Correct, but because Sky will he managing the production of the sporting events that they hold the rights to it gives them an advantage in terms of what kind of content is delivered.
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Spark expands sport offering by securing NZ Cricket rights
https://www.nzx.com/announcements/342420
Game over for Sky??
Ouch....that has to be a bit of a dagger blow......
death of sky is near esp if spark get rugby and soccer and cricket
One thought, Spark must be confident in being able to produce it? I understood that Sky do all the coverage and production within NZ.
Hopefully doesn't mean have Scotty and Beaver commentating?? ;):eek2:
I wonder what the advertising revenue was for the cricket,and will spark be ad free.The streaming quality should be good as the demand won't be as high as the world cup.But SP now .95cents and buyers all but gone.
Nah, I still have an order in!
The 5 year SKT chart tracks the demise of a company that did not change/adapt with the times
To be fair SKY had all the opportunity under the regime of Fellet & co to be more customer centric and be future proof in their offerings. Instead they just sat there with all greed and never really bothered to be listen to what customer wants and how new digital era of steaming is changing with competitors lurking in the corner.
This really is a massive loss for Sky and it does show that Spark is serious. I thought they might drop the whole thing after the RWC, but clearly not.
Sky is pretty much holding onto Rugby now, what's left? If they lost that, game over.
I'm tempted to buy some here. Who cares about the cricket. "Generation TV" won't cancel because of this.
If anything, this might be a turning point. Sky should drop all the Sports Channels, and just focus on things like "UK TV, Jones, Living, Discovery" etc. These shows cost nothing to buy and older generations will watch them right up until they die. The baby boomers still have another 30 years left.
Sub $1 is a great buy here.
Because it is delayed by a heck of a lot so you are not getting pics in real time. Sky was about 5-7 seconds behind real time, streaming closer to 40 seconds behind. That is one reason. The second is streaming relies on too many differing factors. Broadband sometimes fails, so there is another complicating factor. IN addition the streaming picture is not as clear as the SKY one.