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Originally Posted by Alan52
Roy Masters who wrote this has written dozens of articles more anti pay tv than any of the people who post on this forum.He has been doing it for 20 years.The only other thing he gets worked up about to this degree is supporting his mate John Coates.He is a bit like a Fairfax version of Mike Jacobsen.Interesting to note in the Business section of the Herald today the FTA networks are pushing the government to legislate a maximum amount sports can charge for their TV rights.What a joke,
Also re EPL the current deal has been a financial blood bath for Optus as they paid $114mill more than they needed to and sign ups have been a long way below their projections.Likely to be back on Foxtel after May 2019 when the current deal runs out.Also Foxtel has had a significant fall in subscribers as their non sport subscribers have moved to cheaper streaming alternatives in huge numbers.The fall out is that sport is likely to be Foxtel's core business.They are restructuring the whole business to facilitate this.
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cheers, I am enjoying 3 weeks free of EPL thanks to Optus current deal, but then it stops
I am weary about the future where the pay tv world is becoming more fractured, sure when it was manily just foxtel, it come at a cost but there was just one cost, now we are seeing more entrants in the pay world who come at a lesser cost, but im required to ahev more providers and thus it costs more.
Still enjoying the Supercars coverage, best we have ever had