The end for sky...

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Live premier league games are streamed all over the net these days and lots of people have android boxes etc.. The same applies to movies and most TV. As this is becoming more popular it's got me wondering about how this could impact on sky the premier league and FFP.

10 years ago iTunes and downloads via free sharing sites resulted in huge changes to the way music is acquired and it's not hard to see something similar happening to TV. The music industry didn't adapt to the changes in time and I wonder with the new premier league deal if sky and the clubs have considered the possibility of the subscribers disappearing and finding free alternative ways of watching football in large numbers? Imagine these android boxes and other systems become even more reliable and easier to update and the majority of people start to use them instead. Where does that leave sky who are committed to ploughing millions into the game if they lose a large chunk of income? If they were unable to pay out in full and had to renegotiate the TV deal where would that leave clubs who have probably earmarked the money to clear off debts before running up more?
 


There wouldn't be any renegotiation in that scenario, they'd go bust. Not going to happen yet, but for sure the new deal puts them under financial pressure

People are lazy though, like with bank accounts they can't be arsed to cancel the sky contract
 
A lot of people aren't interested in piracy if there's a legal alternative, especially if it's much more convenient.

I think current piracy of non televised (in the UK) games will ultimately have more impact on the future of broadcast football.
 
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Live premier league games are streamed all over the net these days and lots of people have android boxes etc.. The same applies to movies and most TV. As this is becoming more popular it's got me wondering about how this could impact on sky the premier league and FFP.

10 years ago iTunes and downloads via free sharing sites resulted in huge changes to the way music is acquired and it's not hard to see something similar happening to TV. The music industry didn't adapt to the changes in time and I wonder with the new premier league deal if sky and the clubs have considered the possibility of the subscribers disappearing and finding free alternative ways of watching football in large numbers? Imagine these android boxes and other systems become even more reliable and easier to update and the majority of people start to use them instead. Where does that leave sky who are committed to ploughing millions into the game if they lose a large chunk of income? If they were unable to pay out in full and had to renegotiate the TV deal where would that leave clubs who have probably earmarked the money to clear off debts before running up more?
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sky will just and start streaming everything properly. satellite tv days are numbered, even a lad I worked with who had 3 different satellite boxes, motorised dishes the works, now he mainly uses a apple tv and raspberry pi

PhilSAFC said:
ISPs are blocking them all the time. Sky are still making massive profits. Non issue.
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internet is fast enough nowadays, satellite days are numbered
 
PhilSAFC said:
ISPs are blocking them all the time. Sky are still making massive profits. Non issue.
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It's the internet, there will always be a way to find what you want unless they switch the whole thing off.

I think most people would happily pay for a 'virtual season ticket' through Sky or whoever offers it. The problem for me with Sky and BT is that we're simply not on often enough for me to justify the money.
 
People have speculated that if the worldwide popularity of the Premiership continues to grow then someone like Apple could bid for the whole lot including the UK.
They could afford it out of change down the back of the corporate sofa. No troublesome rights issues across borders, instant presence in the market.
Not sure I would want it but it would be interesting.
 
Stuff said:
People have speculated that if the worldwide popularity of the Premiership continues to grow then someone like Apple could bid for the whole lot including the UK.
They could afford it out of change down the back of the corporate sofa. No troublesome rights issues across borders, instant presence in the market.
Not sure I would want it but it would be interesting.
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apple getting the rights would be a disaster
 
I will still pay Sky, someone has to otherwise live football will stop.

I use streams to watch games that Sky don't show live.
 
TV networks per se would be defunct without live sport. Hopefully they won't find more sophisticated means of blocking streaming any time soon so that sport can go the way of news - freely available online.
 
Anthony From Blue said:
Surely it would be much better if the ordinary man found ways to watch football for free rather than having to hand over a fist of money to Sky
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They already do, via the internet. Alternatively you could fork out around 50p a day to sky, which is top value !?!? It's the other shit like having to keep a landline and such like that is the piss take with sky & virgin.
 
Do sky not get most of their income from selling TV rights abroad and foreign advertising. Ironically, the paying customers contribution becomes less and less of a "Must Have", rather like the fan numbers coming through the gate to Premiership teams.
 
Rather pay my £90 a month and be don't with than scrabble around for a stream then spend the next 90 minutes wanting to smash my computer to bits watching a shit picture that freezes every time we are in the oppositions penalty box while telling me I can get 32 Viagra for less than a pint of lager.
 
Having seen my brother in law using streams to watch the games where the ball is indistinguishable from the bloody awful mess of a picture I don't think Sky has too much to worry about.

What it will be worried about is the likes of BT now and possibly places like Amazon and Netflix in the future buying the rights to games and eroding their profit base.
 
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