Netflix appears to have put in a winning bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, the current World Cup broadcaster
Sadly i don’t think that means free in Netflix
It just means that muppets like paying to watch world cups is profitable
Sadly i don’t think that means free in Netflix
It just means that muppets like paying to watch world cups is profitable
I'm interested to know what makes someone who is into mountain biking, wanting to watch mountain biking, a muppet?
A mountain biker calling a football fan a muppet, or a footballer calling an F1 fan a muppet, for paying to watch their particular choice of sport, I get. But, are you not into Mountain Bikes? Is that not why your here?
To me that sounds like an excuse to put their subs up again.
I guess they have fallen behind on streaming live events - they've had a couple of wrestling things, but Amazon have got some Champs league, Disney have various things & Apple have MLS so they are probably looking to catch up.
If it was just part of regular Netflix, that'll be amazing. I doubt that'll happen. It'll either be kept separate using all the WB infra. Or be part of a Netflix sports bolt on at £40 per month.
Duh, The Muppets are on Disney+
On the Netflix thing, I expect they'll continue to run it as a separate service for now. I would expect some more realistic decision-making than WBD's ludicrous pricing and some service rationalisation and merging to follow though.
Report on PB suggests the Netflix bid does NOT include sports.
You have to think that a big chunk of WBD's value is based on the current subs price so why would Netflix devalue that by integrating it into their current pricing? Unless it was just a landgrab opportunity and worth it to move into that segment.
I guess they have fallen behind on streaming live events
Their boxing stuff has been huge. They've been showing the jake paul circus
The Crawford Canelo fight they covered was by far the best boxing coverage I've watched in a long time as well as a phenomenal fight
I'm interested to know what makes someone who is into mountain biking, wanting to watch mountain biking, a muppet?
A mountain biker calling a football fan a muppet, or a footballer calling an F1 fan a muppet, for paying to watch their particular choice of sport, I get. But, are you not into Mountain Bikes? Is that not why your here?
I don't watch them, but I don't really understand why you would pay to watch what is, in essence, advertising? Also, wouldn't you rather ride your bike?
You have to think that a big chunk of WBD's value is based on the current subs price so why would Netflix devalue that by integrating it into their current pricing? Unless it was just a landgrab opportunity and worth it to move into that segment.
As the STW report hints, they're already winning the streaming war - but they don't have the same big heritage franchise properties as Disney (and to some extent Amazon).
Acquiring Harry Potter and DC comics would take them up a level in that regard.
More amalgamation of streaming services is likely in future too IMO. The current fragmentation is unsustainable.
More amalgamation of streaming services is likely in future too IMO. The current fragmentation is unsustainable.
I watched a short YouTube vid about this earlier this week - saying how big media defeated the pirates by offering what they could but with a better UI & more conveniantly.
Now the fragmentation & number of options is starting to push the price back up to Sky levels & the people are turning back to piracy
I'm interested to know what makes someone who is into mountain biking, wanting to watch mountain biking, a muppet?
A mountain biker calling a football fan a muppet, or a footballer calling an F1 fan a muppet, for paying to watch their particular choice of sport, I get. But, are you not into Mountain Bikes? Is that not why your here?
I don't watch them, but I don't really understand why you would pay to watch what is, in essence, advertising? Also, wouldn't you rather ride your bike?
I ride my bike all day on a Saturday and watch the DH in the evening. Would rather be on a ride but unfortunately I dont have the legs or ability to ride 20 hours in a day.
Now the fragmentation & number of options is starting to push the price back up to Sky levels & the people are turning back to piracy
I was just listening to this weeks R4 Media Show podcast and they were talking about piracy in the context of sports (footy and dodgy firesticks in particular).
The guest analyst said if the Prem started their own streaming service, they'd end up charging £80+ a month in order to achieve the same income they get from auctioning thew rights off to Sky, etc.
In the long term, I think they'll have to accept earning less, if they want to keep the sport accessible and people paying legally.
For general entertainment streaming, consolidation seems the obvious solution (as the less-successful platforms fall by the wayside).
I'm interested to know what makes someone who is into mountain biking, wanting to watch mountain biking, a muppet?
A mountain biker calling a football fan a muppet, or a footballer calling an F1 fan a muppet, for paying to watch their particular choice of sport, I get. But, are you not into Mountain Bikes? Is that not why your here?
I don't watch them, but I don't really understand why you would pay to watch what is, in essence, advertising? Also, wouldn't you rather ride your bike?
this is a really bad take 😆
I ride as much as I can but 10pm at night on a Saturday or Sunday to watch the pinnacle of the sport (not for everyone I appreciate but for me at least). As someone else said I can ride all day but we all have to stop at some point.
and why is it advertising? I focus on the DH but you can’t see what bikes they’re riding half the time, I’m checking their lines and their speed etc. yes it’s sponsored by whoop or whoever but in the same way as it’s the Barclays premier league I haven’t switched my bank as a result.
Sorry to rant but in your argument why pay to watch football when you could be playing football?
why watch squid games when you could join an elite shady organisation and manipulate poor desperate people in a game of death etc etc
Regardless of the "riding your own bike" bit, I still don't see why you would pay someone to watch them advertise to you. I watch the Tour de France, recognising it's an advert for the team sponsors and for France itself but an enjoyable one. I have no intention of paying next year to watch that, I can't grasp why it's the sort of thing that's behind a paywall. Surely advertisers want their name in front of as many eyes as possible?
It's a sports event with advertisers. Same as all sports events. If you argument is that it shouldn't be paywalled, I agree. If you think you are paying to be advertised to, I think that's wild take.
It seems this story is moving on from being an offer to an agreed sale, though it wil still need regulatory approval https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce91x2jm5pjo
Reading further into this, I see reports that US sports broadcasting is not part of the deal, but TNT international is.
FRom what I have read the sports broadcasting isnt part of the deal and remains with WBD, and the deal has many hurdles to jump inc paying whatever Trump wants to get it approved. This wont make any difference before 2027, if at all