performance and international performance.”

Premier League’s new chief says Netflix-style overseas service is on cards

The Premier League will eventually sell matches to the overseas audience on a Netflix-style platform, according to its new chief executive, Richard Masters

www.theguardian.com