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CU has rejoined the Big 12 and broken college football - talking out asses continues
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They have a massive investment into technology that could potentially revolutionize sports watching, and Apple will want to implement that somewhere. I would bet they see the P12 as an early foot in the door, and are pitching the conference on being part of the "wave of the future"....thus the proposed escalators to achieve target revenue goals of the conference. This structure would help Apple accelerate the distribution of their tech. It's a huge gamble for the conference, but if the conference dissolves, Apple will still be looking for partners to allow the implementation of their tech.
So RG knew that the deal was 100% streaming and cited it as a reason for bailing. So this deal can't be a total surprise. Or was GK holding something back before today? Or just waiting because the deal "gets better the longer we wait"?
This is why the whole “streaming is the future” argument never resonated with me on this deal. It’s a not a stock or a startup company. Getting in early doesn’t mean **** for down the road.
No. From what I can tell and heard Apple wants global exclusivity.
GoBuffs08
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Pac will be the first all streaming, and Apple will use the Pac as the test dummy for a few years to get the product right for when they go to bid on streaming for the B1G in 2029, leaving the Pac stuck in the same place they are today.
Disney just had another movie totally bomb at the box office. Its like the 10th in a row.
They have all that with MLS.
The problem is everyone is going to be buying on different apps and the money is not concentrated allowing big deals.
The money you give Netflix gives $0 to sports rights. Amazon gives almost none too. Apple a little more. Google a little more.
Most people only sign up for two?
Correct. A lot of football fans could give a rip about soccer. Going after football presents a good market segmentation opportunity
They can just save their money for the NBA too.
Obviously exaggerating, but if you go by mhver3 (which he's seemed to be pretty close recently) then they would need 110 million subscriptions if they have 10 teams to equal the difference with the escalator. Looked up apple tv subscriptions, there are currently 25 million paid apple TV subscribers, 50 million if you include access via promotion. So they would only need to double to quadruple PAC 6/9 subscriptions to break even. Putting all your eggs in a wildly out of the box idea worked so well for PAC 12 media rights in the past... They're cooked. They'll be lucky to get a 1-2 million bucks a team in escalator money with this deal.
Same as CU.
Im pretty sure GK presented an outline and RG said no to escalators, show me the guaranteed money. Go back and fight harder. I want linear too.
and MLB
I never understood why TCU fans use a moose knuckle hand signal for a frog.
Apple Rules Out Bid for Premier League Football Over Global Rights
Apple services chief Eddy Cue has effectively ruled out the company's rumored bid to obtain the broadcasting rights to the English Premier League...
www.macrumors.com
I thought this was interesting.
On a way smaller scale, but yes.
You sure? It seems like it's the case, but I could see the first three through the door getting in. If it's UA, ASU, and UU, the northwest schools will be SOL.
God, MHV was right.
SerenityBuff
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Deja vu, history repeating itself. All the cliches.
Apple Rules Out Bid for Premier League Football Over Global Rights
Apple services chief Eddy Cue has effectively ruled out the company's rumored bid to obtain the broadcasting rights to the English Premier League...
I thought this was interesting.
That doesn't make any sense...I guess Apple and the PAC were made for each other.
So, GK presented something to the ADs where the payouts are solely based on subscriptions and Apple isn't willing to put down a guaranteed amount like they did with MLS? Yikes.
Say they need to get like 250-300m a year from subscriptions ... can they get 2.5m people at 100 USD or 1m at 250 USD?
Say they need to get like 250-300m a year from subscriptions ... can they get 2.5m people at 100 USD or 1m at 250 USD?
and I 'could' go on a date with Taylor Swift
Well, it kind of does depending on the details of what was presented as it doesn't sound like Apple put down any guaranteed money to me.
Just like I eluded to in my post above, PAC got burned the first time throwing a Hail Mary. Ironic that the only choice left to MAYBE save themselves now is doubling down and throwing another one.