• mc802@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Wait how can the English fans pay so much more than the other fans from their respective countries to justify this difference in revenue domestically? I thought the premier league had an edge solely due to the much larger foreign market

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      1 year ago

      It costs £740 annually to subscribe to all the services currently showing PL matches, so about €900. That’s not an insurmountable expenditure for someone with a decent job in any European country, although it certainly stings a bit.

      • Extreme-Self5491@alien.topB
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        1 year ago

        20quid a month for all sky sports on nowtv. Quite regularly offer those deals. Thats about 75% of the matches covered. And you only need it for 10 months.

      • TheUltimateScotsman@alien.topB
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        1 year ago

        a bit.

        to put it lightly. Its a fairly insane amount, especially given that its basically the equivalent of every streaming platform i can think of

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        1 year ago

        As an American, that’s pretty cheap.

        I’m paying about $170 a month for the cable package and three streaming services necessary.

        • Nffc1994@alien.topB
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          1 year ago

          The full sky package + TNT + amazon prime I believe works it more than $170 in the UK, although you do get the other sky sports channels and probs Internet with it . I’m not sure how much they charge the pubs for it , but there’s a lot of sports pubs in the uk .

          I don’t know many who even pay for it all, most of my mates have a dodgy firestick

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        1 year ago

        900 per year is insane to me. Yes, it’s affordable for a lot of people, but I can’t imagine paying that much just out of principle.

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          1 year ago

          This. I live in Serbia and I pay 10 euros a month approximately for sports channel that broadcasts literally every PL game lmao I know my country is poor, but paying that amount of money to watch domestic league is wild

            • SanSilver@alien.topB
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              1 year ago

              Wow, as if there are so many things at sky that are interesting other than football.