Matchroom to leave Sky?

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  1. Scissors

    Scissors Posts are sponsored by Matchroom Full Member

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    Contract is up in 2021 apparently.

    Coincidentally DAZN have just put a bid in for UK Champions League rights from 2021-24.

    Will Matchroom extend with Sky or are DAZN planning on launching in the UK with Matchroom boxing at the forefront with Champions League football?
     
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  2. nurological

    nurological Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    AJ winning is so huge for DAZN boxing in this country. Apart from him who do they have to appeal to the casuals over here? By 2021 AJ could be alot less of an attraction then he is now.
     
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    bladesman Active Member Full Member

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    Match room and sky are more than boxing
    Its darts and pool and all their other events. I'd be shocked if match room risked it. Good way to get more money from sky though...
     
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    CutThroatFade Rangers FC Full Member

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    Not gonna lie if DAZN UK launched and secured the rights to Matchroom boxing, UEFA Champions League and Europa League it would be a ****ing no brainer to subscribe.
     
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    Hattonmad Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If DAZN make Eddie a good over, he's gone and it's as simple as that.
     
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    TBC-ASAP Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah we would not be paying the US rate though
     
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    NasalSpray Well-Known Member Full Member

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    50 pound a month
     
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    TBC-ASAP Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I would also wager there would still be PPV
     
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    im sparticus There Ye Go. Full Member

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    Do you think that it would be that price?
     
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    TBC-ASAP Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    BT paid 1.2 billion, obviously there is advertising etc but at £50 that was be 2,000,000 subscribers a year.
     
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    TBC-ASAP Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Then throw in Hearn saying Warrington has to be getting 7 figures a fight. Without PPV how much would that be for all of Hearns cards.
     
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    CutThroatFade Rangers FC Full Member

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    £12 max or DAZN can suck it.

    Agreed. I predicted from the outset that DAZN USA will still stage Matchroom boxing PPVs eventually in addition to the subscription fee despite Hearn’s promises not to. If Wilder beats Fury and AJ beats Ruiz, DAZN will milk it big time and a Wilder-AJ unification would definitely be a PPV on DAZN.
     
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  13. Scissors

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    That’s not correct. That would be for one year. For the 3 years it would work out 6/700,000 subscribers but again that’s for the full package. It doesn’t look like there is a full package any more. It’s broken down like Premier League rights. So different games on different channels etc.
     
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    Sorry yeah missed that but still I cannot see it being anywhere near the American prices.
     
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    lewis gassed The Bronze Dosser Full Member

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    In US, HBO is dead and Showtime is losing ground too. PBC has all their 'good fights' now on FOX PPV, including Wilder-Ortiz.

    When Boxnation died SKY should have taken a notice. When your competition is dying something is amiss.
     
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