Eddie hearn set to announce major u.s. Streaming partnership with dazn

[Alpha]

I hope it works out sweet.

[walrus]

We really need this in the us. I had showtime and hbo for boxing but got tired of paying 30 bucks a month and waiting for the occasional boxing match. I watch them on YouTube but you guys know watching live boxing is a different feel.

[smashup]

“We have seen in music with Spotfiy and TV with Netflix and Amazon that people will pay a sensible amount of money for a good service,” said the Perform chief executive, Simon Denyer. “We want to be a Netflix for sport.”
Denyer said the company has the financial firepower to be a real threat. He adds that when the hugely anticipated heavyweight fight between Joshua and Deontay Wilder is finally scheduled, it intends to out punch HBO and Showtime for the exclusive US rights – which would be a mammoth coup. “If the fight happens we want to show it on DAZN and have a significant budget to negotiate it to get it on the platform,” he said.


https://www.theguardian.com/media/20...ng-eddie-hearn

[powerpuncher]

“We have seen in music with Spotfiy and TV with Netflix and Amazon that people will pay a sensible amount of money for a good service,” said the Perform chief executive, Simon Denyer. “We want to be a Netflix for sport.”
Denyer said the company has the financial firepower to be a real threat. He adds that when the hugely anticipated heavyweight fight between Joshua and Deontay Wilder is finally scheduled, it intends to out punch HBO and Showtime for the exclusive US rights – which would be a mammoth coup. “If the fight happens we want to show it on DAZN and have a significant budget to negotiate it to get it on the platform,” he said.


https://www.theguardian.com/media/20...ng-eddie-hearn

If they could get that fight on there, it instantly becomes legit. I hope it works out.

[Master]

So you just download a streaming application and pay for each individual show?

Sounds like Now TV but did not think they had enough clout to beat HBO and Showtime.

[smashup]

No it's exactly like Netflix where you get a 1 month free trial then you pay as you go per month so no contract at all.
This benefits the UK consumer too as we get all of Matchrooms US fights live on Sky Sports


Sky has sealed a rights deal with Matchroom Boxing that will allow the UK pay-television broadcaster to show the promoter’s US fight nights.
Sky will show 16 fight nights per year on a live and exclusive basis. The length of the deal was not disclosed.
Up to six bouts will be scheduled on each bill.
In 2015, Sky struck a deal to show 20 nights of UK boxing per year under a five-year deal with Matchroom to run from 2016 to 2021.
Last week, Matchroom announced an eight-year deal with digital sports media specialist Perform Group that will lead to the creation of a US-based joint venture, Matchroom Boxing USA.

[Batman]

So Eddie is already flexing his financial clout and is in talks with Mikey Garcia

[smashup]

He's sent him a few offers according to Garcias Brother


Boxing news: Mikey Garcia’s brother reveals Eddie Hearn and Dana White promotional battle

MIKEY GARCIA is a wanted man, says his brother Robert, revealing he has been sent lucrative offers from both UFC head honcho Dana White and Matchroom US boss Eddie Hearn, who recently signed a $1bn content deal with US streaming giant DAZN.

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/boxi...-US-DAZN-fight