I'm curious if Thursday night on Amazon is only in USA. Or if it applies in Canada as well.
On Thu., Mar. 18, 2021, 5:14 p.m. Adam Bowie, <[email protected]> wrote: > I see the new NFL deal has been done: > > > https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-announces-new-broadcast-deals-running-through-2033-season > > Amazon gets Thursday nights exclusively outside local markets of the two > teams. Everyone else broadly as-is, except that they can put their games on > Peacock, Paramount+ and whatever Fox comes up with. > > I don't see any mention of Sunday Ticket though... > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 6:59 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> As you say, it will be interesting to see how the calculations come out. >> >> Amazon is the sponsor of The Red Zone, and streams I think both SNL and >> TNF. I think they would find it useful to make The Ticket available at a >> better price than DirectTV did, since they have so many other ways to >> monetize it. >> >> >> On Mon, 15 Feb 2021 at 9:20 AM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I guess there's a balance to be made, but all the networks are probably >>> thinking more of their streaming services in the mid- to long-term (and >>> probably short-term for Disney), so incurring losses for kudos and/or >>> audience will be interesting to see. >>> >>> I wouldn't bank on Amazon subsidising sport in any meaningful way. I >>> think the world over, sports leagues are hopeful that the streamers will >>> make up for any flattening of traditional broadcast revenues, but so far >>> they've not really bitten. In the UK, Amazon got the tiniest slither of EPL >>> rights - after again the first round of bidding didn't make the reserve. I >>> know the EPL was hopeful of them (or Netflix) making a splashy entrance to >>> keep prices high. But Amazon has notably bought cheaper rights around the >>> world. The same with Facebook who have picked up a few sports rights in a >>> few locations. >>> >>> I can totally see the NFL directly marketing their Sunday Ticket offer >>> via Amazon, but whether Amazon would significantly subsidise that is >>> another question. With Amazon having north of 126m Prime subscribers in the >>> US already, do they really need to incur a big loss to reach the last >>> standout households that aren't already Prime? The counter to that is that >>> if you could only get it with a Prime stick, and not a Roku stick, then >>> Amazon shifts a lot of Roku (and Samsung/Google TV/whoever) households to >>> using their TV interface. Either way, there are said to be only 2m Sunday >>> Ticket subscribers, so not massive numbers. But perhaps that's a factor of >>> Sunday Ticket not being enough on its own to shift a household to a >>> different TV provider. >>> >>> I bet there's some fascinating number crunching going on at the big >>> networks... >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 4:58 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I used to subscribe to it back in my DirectTV days. The ability to >>>> switch to any game is another way to avoid almost all commercials, plus >>>> their Red Zone. >>>> >>>> It is a threat to network ratings though, if 10%-20% of viewers would >>>> rather watch out of market games (which, depending on your market, your own >>>> games may often suck). When I had the package, even if my local games were >>>> of interest, I would flip back to games on the Ticket during commercials, >>>> or if they became more compelling. >>>> >>>> On Mon, 15 Feb 2021 at 8:18 AM Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Aside from two versions of the Red Zone channel (one "regular' and one >>>>> focused on fantasy football), NFL Sunday Ticket just presents the regular >>>>> Fox and CBS game broadcasts, complete with commercials -- and blacks out >>>>> the games that are airing on the viewer's local affiliates. Presumably >>>>> that >>>>> would continue on an Amazon version of Sunday Ticket, using the viewer's >>>>> IP >>>>> address and other info to handle the blackouts. (DirecTV uses the ZIP code >>>>> on the subscriber's account.) In theory, therefore, it's more of a >>>>> supplement to the network broadcasts, rather than competition that would >>>>> draw a lot of viewers away from them. >>>>> >>>>> On Feb 15, 2021, at 8:02 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> This will be interesting. Given how long these deals are, the hike can >>>>> be seen as something like 10% a year for ten years, but that is still >>>>> outrageous given that ratings have been trending down. Still, even at a >>>>> loss the NFL is still probably worth it to the networks. The result will >>>>> be >>>>> even more ads, in between and during the action. The morons at the NFL >>>>> will >>>>> not rest until they have made their game completely unwatchable. >>>>> >>>>> Disney is getting hosed, and NBC has the best deal. If I were Disney I >>>>> would be insisting on ways to get better games >>>>> >>>>> I will be most interested into what happens with the Sunday Ticket >>>>> package. If they partner with Amazon and make the price to the consumer >>>>> reasonable (which Amazon may be willing to subsidize to drive more users >>>>> to >>>>> Prime and its overall service, it could be another nail in the networks >>>>> coffins. >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, 15 Feb 2021 at 4:31 AM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I thought this Variety piece on the upcoming network renegotiation of >>>>>> NFL rights was interesting. >>>>>> >>>>>> https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/nfl-tv-rights-1234907305/ >>>>>> >>>>>> It seems that the NFL is seeking to double the rights fees paid last >>>>>> time around. But those deals were done about ten years ago now. >>>>>> Obviously >>>>>> the vast audiences these games still command - particular getting >>>>>> hard-to-reach men, makes them valuable. >>>>>> >>>>>> On the other hand, the piece concedes: "The networks were already >>>>>> having trouble turning a profit on NFL games; there’s no doubt that >>>>>> anything close to a doubling of those fees would make that even harder if >>>>>> not impossible." >>>>>> >>>>>> The outcome will be interesting. >>>>>> >>>>>> As a keen watcher of sports rights, I note that around the world, >>>>>> sports leagues have found the current climate harder to monetise than >>>>>> previously. In both Italy and France recently, the main football (soccer) >>>>>> TV rights auctions did not make the reserves the leagues had set. In both >>>>>> cases, they're now facing significant drop-offs in revenues. In the UK, >>>>>> the >>>>>> last round of EPL rights, which are sold every three years domestically, >>>>>> were basically flat in revenue terms. (France is fascinating - the main >>>>>> rightsholder, a new player, basically bailed on the deal mid-season. The >>>>>> rights were re-auctioned, but the long-term previous incumbent, Canal+, >>>>>> declined to bid. Now the entire French game is in a state of flux. 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