DAZN - What the hell

[jonp]

Boxing is far more popular here than in The US.

This!! speak to any american boxer they are always shocked at how much coverage and love the boxers get in the uk. Malignaggi whos has worked on networks in both countries said the states are way behind in the way they cover boxing compared to the uk. When we brought Molina over to fight Eggington he was telling us how lucky we are compared to over seas fan wise and tv wise

[daz74]

dazn are going to be selling their shares on the stock exchange which will generate a wad of funding, and who wouldn’t bet on them winning the UK prem/champs rights in 2024? the OTT streaming model is going to continue growing

[maverick23]

We can knock Ben Shalom and call his uncharismatic etc.......but Sky know how to put on a Show. I used to think that EH was carrying Sky boxing, but i may have been wrong. Its starting to look like Sky Boxing carried EH. I think we will see more and more fighters moving over to Boxxer and Sky. I also think Sky will go with another promoter too.....to to increase their poker hand.

Sky are doing far more now pushing boxing than they ever have before. Eddie was a great mouthpiece for them and he hasn’t really changed his approach.

Ben Shalom isn’t actually doing much promoting - I see him more of matchmaker. Adam Smith is doing most of the interviews/press conferences and I think it’s working well for Sky.

Disagree or slightly short memory. Remember Joshua vs Whyte - they had load of documentaries, they even had an Gloves are Off for the Undercard. Haye vs Bellew the same and AJ vs Klitchscko - so much content.

FIght Camp also - Sky did a daily show from the bubble.

Sky are doing similar content for this - various behind the gloves episodes, gloves are off, showing the back catalogue of fights they have the rights to digitally (not on the main channels) and then the additional stuff on social/digital that they weren’t doing as much of for those shows you mentioned.

[stujones]

I'll agree to disagree. AJ vs Klitschko they had weeks of build up. Highlight reels of previous fights on the main channels etc. They used to do "Countdown" shows on the main channels and often repeated with Johnny and Adam in the ringside studio going through tactics etc . Often 3 before the PPV

They couldnt do as much for more recent ppvs for obvious reasons 1) Language and 2) Covid. But the fight camp 1 stuff was daily, even allegedly was mimicking Eddies karaoke and yes that was on SSN.

Plus for most of Eddie's 10 years they had a boxing magazine show which every week promoted Eddie's events.

[maverick23]

I'll agree to disagree. AJ vs Klitschko they had weeks of build up. Highlight reels of previous fights on the main channels etc. They used to do "Countdown" shows on the main channels and often repeated with Johnny and Adam in the ringside studio going through tactics etc . Often 3 before the PPV

They couldnt do as much for more recent ppvs for obvious reasons 1) Language and 2) Covid. But the fight camp 1 stuff was daily, even allegedly was mimicking Eddies karaoke and yes that was on SSN.

Plus for most of Eddie's 10 years they had a boxing magazine show which every week promoted Eddie's events.

I think their pushing of fights on the Sky Sports channels is similar to other recent big PPVs. Several shows and heavily pushed on Sky Sports News.

They’ve been using Sky Showcase on several of their non-PPVs since splitting with Matchroom which is the old Sky One so every person with Sky has access to it, it’s got a great position on their EPG which is also really important for viewer numbers and even non-Sky subscribers can watch. I pay for BT TV, don’t pay for Sky Sports but I got to watch the Eubank fight as Showcase is included in my package for some reason. I can’t remember for definite but I don’t think that was the case when Matchroom had shows airing on a couple of different Sky Sports channels.

The additional stuff for me though is how much more they’re pushing boxing on digital and social. Every time I go on Facebook these days one of the very first things I see is an article/ad/video from Sky Sports Boxing which certainly wasn’t the case 6 months ago.

Anyway, let’s agree to disagree on this.

[stujones]

Yeah, well agree to disagree. My mum uses her sky tv as basically freeview (pays no subscription at all) and I've tried and she cannot access showcase. Gets a message saying to phone a hotline etc. However I'm pretty sure she was able to get "Sky sports mix" which showed some fight nights in full. Memory is hazy though so maybe she also had the "hotline" message when calling that

Pretty certain the when AJ fought on the undercard of a PPV...Froch vs Groves 2? That fight was on Sky one.

[maverick23]

Yeah, well agree to disagree. My mum uses her sky tv as basically freeview (pays no subscription at all) and I've tried and she cannot access showcase. Gets a message saying to phone a hotline etc. However I'm pretty sure she was able to get "Sky sports mix" which showed some fight nights in full. Memory is hazy though so maybe she also had the "hotline" message when calling that

Pretty certain the when AJ fought on the undercard of a PPV...Froch vs Groves 2? That fight was on Sky one.

Yeah - I don’t think you’d get any of the Sky channels unless you pay some sort of subs so I’d imagine you wouldn’t get showcase or SS Mix.

I think they put the AJ fight on as many places they could to push the PPV which makes sense to try and get those people on the fence re: the PPV. They’re doing the same this Saturday at 6pm - not sure what fight they’ll show with it.

[Deserter]

The richest man in the country.

He'll need to be .

He wanted the Premier League. It's fairly straightforward. Now they appear to have missed out I suspect Sir Len will stop throwing good money after bad and DAZN will be wound up.

Not looking that way right now…
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail ... 022-02-18/

[jimmystone]

He'll need to be .

He wanted the Premier League. It's fairly straightforward. Now they appear to have missed out I suspect Sir Len will stop throwing good money after bad and DAZN will be wound up.

Not looking that way right now…
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail ... 022-02-18/

Interesting. So they want to be a bookies and gaming app now? The money involved is astronomical. Way beyond my comprehension. If the richest man in the country sees the potential there must be some there. Nobody would throw that much good money after bad...would they!?

On a side not, gambling addiction is getting more and more of a problem. I think it's time that advertising for it was banned. It won't be, but it should be. The amount of degenerate gamblers gawping at their screens all the time is scary.

[maverick23]

He wanted the Premier League. It's fairly straightforward. Now they appear to have missed out I suspect Sir Len will stop throwing good money after bad and DAZN will be wound up.

Not looking that way right now…
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail ... 022-02-18/

Interesting. So they want to be a bookies and gaming app now? The money involved is astronomical. Way beyond my comprehension. If the richest man in the country sees the potential there must be some there. Nobody would throw that much good money after bad...would they!?

On a side not, gambling addiction is getting more and more of a problem. I think it's time that advertising for it was banned. It won't be, but it should be. The amount of degenerate gamblers gawping at their screens all the time is scary.

I worked in a bookies for a year when I was at University. I found it to be quite a depressing job although that was mainly for the machines (FOBTs) where people could burn through cash quick style. They’ve reduced the max bet on those which would have helped thousands of people.

I think we’re several years away from gambling adverts being banned but if it happens then it will impact the majority of sports. Most boxing shows are plastered with a gambling company on the ring and in the ad breaks and various sports/championships like the darts are heavily backed by gambling.

I fully supported it for cigarette companies being removed as advertisers in sport (when I was a kid I always just referred to the snooker world champs as the Embassy because it was so ingrained) as that has nothing but downside but the bulk of people who gamble are fine albeit there’s a growing minority that struggle.

[jimmystone]

Are they fine, really? I'm not so sure. Anybody who can put a bet on when they have children, for instance, has a problem IMO. I just don't understand why anybody would do it. They'll all say they can afford to lose what they lose but unless their children (or future children) are being given the best chance in life with a decent education, good food, extracurricular activities and, most importantly, time and attention the parents are degenerate IMO.

[garethhop]

Quite literally a rescue deal for DAZN.

The pivot away from being a Sports Broadcaster continues. Very uncertain future for them.

[maverick23]

Are they fine, really? I'm not so sure. Anybody who can put a bet on when they have children, for instance, has a problem IMO. I just don't understand why anybody would do it. They'll all say they can afford to lose what they lose but unless their children (or future children) are being given the best chance in life with a decent education, good food, extracurricular activities and, most importantly, time and attention the parents are degenerate IMO.

You could make that argument for anything though. Does someone who goes out and spends £30 on booze in a night have a problem? What about someone that spends a lot of money on clothes?

Gambling for a lot of people can be enjoyable. I’m putting my first bet of the year on the Khan/Brook fight tonight. It’ll probably another few weeks or months before I bet again. No big deal if I lose. One of mates earns £150k a year - he bets most weekends but the most he’ll bet on something is £5 and he’ll just do a football accumulator.

People can start like that and it turns into problems but the majority of people who put bets on don’t have an issue with it.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Are they fine, really? I'm not so sure. Anybody who can put a bet on when they have children, for instance, has a problem IMO. I just don't understand why anybody would do it. They'll all say they can afford to lose what they lose but unless their children (or future children) are being given the best chance in life with a decent education, good food, extracurricular activities and, most importantly, time and attention the parents are degenerate IMO.

You could make that argument for anything though. Does someone who goes out and spends £30 on booze in a night have a problem? What about someone that spends a lot of money on clothes?

Gambling for a lot of people can be enjoyable. I’m putting my first bet of the year on the Khan/Brook fight tonight. It’ll probably another few weeks or months before I bet again. No big deal if I lose. One of mates earns £150k a year - he bets most weekends but the most he’ll bet on something is £5 and he’ll just do a football accumulator.

People can start like that and it turns into problems but the majority of people who put bets on don’t have an issue with it.

I work on a financial support team at a bank.

The worst are the one that’s constantly bet on their accounts even though they don’t have the money for it and know bills are going out, thinking if they keep putting down the £5, they’ll eventually win big. But it’s not the case.

Bet with money you HAVE!

[rd350lc]

My best mate started off with the small stuff , spiralled out of control , finished at casino's throwing away crazy money .
Lost everything and ended up in the big house for a while , leaving his wife and 3 kids to fend for themselves .
He's an articulate and reasonably clever bloke but absolutely no common sense .
I was gutted for his kids and misses the day he rang me to tell me he was going inside .
How do you tell your kids something like that .

[Floydendizer]

Although Blavetnic is mega rich he’s just used 10% of his 40 billion fortune writing of DAZN ‘s debt , pretty sure he won’t be doing this again , Pressure is really on DAZN now turn this business around .

[maverick23]

My best mate started off with the small stuff , spiralled out of control , finished at casino's throwing away crazy money .
Lost everything and ended up in the big house for a while , leaving his wife and 3 kids to fend for themselves .
He's an articulate and reasonably clever bloke but absolutely no common sense .
I was gutted for his kids and misses the day he rang me to tell me he was going inside .
How do you tell your kids something like that .

That’s sad but it happens unfortunately. Just like some people who start drinking get addicted to that too.

[mickey1975]

My best mate started off with the small stuff , spiralled out of control , finished at casino's throwing away crazy money .
Lost everything and ended up in the big house for a while , leaving his wife and 3 kids to fend for themselves .
He's an articulate and reasonably clever bloke but absolutely no common sense .
I was gutted for his kids and misses the day he rang me to tell me he was going inside .
How do you tell your kids something like that .

That’s sad but it happens unfortunately. Just like some people who start drinking get addicted to that too.

Tell me about it.

[rd350lc]

My best mate started off with the small stuff , spiralled out of control , finished at casino's throwing away crazy money .
Lost everything and ended up in the big house for a while , leaving his wife and 3 kids to fend for themselves .
He's an articulate and reasonably clever bloke but absolutely no common sense .
I was gutted for his kids and misses the day he rang me to tell me he was going inside .
How do you tell your kids something like that .

That’s sad but it happens unfortunately. Just like some people who start drinking get addicted to that too.

Yup, any sort of addiction is hard on everyone concerned , just think the betting thing has massive exposure , any sporting event is rammed with ads , free bets to get people roped in , I don't know what the answer is because I believe in a free society. You don't see so many ads nowadays for alcohol ( I know you get a few ) but I think it should be rained in a bit .

[mickey1975]

Unless you've suffered you have no idea, lads. I'm not lowering the tone so I'll leave it at that.

[maverick23]

My best mate started off with the small stuff , spiralled out of control , finished at casino's throwing away crazy money .
Lost everything and ended up in the big house for a while , leaving his wife and 3 kids to fend for themselves .
He's an articulate and reasonably clever bloke but absolutely no common sense .
I was gutted for his kids and misses the day he rang me to tell me he was going inside .
How do you tell your kids something like that .

That’s sad but it happens unfortunately. Just like some people who start drinking get addicted to that too.

Tell me about it.

Yeah - from what you’ve said in the past you know that better than most pal. Hope you’re doing ok with it now

[rd350lc]

Unless you've suffered you have no idea, lads. I'm not lowering the tone so I'll leave it at that.

Hope things are on the up Mick .

[Frostieballs]

Are they fine, really? I'm not so sure. Anybody who can put a bet on when they have children, for instance, has a problem IMO. I just don't understand why anybody would do it. They'll all say they can afford to lose what they lose but unless their children (or future children) are being given the best chance in life with a decent education, good food, extracurricular activities and, most importantly, time and attention the parents are degenerate IMO.

I will frequently bet 50p or a £1 on a football match or fight.

It’s just another form of entertainment, no different to buying a pint.

If I have a feeling about how something is going to go, I like to back it up in a definite way, no matter how small!

[golden_labrador]

I opened my DAZN subscription account from my home in North Cyprus (which I guess the platform recognises as Turkey)

All was good for 2 months and then DAZN decided that their platform was not available in my country of residence so therefore I have no access.

Because of this fact, the last time I was in UK i tried to log onto DAZN to cancel my subscription, and it wont let me cancel the subscription in any country apart from the one where i opened the account.

Therefore I have no access to DAZN and no ability to cancel DAZN. F*****g great!!

Thank you very much DAZN, what a great service. Mr Eddie Hearn, If you read this then DM me and sort this please, its ridiculous.

I've heard using a VPN with DAZN opens up a whole different world. obviously i would not recommend such naughty behaviour.

crazy how DAZN Canada has Premier League football with UK commentators while DAZN Deutschland has all the boxing. DAZN Japan has F1.

[tony1234]

Wonder how Eddie felt last night watching the show ? That is if he paid the £20. How can DAZN compete with cross promotion like that ?
Unless they pay big purse money Matchroom won't be getting a sniff of anything decent for a while