Amazon to show premier league

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So Amazon have got the rights to show some premier league games from 2019 for 3 years. Is this in danger of being too spread out thus requiring more and more outlay to the consumer or is it going to be more widely available and maybe cheaper in the long run
 
I looked up what they actually got and it's bugger all. They bought '20 games' but it's just two gameweeks of 10. So for two weeks of the season you'll be able to watch some football on Prime. That's all.
 
The grand idea of greater competition is failing as it just means more cost to the customer. The great beneficiary in all of this is the PL, not the fan.

Biggest problem for me with this is broadband speed. We have prime via work and use the passwords for the tv at home. Quite often it fails due to lack of broadband speed. Live sport is the hardest thing to get a decent picture on and it will be interesting to see if this works for us.
 
I’ve got Prime and use it for films, never had an issue with download speed, happy it’s apparently free to prime customers, no extra outlay here :thup:
 
My wife is a prime subscriber, so in theory I am ok, but broadband in my telly room is rubbish, so live streaming is a no.

As a concept, it is flawed in so many ways, but is probably dedigned for kids streaming on mobiles, not me.
 
I suspect more sports rights will go to the tech giants as they have the money. Have heard a few podcasts where they were talking about some golf rights going there and I know they are streaming more and more golf tournaments in the US through web sites or twitter.

Plus, over time the tech giants can offer more and more exposure as watching stuff that's streamed or downloaded on subscription through your TV or a plethora of other devices becomes the norm. I suspect Sky saw this coming in a way when they split their sports channels up so you can pick and chose a bit more now.

One possible outcome is that the broadband providers will be forced to up their game and deliver us competitive speeds to cope with this shift. We are quite poor at that in this country, I've been to remote towns in Finland that have faster broadband than you can get in this country outside of the major cities (and even then my mate moved to a suburb in Birmingham and gets 4 meg at best).
 
pauldj42 said:
I’ve got Prime and use it for films, never had an issue with download speed, happy it’s apparently free to prime customers, no extra outlay here :thup:
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Each area, each house is different. It is about the speed to your house, not necessarily what Amazon are doing. We are mostly okay but sometimes not. Live sport seems to be the toughest test. My sister gets cable and she has speeds around the 60-70mbps mark. We could be 12 on a good day, 4 on a bad one :(
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Each area, each house is different. It is about the speed to your house, not necessarily what Amazon are doing. We are mostly okay but sometimes not. Live sport seems to be the toughest test. My sister gets cable and she has speeds around the 60-70mbps mark. We could be 12 on a good day, 4 on a bad one :(
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BT Infinity :thup: thanks for the technical advice and the family information though. ;)
 
pauldj42 said:
BT Infinity :thup: thanks for the technical advice and the family information though. ;)
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I like to help out oldies who find all this new technology a bit much to deal with :rofl:. We are actually on Sky Super Fast blah blah. The speed would be the same whether with Sky or BT, it makes no difference. The high speed cable only goes to the main box. The wires from the box, front of our estate, to each house are the old knackered ones which is where the system falls down. We need full cable, or some clever equivalent, to get full speeds in each house.
 
Where I am any broadband supplier using openreach is onto a loser...
Fortunately I have Virgin available to me...

Have been a Prime user for a while...
But, don't believe their PL 'package' is especially something to shout about...
Unless they get Jezza [Clarkson] to present it...
Might be worth watching for the comedic value...
 
Can only see this as a shot across the bows of Sky and BT. I had read the Top Gear tots ahd been a big loss to Amazon, so I suspect this is just a mopping up excersize to try and make Sky look up.
Its easy to overlook that this package Amazon have taken was one of 2 not taken up at the main bidding stage, so I suspect the FA have sold this,and the one BT have taken off, cheap to at least get something for them.
 
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We had this discussion previously in regards golf events - I believe Amazon already have some Tennis events and Facebook being involved In Cricket- it won’t be long before golf events are bought by Amazon etc. The monopoly of Sky mainly was dented when BT got involved and now online companies are getting in on the act soon Amazon will be showing one of the majors imo
 
The concept of competition being to the benefit of the consumer is long gone imo. Any new broadcaster will simply add financial burden to those wishing to watch it.

I remember bt being free to previous users at one point.
 
Papas1982 said:
The concept of competition being to the benefit of the consumer is long gone imo. Any new broadcaster will simply add financial burden to those wishing to watch it.

I remember bt being free to previous users at one point.
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Or it could mean you can pick and chose a bit more?

For example in my position I really only ever want to watch the majors as long as the ones in the US are not finishing at 3am, plus the Ryder Cup. But I ain't paying Sky's monthly subscription to do that as to me it does not represent good value.

So I don't get Sky Sports golf and don't watch any live golf anymore. But if say I could pay 20 quid to watch the Open then I'd happily do that. I know sky kind of do that through Now TV which is a good thing. But if you could pick and chose a bit more and pay a fee to watch certain tournaments then it would certainly benefit me.
 
Hacker Khan said:
Or it could mean you can pick and chose a bit more?

For example in my position I really only ever want to watch the majors as long as the ones in the US are not finishing at 3am, plus the Ryder Cup. But I ain't paying Sky's monthly subscription to do that as to me it does not represent good value.

So I don't get Sky Sports golf and don't watch any live golf anymore. But if say I could pay 20 quid to watch the Open then I'd happily do that. I know sky kind of do that through Now TV which is a good thing. But if you could pick and chose a bit more and pay a fee to watch certain tournaments then it would certainly benefit me.
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That's fine for your situation but what about for a football fan. It used to be that you could pay a Sky Sports subscription and watch Premier League and Champions League football. Now you would need Sky, BT Sport and from next year Amazon Prime. I got rid of Sky when they lost the Champions League to BT and then put up their prices for Sky Sports, effectively wanting me to pay more for less football matches. So competition isn't always good for the consumer.
 
Soon all Sky sports subscribers will be able to watch BT sport for free and vice versa - share content i believe
 
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