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Originally Posted by Tourer
Couple of articles in the Fairfax media today about Fox pulling back on spending when it comes to sports - might force supercars into FTA or streaming:
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Second Article |
Fascinating! Bye bye A-League, by the look of things.
The greater risk assessment that many of these executives probably won't look at is what are the ramifications for not owning the sports rights.
Australia, like New Zealand, is miles behind the 8 Ball in terms of internet capacity and technology. In New Zealand, we have seen the rights to F1 and support races move from Sky Television to Spark Sport, a new division set up by what was Telecom here, as they divest into wider revenue streams on the back of diminishing revenues.
In F1 alone, we have seen a number of teething troubles. Spark Sport have the rights to broadcast the Rugby World Cup later this year and about 10-15% of the population won't have internet fast enough to stream in any capacity or in decent capacity - that is, a download of 10 MBps.
At a time like this, with a technology shift, we have never so many sporting codes so vulnerable as their broadcast rights revenue has been the basis for many. This poses to be the biggest upheaval since the end of tobacco sponsorship.