DAZN more than doubles monthly cost for monthly subscribers to £19.99

[veriton]

I've folded and paid the £100 for the year. Can't miss Wood v Lara, and if they've got bam bam rodriguez and bivol on the books then should be some decent fights. At least you pay the money then forget about it for a year. Interested to see Joshua live again, haven't bought one of his ppv fights since klitschko

[revporl]

For a one off for tonights fight I want to just pay the 19.99 and then cancel straight away.

However it says that 30 days notice is required to cancel, and with February being a short month, does this mean that I will inevitably be charged twice, in March as well as now? Ruddy swizz if so!

[Ruthless-RKO]

For a one off for tonights fight I want to just pay the 19.99 and then cancel straight away.

However it says that 30 days notice is required to cancel, and with February being a short month, does this mean that I will inevitably be charged twice, in March as well as now? Ruddy swizz if so!

If you sub now, you should get charged today as your sub renewal date, and then you can cancel, so it should cancel after 30 days. But i know what you mean about it being a shorter month.. it should just be the same billing date each month. so 18/3

[revporl]

So I will be charged on 18/3 as well as today then?

[Ruthless-RKO]

So I will be charged on 18/3 as well as today then?

If you cancel before that date, the sub should stop on that date. That's how it was when I cancelled mine. You're charged in advance for the month ahead.

[revporl]

Ok, thanks. Sorry for sounding a bit thick. I just wanted to make sure that I wouldn't be charged for the following month when I'm not sure there's anything I wanted to watch. Less of an issue when it was 8 quid!

[Ruthless-RKO]

DAZN's Markowski Does Not View Price Hikes as Risk: "This is a Calculated Decision"

DAZN’S significant 2023 price hike was not a risk, according to Joe Markowski, who has also opened the door for more promoters to get their boxers on the platform.

Markowski, DAZN’s executive vice president, has overseen a startling rise on subscription fees on both sides of the Atlantic, with American customers hit particularly hard in the pocket as the annual fee rose from $99 per year to $224.99.

In the UK, the monthly subscription cost rose from £7.99 to £19.99, although customers willing to pay for a year upfront received an annual price of £99.99.

The news was met by a degree of criticism across social media but Markowski, who has become the corporate face of the platform since its pre-pandemic move into boxing, insists this was a solid tactical move.

“I don’t think it was a risk,” said Markowski, suited and booted in a west London hotel.

“We run a global business and we are leaning on a lot of data and a lot of experience from a lot of global markets.

“I’ve led a couple of price rises in the US and they’ve been successful and have made business sense for us.

“We acknowledged of course that there would be criticism like there always is. But this is a calculated decision based on data and a lot of strategic planning. We are confident with it.”

Markowski added: “I think Canelo’s next fight will absolutely be a subscription fight in the UK. We don’t know who or if AJ is going to fight in the summer. He has a pretty difficult fight on April he has to get through. We will make a case-by-case assessment of which fights justify pay-per-view status and which don’t.

“But I’ve said before, when we launched pay-per-view, that we wouldn’t use it every second week like some of our competitors do in the US in particular and I think we’re standing by that promise. We are putting an AJ fight on subscription and it’s the first non-per-per-view fight in the UK for eight years. We are going to use it sparingly and only when it makes sense.”

Markowski also reiterated his desire for DAZN to be the platform where all boxing promoters can showcase their fighters, in an era which has been dominated by exclusive broadcast deals.

For example, Davis-Garcia represents an agreement between PBC (Davis) and Golden Boy (Garcia). In the UK, meanwhile, although Eddie Hearn and Matchroom are most associated with DAZN, Markowski is adamant they are open to business with anyone.

“There is no resistance from Eddie on that,” Markowski adds. “And with all due respect to Eddie he doesn’t have a voice on that - it’s our business and not his.

“It’s another misconception that Eddie runs DAZN but Eddie is a supplier of content to DAZN, a very good one, but he doesn’t sit and make strategy decisions for DAZN Group.

“If you look at our global investment in boxing, there aren’t many promoters we don’t work with in some capacity. I’m very keen to keep building relationships with different promoters in the UK and around the world.

“We are not exclusively tied to Matchroom and we want to work with the community of promoters generally and we want to make sure fights can happen and we get out of our own way when it comes to matchmaking, which is a problem in boxing generally. We recognize that exclusive relationships between networks or digital broadcasters and promoters can sometimes hamper that.

“I’m doing everything I can to navigate around that and develop relationships with promoters of all kinds. A bit like we have done for the last three or four years, I’m confident that on average, week-on-week there will be a show on DAZN, that’s 50+ events a year.

“I want the DAZN boxing schedule to be as full and high value as possible. In a way that DAZN was not doing three or four years ago, I’m going out of my way proactively, in the US and UK, to speak with everyone, the whole community.

“We want to build bridges not walls between DAZN and the rest of the community and I think, for a number of reasons, there were walls put up. People didn’t think that DAZN were open for business with other promoters, but that is not the case now.”

[margaret thatcher]

give me higher prices, more women's fights, a lot more #misfitz, at least 8 hourly reminders that this is the home of ryan garcia, and a live stream of eddie at all times......... and i'm happy

[Wake up call]

I never got any correspondence about the price hike and when I log on to Apple subscriptions (who I pay it through) it still says £7.99.

[maverick23]

I never got any correspondence about the price hike and when I log on to Apple subscriptions (who I pay it through) it still says £7.99.

I’d imagine you’ll get it in the next week and that your renewal is then.

I pay through Apple and for it a couple of days before the next payment went out.

[maverick23]

DAZN announced yesterday they’ve won the rights to the IPL cricket for this year. Not something for me but may sweeten the deal for some people.

[garethhop]

Sky walked away from the bidding according to the article.

The EFL rights bidding will be interesting.

[ashall2]

DAZN announced yesterday they’ve won the rights to the IPL cricket for this year. Not something for me but may sweeten the deal for some people.

ITV have got some IPL too.

You’d think Matchroom would try and get darts and snooker on DAZN.

[maverick23]

DAZN announced yesterday they’ve won the rights to the IPL cricket for this year. Not something for me but may sweeten the deal for some people.

ITV have got some IPL too.

You’d think Matchroom would try and get darts and snooker on DAZN.

Yeah - the way I read it was that they’re going to try and use the ITV games to push DAZN.

Who knows if that will actually happen.

Darts will be the big one for Matchroom in the U.K.. It gets great viewer numbers and is relatively inexpensive compared to the hours of coverage it delivers.

Would be a big risk for the game’s growth though going to DAZN from Sky.

[KiwiRider]

I love it how they are making a big thing about AJ's next fight with virtual unknown Franklin being on subscription and not PPV
The guy has no belts and has lost two in a row and his recent record is 2-3 (1 KO) (1 KO loss) which is definitely not PPV.
Yeah sign me up for that

[tony1234]

DAZN announced yesterday they’ve won the rights to the IPL cricket for this year. Not something for me but may sweeten the deal for some people.

ITV have got some IPL too.

You’d think Matchroom would try and get darts and snooker on DAZN.

Darts would die a death without Sky's hype and coverage

[ashall2]

DAZN announced yesterday they’ve won the rights to the IPL cricket for this year. Not something for me but may sweeten the deal for some people.

ITV have got some IPL too.

You’d think Matchroom would try and get darts and snooker on DAZN.

Darts would die a death without Sky's hype and coverage

bit like Matchroom boxing

[coneye]

ITV have got some IPL too.

You’d think Matchroom would try and get darts and snooker on DAZN.

Darts would die a death without Sky's hype and coverage

bit like Matchroom boxing

Don't think Barry would allow Eddie to drop that clanger , I watch the darts on sky , and thats not worth it , i pay $54 dollars a month for sky , darts i watch , boxing is always ppv on there , the rest is shite i subscribe and watch netflix and stan thats really all i watch , Sky is a complete waste of money to me BUT i've got no choice , they have the most important shows in the world on , uk tv ,, which shows emmerdale , coro, eastenders , happy valley , meet the midwife , and lots of other crap , so i pay it and in return i get peice and quiet from the nagging machine , it shuts her up and gives me a few hrs of total silence without uk tv my life would be a nightmare , heeps her in touch with old blighty or so she says

[stujones]

I think it is nuts that Dazn has gone basically to a PPV price - per month, but sounds like - the likes of Joshua and maybe Alvarez will be PPV on top of that. Joshua vs Franklin isn't PPV but sounds like other Joshua nights will be.

[bedreamin]

I think it is nuts that Dazn has gone basically to a PPV price - per month, but sounds like - the likes of Joshua and maybe Alvarez will be PPV on top of that. Joshua vs Franklin isn't PPV but sounds like other Joshua nights will be.

You can bet your life Joshua-Whyte will end up on PPV. I think the number of tickets still left for Joshua-Franklin shows how far AJ's stock has fallen. I think the Whyte fight fails to sellout Wembley (where it no doubt will be).

I get BT Sport on my phone (which you can cast) for £10 a month with my EE contract, and what you get for that compared to DAZN is miles better.