Matchroom Boxing leaving Sky?

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by BXNG101, Apr 8, 2021.



  1. Holler

    Holler Doesn't appear to be a paid matchroom PR shill Full Member

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    These are the listed tv options: Amazon Fire TV Stick, Android TV, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, LG webOS, Sony Android TV and Samsung Tizen

    Sony are on there but not sure if all their smart tvs are android tv. The last one I used wasn't.

    Do you have a firestick for your Amazon prime account? If so, DAZN installs onto it nicely and it's very easy to access from the homepage.

    Failing that, as others have said, a chromecast is a very good investment, for £20 or so it plugs in the back of the tv and makes it very easy to play stuff off a smart phone or tablet.
     
  2. Jurgen

    Jurgen Pay Per Pudding Advisor banned Full Member

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    This is spot on.

    This will live or die based on the quality of cards and even the diehard fans will unsubscribe if served up the same pony he delivered on Sky.

    I will make a judgement at the end of this year whether to continue or not.
     
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  3. Trafford

    Trafford Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yes there really is. The difference with boxing which I know for a fact the reason DAZN chose boxing is because it has no limit internationally. Baseball for instance is great in US and Japan. Football/soccer is Europe and South America. Rugby is UK and Oz. Boxing doesn’t have that limit.


    It’s not the number one sport but inside top 5 everywhere. Netflix has 200m subscribers, sport can drive similar figures. DAZN are only buying an entry point to all markets. Boxing is not its end goal it’s an entry.

    the plan for DAZN is to make the fights global. Canelo is for instance will go on a world tour after unifying and the GGG 3 fight. He will fight in UK, Asia, Middle East.

    That is the goal to build DAZN in each market. They are essentially going to try to replicate the UFC.Australia and Japan will be coming very soon for matchroom.

    It’s a big challemge but once they bring in other sports it could be a behemoth
     
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  4. Trafford

    Trafford Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think that the plan. It’s a big task but they will know that once they have a solid boxing offering they will need other content and rights to drive the long term plan.
     
  5. Trafford

    Trafford Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Difference is you can get you football content elsewhere. Premier league, serie a etc.

    boxing in the UK can be shocking at times if the put on solid cards month in amd month out it will draw audiences in. Currently the only competition is Dubois vs Dinu
     
  6. Trafford

    Trafford Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If you have a Smart TV literally press the home button. Scroll to the App Store and search DAZN. It will be there and then you are in.
     
  7. syldave

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    All he has got to do is put on good quality entertaining well matched fights, look at Fightzone the last two weeks, obviously scaled up, with good matchmaking and not being afraid of fighters losing the 0, sent the fans “home” so to say happy, not stacking a card with named fighters with padded records against opponents with no pulses.
     
  8. Gatekeeper

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    Some absolute BS in that :

    Hearn, 41, told BBC Sport: "The key thing is I felt over the past few years, with the inflation of fight purses in boxing, we have been more reliant on the pay-per-view model. This allows us to make those fight nights and cards as part of a DAZN schedule.

    Yes Eddie but the reason purses have gone up is BECAUSE of the PPV culture you created

    "I don't think pay-per-view will ever be dead but it needs to be for the right occasion. Our plan is to deliver the pay-per-view nights as part of the subscription offering."

    This is vintage Eddie, the snake just can't help himself when it comes to PPV can he ?? Even on a streaming service he's going to be using the same model as he did on Sky - Any fighter with even the slightest appeal to casuals will be on PPV and the rest of his cards will be tier 3 boxers beating up Latvian bricklayers with 12-25 records

    He really does seem to believe that online streaming is just the same as regular TV, think (and hope) he's in for a rude awakening.
     
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  9. Blah

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    one of the best posts I’ve ever read on the internet :biggrin:
     
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  10. Blah

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    I think it’ll be The Athletic.
     
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  11. murphman22

    murphman22 Active Member Full Member

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    I wouldn’t write off Hearn and DAZN out of sight. Definitely got a chance, especially with a big budget and streaming platforms are obviously the future.

    However, all those who credit Hearn for the rejuvenation of boxing in this country are misguided. The main contributory factor is Sky - giving him sole rights to put on all boxing content as well as the endless adverts and marketing material in and around PPVs. They have perfected the model to an extent that even the most mediocre of PPVs were reportedly doing good numbers. You have the perfect target audience on the Sky Sports channels. I can’t see for the life of me how the likes Chisora and/or Whyte for example translate to subscriptions when they don’t have the weight of Sky behind them. Will be a learning curve for sure for Hearn. I don’t think you can say his venture into the States has been successful yet.
     
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  12. Donald Donaldson

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    Thank you, my Sony TV isn't Android so I will have to get a firestick it seems.

    I have what appears to be the pre installed apps on my digital box, don't see any app store when I go to home menu where I can search for DAZN, I am obviously not as clued up on these things as others until this thread I had not even heard of Chromecast!
     
  13. syldave

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    ITV, probably ITV4 or channel 5 make more sense, show the documentaries, the likes of 40 days from DAZN, or whatever new similar series Matchroom media comes up with, show the weigh in and press conferences as well as give them free to view highlights a week later through traditional media.
     
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  14. nurological

    nurological Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Interesting times. If Hearn can genuinely deliver good content consistenly then we should all be happy. Would be better if he was able to let the product do the talking a little more.
     
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  15. Skyver

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    If you watch a lot of boxing whether in u.k or abroad you should be happy about this.good value for a boxing fan imo.it will save me a few quid anyway.