DAZN USA increasing subscription price to $19.99

That sounds fantastic, but the reality is clearly something very different. What are they, 8 months into the launch and already their having to increase prices/trying to lock people in to a year deal. I’m not saying the company is going to fold and the $99 offer makes sense for subscribers, I’m just saying that the sums for the boxing arm are clearly not adding up.

 

If DAZN was in the UK I'd buy it. It's cheaper than Skysports and has a better stable of boxers than BT & ESPN with Usyk, AJ, GGG, Canelo, Jacobs, Andrade, Bivol, Srisaket, Gassiev, C.Smith, Whyte, Miller, Hrgovic, C.Johnson, Buasti, Kelly, Farmer, Hooker, Madrimov and Taylor.

 

DAZN business plan is to create a Monopoly on the Boxing Market. Then increase the subscriptions over time. Just as PPV has increased.

Hearn knows he can make more cash in the UK without DAZN currently because he has it all working fine for him with a Sky link up with Matchroom and any fighter with more talent than Dave Allen now deemed a £20 a time PPV arena sell out fighter.
Of course, one other major benefit of the Sky/Matchroom agreement is the hype machine that comes with Sky. People actually buy into a Dave Allen and purchase tickets for a domestic fighter headlining a card at the O2.

 

The problem isn't raising the price it's by how much. Look at Netflix, they have raised prices a couple of times but it's always been 10-20%. Which means the company is secure financially but needs to raise prices to continue to provide good content in line with inflation etc. DAZN came straight out and raised price by 100% which is insane.

 

Or maybe they're just a boxing fan

 

deep breaths pal

 

"Dire fighters". Bit harsh. You sound like a hater not a fan. It's $100 a year. Not a lot of money to someone that follows the sport and isn't an agenda driven snob. We all know you hate anything to do with Hearn, Matchroom and therefore DAZN. So don't watch it. That doesn't mean everyone else is a "****ing idiot"

 

So why do you think "only ****ing idiots" would pay $100 a year? Are you just saying it for effect or do you have an actual point?