Amazon Prime.



Tbey have all the Premier League Boxing Day fixtures too. Time it right and you can get two lots of Premier League games and your Christmas presents delivered for free.
 
Surely they won't let people take the free trial while they're showing the football and let them bin it off at the end of it?

They probably will. They'll just hope that a decent number get it for the football and either find that there's lots of other things they like about it or are too lazy to cancel. There'll be a lot in those brackets. They'll want people using a free trial near Christmas anyway because it'll mean a load of people ordering most of their presents through Amazon, so they wouldn't want to say no trials then, they'd lose a lot of potential (non football fan) customers. They'll closely monitor the number watching and if it's worth it they'll aim to maximise profit from it later when they bid for further packages
 
They probably will. They'll just hope that a decent number get it for the football and either find that there's lots of other things they like about it or are too lazy to cancel. There'll be a lot in those brackets. They'll want people using a free trial near Christmas anyway because it'll mean a load of people ordering most of their presents through Amazon, so they wouldn't want to say no trials then, they'd lose a lot of potential (non football fan) customers. They'll closely monitor the number watching and if it's worth it they'll aim to maximise profit from it later when they bid for further packages

They've confirmed they have no plans to stop the free months trial at any point.
 
But the wider picture will no doubt cause concern for football fans hoping to watch the Premier League in December. Amazon landed the rights for some high-profile top flight matches, including the Merseyside derby between Liverpool and Everton and Tottenham Hotspur’s trip to Manchester United, and any similar problems to those encountered by tennis fans during the US Open final will go down like a lead balloon. It remains to be seen how Amazon – who are closely guarded over tennis viewing figures – will cope with the inevitable increase in volume of viewers, with Premier League fans set to flood in during their December matches.


Read more: British fans hit by US Open final streaming issues as Premier League fears grow
 
From January, Prime will have about 90% of the overall tennis coverage in the UK, so it's a must have for me. They're slowly building up a sporting profile.
But the wider picture will no doubt cause concern for football fans hoping to watch the Premier League in December. Amazon landed the rights for some high-profile top flight matches, including the Merseyside derby between Liverpool and Everton and Tottenham Hotspur’s trip to Manchester United, and any similar problems to those encountered by tennis fans during the US Open final will go down like a lead balloon. It remains to be seen how Amazon – who are closely guarded over tennis viewing figures – will cope with the inevitable increase in volume of viewers, with Premier League fans set to flood in during their December matches.


Read more: British fans hit by US Open final streaming issues as Premier League fears grow

That was bad, and obviously very unfortunate timing, but that (and another minor incident a few days earlier) was the only issue they had in their comprehensive 2 week coverage. The men's final a day later was spot on. There probably was pretty low viewing figures for the vast majority of the tournament, but hopefully they will have things in place to ensure it doesn't happen when the footy arrives - their tennis coverage is generally so much better than when they first started showing it just over a year ago.
 
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