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maverick23 wrote: ↑07 Feb 2023, 02:53

coneye wrote: ↑06 Feb 2023, 23:31 Whats that saying , The father builds a buisness , the son wrecks it , bet Barry looks where matchroom are going and goes

They’ve had record profits since Eddie has been dealing with the boxing.

When Barry was last leading it they were lucky to sell out a leisure centre. He was just going through the motions in his last few years doing it.

Will they still stay record now he's moved from sky , he was doing very well until his ambition to take over the world kicked in , realisticly who has he got now with a bright future

I'd probably pay the £100 a year if they actually had fights worth watching instead of trash like AJ v Franklin and the worthless nonsense that is women's boxing/influencers or Misfits (whatever that is).

Plus when they do put on a decent fight it'll go on PPV so you'll get stung again. Enough is enough, i have a library of classic boxing on YouTube or other avenues so i can watch the greatest fighters in history without being ripped off to watch fights that previously would have barely made an undercard being billed as main events.

Either invest blind for 100-160quid a year to watch matchroom in the uk.

or pay approximately 240-300 quid a year on dazn boxing to pay as you go.

I just can’t see how he survives this unless it’s one ripper schedul.

Said it many times before, the main problem with dazn is that there is zero worth watching outside the live events.

If there was a decent magazine show every week I'd be more tempted go for it. As it is you look at the threadbare schedule and think it's not worth it.

veriton wrote: ↑08 Feb 2023, 02:13 Said it many times before, the main problem with dazn is that there is zero worth watching outside the live events.

If there was a decent magazine show every week I'd be more tempted go for it. As it is you look at the threadbare schedule and think it's not worth it.

Yeah I agree with this, I never watched it unless there was a big fight. Never watched other sports or the reruns of old fights as most are on YouTube anyway.

coneye wrote: ↑07 Feb 2023, 19:59

maverick23 wrote: ↑07 Feb 2023, 02:53

coneye wrote: ↑06 Feb 2023, 23:31 Whats that saying , The father builds a buisness , the son wrecks it , bet Barry looks where matchroom are going and goes

They’ve had record profits since Eddie has been dealing with the boxing.

When Barry was last leading it they were lucky to sell out a leisure centre. He was just going through the motions in his last few years doing it.

Will they still stay record now he's moved from sky , he was doing very well until his ambition to take over the world kicked in , realisticly who has he got now with a bright future

I’m not sure. Will depend on how their other sports are performing but I’d imagine they’d still be good unless DAZN are drastically reducing their spend in the U.K.

Matchroom’s issue will be their roster in a year or two as DAZN won’t create stars as it’s not widely adopted so people will look to Sky and BT as better alternatives.

maverick23 wrote: ↑07 Feb 2023, 06:20

keithmoonhangover wrote: ↑07 Feb 2023, 05:59

Boxerbeetle wrote: ↑07 Feb 2023, 05:54

Virtually no-one will pay annually though, with good reason. They’ve already proven they lied about having no PPV, so why would anyone ever sign up for a full year and trust they won’t just do it again?

So for most people who want to pick and choose their months (quite rightly, considering there have been months with absolutely zero new content), the price has doubled.

I pay for Prime yearly and I will pay for this yearly. I love watching boxing and they show boxing. Matchroom and Golden Boy do some great shows. Annually it's twenty seven pence per day. Weekly, it's more for a sandwich from Greggs. What is the big deal?

Yeah - that’s kind of how i’m looking at it.

I got up at 6am on Sunday and watched near 4 hours of the Serrano/Cruz show. I’ll be watching the Wood/Lara fight live on it next weekend too and probably each of the shows they announced yesterday.

I don’t know how many hours of DAZN I watched last year but if I did then it’d work out pretty cheaply on a cost per hour of viewing which is the only fair way to assess some of the apps that just offer watchable content.

Watchable content?
So if you stay true to that, there is usually one fight, sometimes two per DAZN show that are watchable, its an hour of entertainment per 4-5 hour event, per month, as a best case scenario. Then you have events where the whole thing is a predicable snoozer, and a month without any content at all, and a month with a PPV on top of your subscription.
Doesn’t seem that good value.
And as other's have said, paying a year up front involves trusting a company that has lied repeatedly.

veriton wrote: ↑08 Feb 2023, 02:13 Said it many times before, the main problem with dazn is that there is zero worth watching outside the live events.

If there was a decent magazine show every week I'd be more tempted go for it. As it is you look at the threadbare schedule and think it's not worth it.

They have the DAZN Boxing show.. but it’s free to watch on YouTube anyway.

What happens when they get more sports on DAZN?

They gonna increase it more? Maybe not.

But they’re gonna expect more people to sub at the current price.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑07 Feb 2023, 16:43

stevec@france wrote: ↑07 Feb 2023, 15:52 wont affect me directly anyway as I dont subscribe to dazn or sky / bt .
Dazn are just another business needing or choosing to rejig the income / cashflow , but bcos its eddie people get shirty .
I can remember Sky giving away sat boxes dishes and free sports back in the 80s until they had enough people hooked and then overnight it went to a paid model .
They arent in business for any other reason than making money and lots of it .
Dazn still seems cheaper to me than Sky depending on your exact deal .

The complete Sky Sports pack is included at a knock down rate of just £20 per month – next best offer price (£25) / out-of-contract price (£33). BT Sport is now available direct from Sky and is included in this deal. BT Sport costs just £25 per month – next best offer price (£28).Jan 30, 2023

You can’t compare what Sky Sports package gives you compared to DAZN UK.

course I can - I only watch boxing ffs

KiwiRider wrote: ↑08 Feb 2023, 04:30

maverick23 wrote: ↑07 Feb 2023, 06:20

keithmoonhangover wrote: ↑07 Feb 2023, 05:59

I pay for Prime yearly and I will pay for this yearly. I love watching boxing and they show boxing. Matchroom and Golden Boy do some great shows. Annually it's twenty seven pence per day. Weekly, it's more for a sandwich from Greggs. What is the big deal?

Yeah - that’s kind of how i’m looking at it.

I got up at 6am on Sunday and watched near 4 hours of the Serrano/Cruz show. I’ll be watching the Wood/Lara fight live on it next weekend too and probably each of the shows they announced yesterday.

I don’t know how many hours of DAZN I watched last year but if I did then it’d work out pretty cheaply on a cost per hour of viewing which is the only fair way to assess some of the apps that just offer watchable content.

Watchable content?
So if you stay true to that, there is usually one fight, sometimes two per DAZN show that are watchable, its an hour of entertainment per 4-5 hour event, per month, as a best case scenario. Then you have events where the whole thing is a predicable snoozer, and a month without any content at all, and a month with a PPV on top of your subscription.
Doesn’t seem that good value.
And as other's have said, paying a year up front involves trusting a company that has lied repeatedly.

I say ‘just watchable content’ to differentiate it from say Amazon Prime where you get far more in addition to the watchable stuff.

Perhaps call me a glutton for punishment but I watched all 4 fights on DAZN on Saturday from start to finish and fast forward through a chunk of the stuff between the fights.

I’ll watch the Lara/Wood card from start to finish live.

Like I’ve said before, I paid £96 for DAZN in 2022 and got value for money from it in my opinion with something like 45 shows.

I’m relaxed about paying £100 for another 12 months and I’m expecting the number of shows to stay similar and the quality not to reduce. If the number of shows reduce, the quality gets worse or they start throwing in loads of PPVs then I’d reassess and probably not continue the following year.

Re: lying in the past, I’m of the opinion that plans change in business. My company’s strategy today is very different to that of 2019 and if you analysed our objectives then it would be very different to now given how much has changed in the world.

The £100 up front is okay, if I did go back it would be with that option.

I just got my email there about the price hike, I'm happy to do the £9.99 a month for the 12 month contract but have no idea how to do it, the links provided are useless, can't see anything about changing contract

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑08 Feb 2023, 05:03 What happens when they get more sports on DAZN?

They gonna increase it more? Maybe not.

But they’re gonna expect more people to sub at the current price.

They announced yesterday a global (bar USA) deal on the NFL to show every NFL game. No idea if it will automatically be included within DAZN’s normal package though as the actual detail relating to the announcement was non-existent.

maverick23 wrote: ↑08 Feb 2023, 07:49

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑08 Feb 2023, 05:03 What happens when they get more sports on DAZN?

They gonna increase it more? Maybe not.

But they’re gonna expect more people to sub at the current price.

They announced yesterday a global (bar USA) deal on the NFL to show every NFL game. No idea if it will automatically be included within DAZN’s normal package though as the actual detail relating to the announcement was non-existent.

It’s almost certainly an extra cost, as they’ve stated it “will be available as a standalone subscription or add-on package within DAZN’s app”. Absolutely no way will it be included in the standard sub, given the language used.

Still, as transparent as ever, aren’t they.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑08 Feb 2023, 05:02

veriton wrote: ↑08 Feb 2023, 02:13 Said it many times before, the main problem with dazn is that there is zero worth watching outside the live events.

If there was a decent magazine show every week I'd be more tempted go for it. As it is you look at the threadbare schedule and think it's not worth it.

They have the DAZN Boxing show.. but it’s free to watch on YouTube anyway.

Bit too street for me. I like my shows smelling of Brut and tasting like crispy pancakes. Bunce, Lillis and Jones had it down perfectly.

veriton wrote: ↑08 Feb 2023, 08:13

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑08 Feb 2023, 05:02

veriton wrote: ↑08 Feb 2023, 02:13 Said it many times before, the main problem with dazn is that there is zero worth watching outside the live events.

If there was a decent magazine show every week I'd be more tempted go for it. As it is you look at the threadbare schedule and think it's not worth it.

They have the DAZN Boxing show.. but it’s free to watch on YouTube anyway.

Bit too street for me. I like my shows smelling of Brut and tasting like crispy pancakes. Bunce, Lillis and Jones had it down perfectly.

Do you think Bunce will ever go public with his helium addiction?

maverick23 wrote: ↑08 Feb 2023, 07:49

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑08 Feb 2023, 05:03 What happens when they get more sports on DAZN?

They gonna increase it more? Maybe not.

But they’re gonna expect more people to sub at the current price.

They announced yesterday a global (bar USA) deal on the NFL to show every NFL game. No idea if it will automatically be included within DAZN’s normal package though as the actual detail relating to the announcement was non-existent.

This is just them adding the NFL Gamepass package to the DAZN platform. Similar to Netflix being available within Sky for example.

It's either a standalone subscription or alternatively you can purchase it as an add on. It was around £150 a year for the season that's just about to complete.

garethhop wrote: ↑08 Feb 2023, 09:47

maverick23 wrote: ↑08 Feb 2023, 07:49

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑08 Feb 2023, 05:03 What happens when they get more sports on DAZN?

They gonna increase it more? Maybe not.

But they’re gonna expect more people to sub at the current price.

They announced yesterday a global (bar USA) deal on the NFL to show every NFL game. No idea if it will automatically be included within DAZN’s normal package though as the actual detail relating to the announcement was non-existent.

This is just them adding the NFL Gamepass package to the DAZN platform. Similar to Netflix being available within Sky for example.

It's either a standalone subscription or alternatively you can purchase it as an add on. It was around £150 a year for the season that's just about to complete.

So you can get access to all the NFL games through the existing app or, for potentially the same price, you can go on another app, DAZN, to get through to GamePass in DAZN, for the same price.

Sounds like the over-complication of something that was straightforward as it’s just a more long winded way to do it. I get it on Sky having quick access to Netflix but this doesn’t make much sense to me.

NFL had a deal with Sky in the UK don’t they?

DAZN messaged me back saying I have to cancel my existing contract to begin the new one, bit of a pain in the arse but fair enough, from what I gather the contract will automatically stop when the price goes up, would it b best to wait until it runs out before starting new one, what's everyone else doing who are keeping it??

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑08 Feb 2023, 11:10 NFL had a deal with Sky in the UK don’t they?

And ITV who were pimping the super bowl on the football last night, it will be like the AEW wrestling deal , you get it on DAZN Latvia and so on, not on in major market

tony1234 wrote: ↑08 Feb 2023, 11:43

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑08 Feb 2023, 11:10 NFL had a deal with Sky in the UK don’t they?

And ITV who were pimping the super bowl on the football last night, it will be like the AEW wrestling deal , you get it on DAZN Latvia and so on, not on in major market

Yeh. BBC along with Sky always show the SuperBowl.

I doubt NFL will be available in the UK DAZN.

Sky have a bloody dedicated NFL channel too.