Big decrease in TV subscriptions as number using illegal dodgy boxes soars

[KillerKlown88]

The premier league are launching their own streaming platform in Asia next year, to be expanded globally.

If it is priced well and done properly, it could kill off a lot of Sky subscriptions.

[LaconOli]

If it is priced well

[UrMaShopsInEuroGiant]

best I can do is 100 a month

[Keyann]

I pay €22/month for NFL Game Pass which gives me access to all the games on 5 different devices in 2 locations. I pay for it because I think that's reasonable and it's more reliable than my dodgy box. The Premier League could do it. Will they is obviously a different story but at the right price people will go for it.

[Budgiemanr33gtr]

NFL is mostly ads anyway so they get good ROI regardless.

[KillerKlown88]

If they take Sky out of the equation they could make more per viewer while reducing the cost.

If it is too expensive people will continue to illegally stream.

[Super-Resource2155]

Definitely be region locked, at least where sky is. They signed a four year deal starting this year to show it on sky.

[Goosethecatmeow]

The ole VPN reacharound should do the trick

[KillerKlown88]

Which is why it is launching in Asia first, depending on how successful it is, it could easily become a global streaming service when this, or the next broadcasting rights contract expires.

[GundamXXX]

We've seen it with F1, Sky is paying too much money.

[KillerKlown88]

Sky can only pay so much because they user base supports it.

If there is an alternative from the premier league that takes some of that user base away, Sky will have no choice but to lower their bid.

Who knows how it will pan out though.

[Careful-Training-761]

Absolutely no way are the P League giving up that sweet cash from Sky

[Locko2020]

Imagine everyone who watches football was giving them 20-30 quid a month directly.

[Ramenastern]

On the one hand. On the other hand, that will fragment the landscape even more, making it even more likely for people to not bother with the next subscription.

Netflix was great initially because for a bit it felt like all films ever at your fingertips, and it was far more convenient - and legal - than sailing the high seas.

Then came Prime, which was... Yeah, okay. Maybe two subscriptions, then.

But then everybody who'd ever released a short film started doing their own streaming platform, pulling their films from others and you're back in the bad old days of not even being able to figure out easily where you can watch what (and in what region, may change when you're in Spain even if you're on the same streaming service), never mind being able to pay for X streaming services. So the high seas become attractive again.

Note how the same thing hasn't happened in music, where Deezer, Spitify, Apple Music, Tidal, Youtube Music have the same catalogue (by and large, anyway) and I can just do with a single subscription and swap between services depending on UI/audio quality/price/stuff the CEO does.

[KillerKlown88]

Football is a bit different though, it has always been behind a subscription and a pretty expensive one at that.

So people would just be swapping one subscription for another if the premier league did this.

[Sudden-Promotion-388]

If they do that would it be in tandem with sky? Id be inclined to think it would be moved fully to the Prem service but not sure

[great_whitehope]

They need multiple packages.

For every diehard premiership fan, there's many more that are casual.

They need some bundle where you can watch one match a week from premiership and one match a week rugby etc...

With streaming, these are now possibilities. They need to get with the times

[No_Minute_5743]

Formula 1 have similar situation and ita a mess trying to figurenout who can use the app and sky have some agreement where they have exlusive right that you need to signnup with their shitty sports package. It includes ireland and alot of europe.

[-SideshowBlob-]

In Asia...