Matchroom Boxing leaving Sky?

That’s because it was a US fight card shown on DAZN that featured none of his UK stable. For American fighters that is their network

 

Nope rumours it’s going to 8.99 or £99.99 a year.

perfect for me. As I’ll be essentially buying the PPVs and then save my Sky subscription which will be cancelled.

 

DAZN any good then?

 

As it stands atm, yes. It's only £1.99 month and each month we seem to get at least one big American fight. Last night they even had the main event at 11 o clock to give more u.k fans access as it wasn't at silly o clock.

 

Great value at £1.99 as long as you don't use it for betting as there are much quicker broadcasts out there with pictures 90 secs ahead of the 'live' DAZN streams.

 

That's the major issue with streaming and why nothing will ever beat live coverage through the TV.

 

You’re right they shouldn’t be compared as Netflix currently has $10-15 billion debt!

 

That is why Eleven Sports UK went down the pan - Bet365 have a 15 second delay where people could watch for free but much better than 90 seconds on Eleven Sports UK.

Amazon Sports well behind at 80 secs as well for Premier League Football

 

90 seconds? Jesus..

 

True but they still post huge profits

True. Its crazy! They have 200m subscribers which is what? 3% of thr world? Thats an insane amount they have got and they still have to borrow!

 

Long-term debt though, which almost every large company carries.

Their net income for 2020 was 2.76bn - a 48% increase on 2019 figures.

 

I think Matchroom are seriously underestimating the PR/hype machine that Sky Sports use to contribute to their success - the 24/7 coverage on Sky Sports News as well as the adverts and promos during big Premier League games to tap into the football/casual market.

The hardcore boxing fans will go to DAZN but it's getting that casual market to go with the product that will be the challenge.

 

Unless they have been told they must go DAZN in uk to keep the global deal.

 

Boom!

 

If DAZN get the new European super league the subscriber base will increase massively and would be a much more attractive proposition for Eddie to move the UK operation onto the platform.