Why foes the cynic in me think Eddie will finally reveal subscriber numbers the month after 3 straight PPV events
Isn't that a little too smart ? DAZN must be careful not to let customers turn their backs on them. I am well aware that there is always a summer break in boxing, but I really hope for Eddie Hearn / Matchroom UK that they call a press conference where they present their plans for regular events and PPV events this autumn. Customers then have the opportunity to decide on DAZN's product.
Disney Plus have 152 million subscribers. DAZN don't even have anywhere near a million. DAZN actually launched before Disney Plus. Hahahahah
I think Hearn went for the cold hard cash of DAZN, and I mean the cash ( share options ) that he was paid rather that the money forwarded for promotions, and didn't really think that he was signing up to the new Boxnation. I imagine he thought that he would become the biggest promoter in the world as DAZN was going worldwide and that he would be coining it. I don't think that's happened though I'm sure he's not out of pocket at all
Any streaming company has to have content, I think it’s a tough ask for DAZN to command a subscription which is in a similar price range of Netflix and Disney . I consider myself a boxing fan and from my point of view DAZN is way to expensive.
They'd be as well buying some Movies or TV shows, just to pad out their service. Cos they sure as **** aren't adding nearly enough boxing or other sports that people actually care about.
Hearn reckons Eubank Benn will break PPV records, I think it’ll raise their subscribers by a significant amount, and then they’ll have some good cards towards December like Wood Santa Cruz, Katie Taylor, Cordina Rakhimov, Warrington etc. He also said the Eubank Benn PPV and KSI PPV will do more than 1 million PPV buys on DAZN.
Disney and Netflix (and Amazon Prime to an extent) realised years ago, for subscription services to pay, they need to own the content assets. They might make the odd punt in sport but fundamentally their core library and exclusive content keep people interested. Disney in particular built up a huge asset library, although like the others they're investing in new stuff on top of that to keep people hooked. BBC and ITV found the same - they got buried on other platforms so they created Britbox. Might be a minor service in the scheme of things but has 500k subscribers in the US paying for things that already existed - and therefore high profit. DAZN's original content is basically Youtubers with more expensive cameras, plus whatever rights it can buy up and whatever Matchroom charges them to put on promotions. They aren't in the same league.
DAZN should learn from ProBox TV who do a really good job. The quality of the boxing is a bit mixed, but the commentators are really good and entertaining to listen to. ProBox TV's experts Paulie Malignaggi, Roy Jones Jr and Antonio Tarver meet in a small TV studio where they discuss various fights and topics within proboxing. DAZN should do the same rather than their experts just sitting at home in front of their computer. It is a cheap and easy solution. By the way : There are plenty of youtubers who do a far better job than DAZN.
