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Amazon to Deliver Football

By StanSP, in Leicester City Forum

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davieG

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So that's 3 companies you'd have to sign up to if you want to be sure of seeing all your team's games.

 

Thank you EU and PL

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RoboFox

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Let's hope it gets delivered in a better state than an umbrella I ordered earlier this week.


A day late, and battered within an inch of it's life.

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lildave3

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If this is just part of Prime, I don't know why this has annoyed anyone, it's 2 gameweeks and if you want to watch them just sign up for a free trial. 

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davieG

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14 minutes ago, TheyCallMeMrCarbohydrate said:

It is only 2 rounds a season though and games we wouldn't have seen anyway because they will be screening all 10 games played on the same day twice. Hence why sky and BT didn't want it anyway.

 

2 minutes ago, lildave3 said:

If this is just part of Prime, I don't know why this has annoyed anyone, it's 2 gameweeks and if you want to watch them just sign up for a free trial. 

Because it's a foot in the door, next season they'll go for more games.

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Izzy

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If this is included in Amazon Prime then happy days. The family watch loads of stuff on Prime and I order lots off stuff off Amazon with free next day delivery. Well worth £80 per year IMHO

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lildave3

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1 minute ago, davieG said:

 

Because it's a foot in the door, next season they'll go for more games.

Good, I hope they get all of them. The sooner we can watch any game any time (officially I mean, obviously a lot of us already do) the better. 

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StanSP

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11 minutes ago, lildave3 said:

Good, I hope they get all of them. The sooner we can watch any game any time (officially I mean, obviously a lot of us already do) the better. 

At what cost though? It starts with £7.99 per month. If it succeeds, the year after it goes up, the continues like that to a point where we have with Sky now and its almost extortionate. 

TheyCallMeMrCarbohydrate

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16 minutes ago, lildave3 said:

Good, I hope they get all of them. The sooner we can watch any game any time (officially I mean, obviously a lot of us already do) the better. 

No company will ever be able to get exclusive coverage again like Sky used to have because they brought in some new  broadcasting competition rules for the prem a few years back. This appears to be one of the reasons that there was such a leap in money with the last TV deal. 

Samilktray

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25 minutes ago, lildave3 said:

Good, I hope they get all of them. The sooner we can watch any game any time (officially I mean, obviously a lot of us already do) the better. 

No idea why this isn't available yet, we're stuck in the dark ages 

Fox in the North

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The Premier League just needs to follow a similar model to the NFL. Amazon should set up an entire database containing all games for at least the last 2 decades and all of the live games. The odd game is exclusively put on TV, but everyone pays the same the amount. The Premier League teams would still get an even cut of the money, like they do now, and we get the ability to view games when we want wherever we want. 

jammie82uk

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Amazon to show 20 matches a season from 2019-2022

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44396151

 

Amazon will show 20 Premier League matches a season for three years from 2019, after winning one of the final two broadcast packages.

The online streaming service has won the rights to show every game from the first round of midweek games in December and all 10 games on Boxing Day as part of the three-year deal.

The matches will be available free to Amazon Prime's UK members.

The other unsold package of 20 matches was bought by BT Sport for £90m.

That takes their total number of games to 52 per season, while a further 112 will be shown by Sky Sports, including Saturday night fixtures.

Premier League executive chairman Richard Scudamore described Amazon as an "exciting new partner".

The deal marks the first time a full round of matches will be shown live in the UK.

How can I watch these games on Amazon?

You will need a Prime membership, which costs £79 a year or £7.99 a month.

In addition to live action, there will also be weekly highlights of all Premier League games throughout the season.

Prime can be streamed on any Smart TV and mobile device. 

Amazon, which started as an online retailer, already broadcasts the US Open tennis, ATP World Tour Tennis events and NFL games.

Who has won what?

The Premier League offered 200 live matches a season to be broadcast, an increase from the 168 for which broadcasters bid in 2015.

Other changes for the 2019-2022 deal include eight individual games being shown live in a 'prime-time' Saturday night slot, three complete rounds of 10 midweek matches all shown live, and one set of bank holiday games.

The broadcasters bid on seven packages of fixtures and in February, Sky Sports paid £3.58bn for four packages, while BT Sport spent £295m on another.

The Premier League's last deal, agreed in 2015 and running until 2019, was worth £5.14bn.

What are the packages?
Package A - won by BT 32 matches on Saturdays at 12:30
Package B - won by Sky Sports 32 matches on Saturdays at 17:30
Package C - won by Sky Sports 24 matches on Sundays at 14:00 and eight matches on Saturdays at 19:45
Package D - won by Sky Sports 32 matches on Sundays at 16:30
Package E - won by Sky Sports 24 matches on Mondays at 20:00 or Fridays at 19:30/20:00 and eight matches on Sundays at 14:00
Package F - won by Amazon 20 matches from one Bank Holiday and one midweek fixture programme
Package G - won by BT 20 matches from two midweek fixture programmes
Edited by jammie82uk
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Footballwipe

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59 minutes ago, lildave3 said:

Good, I hope they get all of them. The sooner we can watch any game any time (officially I mean, obviously a lot of us already do) the better. 

I absolutely 100% agree with you, the archaic blackout rule and limited number of games to be able to watch not only pushes the price up but it means we can't access games the rest of the world can.

 

The problem will be the PL though, they,decide how many games to release to the UK for auction, and I doubt they'll ever, ever agree to all 380. Even in Germany, bastion of football fan culture we all adore and admire, have every game available to show domestically.

 

Both these packages prove that all 380 is a hard sell. The winners of packages and broadcasters of the UK games are responsible for producing the matches for broadcast for themselves and around the world. So Amazon showing all 10 games in a round means they're more than likely going to have to sub-contract 10 tv production crews to fulfill the requirement on both matchdays. This is just one of the reasons these last packages were difficult to shift, and obviously not worth the pot of gold the PL thought.

lildave3

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1 hour ago, StanSP said:

At what cost though? It starts with £7.99 per month. If it succeeds, the year after it goes up, the continues like that to a point where we have with Sky now and its almost extortionate. 

I can only compare it to services like NBA League Pass and NFL Game Pass - both services I have and have had for years now. You pay your lump sum of £100+ or whatever and you get to watch any game, any time plus lots more content. 

 

In other countries we have a premier league pass, it's just stupid we don't have something similar available here. 

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Fox in the North

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11 minutes ago, lildave3 said:

I can only compare it to services like NBA League Pass and NFL Game Pass - both services I have and have had for years now. You pay your lump sum of £100+ or whatever and you get to watch any game, any time plus lots more content. 

 

In other countries we have a premier league pass, it's just stupid we don't have something similar available here. 

It’s ridiculous how far behind the Premier League and European football is with products like Game Pass.

CosbehFox

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The Amazon deal is great I think personally - midweek games, difficult for all to get too, every game on. No issue there. 

 

Sky and BT wanting more 'Saturday 7.45pm', Friday nights, Monday nights - that's rubbish. 

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