The on topic thread

[elhadjihenry]

ESPN paying the same for PL rights in Brazil as what Optus pay in Australia. Looks like Optus overpaid massively considering Brazil has 6 x the population and is in a more suitable timezone for PL.

lol its not that simple. The average income in Australia is 5 x that of Brazil, how many Brazilians do you think can afford cable television?

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

ESPN paying the same for PL rights in Brazil as what Optus pay in Australia. Looks like Optus overpaid massively considering Brazil has 6 x the population and is in a more suitable timezone for PL.

Didn't optus bid dobule on what foxtel were bidding?

 

[Zidane98]

lol its not that simple. The average income in Australia is 5 x that of Brazil, how many Brazilians do you think can afford cable television?

I think the popularity of football in Brazil is more than enough to offset the average income in Brazil.

Let's face it - the Brazilian TV market should cost at least double what the Australian market does.

 

[elhadjihenry]

I think the popularity of football in Brazil is more than enough to offset the average income in Brazil.

Let's face it - the Brazilian TV market should cost at least double what the Australian market does.

That's a very simplistic way to look at it.

Business wise what it's worth to ESPN is comparative to how much money they can make out of it by the amount of viewers through subscription fees and advertising. The income level in Brazil means that a very small amount of the population would be able to afford pay TV, hence there isn't as much money in it for ESPN as there is for Optus in Australia where we have the disposable income to afford luxuries like subscription television and internet streaming. Brazil also has a highly entertaining national league that is of a much higher standard than the A-League as an alternative to watch, and their interest in the Premier League wouldn't be as large (comparatively) to Australians due to the high number of UK ex-pats living here as well as the fact that a large proportion of Australian's have british heritage of some kind. It's also been made clear that Optus bid for the PL as a ploy to gain more mobile and internet customers, not specifically just to be the Australian broadcaster (whether this has worked or not is another story which has yet to be played out). They are very different scenarios that can't be compared purely on the criteria of population and interest in football.

 

[Zidane98]

All those things aside Brazil is football mad. Australia isn't. The games are on at a better time. Advertising revenue would be absolutely massive. Population is 6 times that of Australia.


If I could choose between the two markets tor the same price I'd choose Brazil every time.

It's fair to say that Optus have overpaid hugely for PL rights.

 

[jd2010]

Does bein need to pay broadcast rights for every different continent/country it plays in?

Yes

 

[jd2010]

That just proves how nuts Optus were paying that much!!

22m population with games from 11pm to 6am and it's more than 1/3 what the US pay per year and just 1/2 what the French pay

 

[wadistance]

Yes

shit a brick. they must be either shitting their pants, or making buckets. they are dropping serious coin

 

[Cooldude]

Seriously someone explain to me why Hong Kong's dropping 133 mil US every year in TV deals. 7 mil population, that's nearly 20 mil per person

Not to mention the fact that we all use illegal cable boxes

 

[jd2010]

Seriously someone explain to me why Hong Kong's dropping 133 mil US every year in TV deals. 7 mil population, that's nearly 20 mil per person

Not to mention the fact that we all use illegal cable boxes

People on business trips etc. maybe?

Never been to HK so can't say for sure but bars and pubs there with foreigners in there would be looking to watch EPL

 

[Cooldude]

People on business trips etc. maybe?

Never been to HK so can't say for sure but bars and pubs there with foreigners in there would be looking to watch EPL

Very expensive deal to please the hipsters at Lan Kwai Fong, they have hi class prostitutes though I give you that

HK is dead mad for the premier league though, that is for certain, football fever there is as hi as anywhere I've ever seen

 

[jod23]

Only my Bulls can lead a game by like 22 points and lose.

 

[jod23]

Shit wrong thread. Disregard.

 

[glenferry23]

Shit wrong thread. Disregard.

Hello, Mr... Kurns. I bad want... money now. Me sick.

Homer: Oooh, he card-reads good.

Bart: So pick please me, Mr. Burns.

Homer: It's Kurns, stupid!

Marge: No, it's not.

Homer: Disregard!

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Apparently according to a mate in the UK our fans and Hammers fans were fighting after the game.
Well, a minority of fans anyway.

Why are London derbies still allowed to be 5pm kick-offs where these minorities will have been out drinking all day.
The NLD was wisely a midday kick off for instance.

 

[jd2010]

Apparently according to a mate in the UK our fans and Hammers fans were fighting after the game.
Well, a minority of fans anyway.

Why are London derbies still allowed to be 5pm kick-offs where these minorities will have been out drinking all day.
The NLD was wisely a midday kick off for instance.

They generally avoid a late kick off for derbies. We should have been the 12 game with arse United at 5

 

[jd2010]

Mind you west ham supporters would find a fight if they game was at 10am on a Tuesday

 

[chef]

 

[jd2010]

Has anyone gone 7? If we play Vincent Janssen half the equation is sorted

 

[chef]

Has anyone gone 7? If we play Vincent Janssen half the equation is sorted

Starting with a 4-0 win over Norwich City on December 18, 2004, Chelsea would not concede a Premier League goal for 10 matches, incidentally until we played the reverse fixture against the Canaries and Leon McKenzie scored (McKenzie’s now apparently a boxer?!). That 10-match streak included a club record 8 wins in a row with a clean sheet, which equalled the European record held by Partizan Belgrade and Skonto Riga. Chelsea’s defensive record (just 15 conceded all season) and points total (95) from 2004-05 remain all-time Premier League bests.

 

[FAITH]

Not surprised by CFC at all. Finally have a quality manager still got a great owner and players.

 

[ADL9798]

We always seem to be the exception to these sort of stats.

Top of the league at Christmas always wins the whole thing, the only exception? Liverpool. Twice.

Only team to not win the league having scored 90+ goals in a season? Liverpool.

 

[jod23]

We always seem to be the exception to these sort of stats.

Top of the league at Christmas always wins the whole thing, the only exception? Liverpool. Twice.

Only team to not win the league having scored 90+ goals in a season? Liverpool.

Yeah, I didnt want to be the one to bring it up though.

 

[Cruyff14]

Giroud now has the most headed goals in the PL since 12/13. Benteke is second.

 

[jd2010]

Giroud now has the most headed goals in the PL since 12/13. Benteke is second.

Also has scored the most goals as sub for Arsenal in the PL era according to something I read earlier