The last NFL deal, I believe, was Fox paying $650m a season for Thursday night rights. Even for Netflix, that'd be a massive chunk of change for 11 games or about 33 hours of TV. That's what - $20m an hour? And that would be for a single territory!
I don't think Netflix's model really scales like that for big sport. When they make Stranger Things, the per hour cost is lower, and they can show it in every territory globally. And they don't need everyone to watch it simultaneously. That all said, in the UK Amazon has dipped its toe in the water buying a big package of ATP tennis rights which largely start next year, and a very small amount of Premier League football - again starting next season. But the tennis rights for a year cost only a little more than Sky pays for a single Premier League game! So it's not a massive investment, and more a trial. Adam On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 5:20 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > > MediaPost > <https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/328840/live-sports-not-part-of-netflixs-future-lineup.html> > (link): It doesn't fit into the brand experience... "Do I have to get home > and watch this at eight o'clock on Wednesday night?” And there's still the > advertising issue... > > B > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
