Originally Posted by Resonance:
“The problem Netflix etc would have is that they would have to up their prices a lot. Sky and BT subsidise sport from their other income streams. Non-sport TV subscribers, landline, broadband, mobile. Netflix would have to charge a fortune to turn a profit.”
“The problem Netflix etc would have is that they would have to up their prices a lot. Sky and BT subsidise sport from their other income streams. Non-sport TV subscribers, landline, broadband, mobile. Netflix would have to charge a fortune to turn a profit.”
Yes, that's upset a lot of customers, when the phone prices went up way above inflration for Sky (ie the increase in "anytime" there was very little tangible benefit to the non-sports customers, and it created a lot of anger (and, no doubt, loss of subscribers) as everyone knew the increases were to pay towards the football rights.



