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reservoirdogs said:
Complaining about DAZN being "just an app" makes no sense to me

Netflix is "just an app"
Spotify is "just an app"
and so on...

Clearly the new trend are over the top, streaming platforms not the conventional platforms like TV channels. Why do you think ESPN put such great effort in ESPN+ since its start?
The changing of guard won't happen overnight, big TV channels are still strong and they will remain to be in the near future, but it will happen eventually. ESPN is smart to invest in their streaming app and DAZN can be successful if they can become one of the flagships of sport streaming in the USA. I'm not saying that they definitely will be, it can still both fail and succeed but I don't see why/how the idea of having an OTT provider as a big player is bad for the sport. If anything it's good cause it means the sport has its prospects for the future and for younger generations who generally don't watch TV as their primer source of media consumption. You can't just be occupied with the present without caring about the future.

I think both Fox's and DAZN's involvement in boxing is great, former can reach a wide base in the present and show fights to many millions while latter has a long-long term plan which is created according to modern trends, investing in the younger generations too. While DAZN can't just solve to have a TV channel too, I think FOX might also have to start its own sport streaming app if they don't want to watch ESPN's and DAZN's back 1-2 decades from now. Showtime has its streaming on the Showtime site but they don't put nearly as much marketing behind it as ESPN behind ESPN+, maybe they should. But Showtime is not in direct competition with sports channels like ESPN otherwise than boxing so it's more complicated... They might be out of boxing soon like HBO did...
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this is real talk..everything is an APP!

even my cock!
 
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reservoirdogs said:
Complaining about DAZN being "just an app" makes no sense to me

Netflix is "just an app"
Spotify is "just an app"
and so on...

Clearly the new trend are over the top, streaming platforms not the conventional platforms like TV channels. Why do you think ESPN put such great effort in ESPN+ since its start?
The changing of guard won't happen overnight, big TV channels are still strong and they will remain to be in the near future, but it will happen eventually. ESPN is smart to invest in their streaming app and DAZN can be successful if they can become one of the flagships of sport streaming in the USA. I'm not saying that they definitely will be, it can still both fail and succeed but I don't see why/how the idea of having an OTT provider as a big player is bad for the sport. If anything it's good cause it means the sport has its prospects for the future and for younger generations who generally don't watch TV as their primer source of media consumption. You can't just be occupied with the present without caring about the future.

I think both Fox's and DAZN's involvement in boxing is great, former can reach a wide base in the present and show fights to many millions while latter has a long-long term plan which is created according to modern trends, investing in the younger generations too. While DAZN can't just solve to have a TV channel too, I think FOX might also have to start its own sport streaming app if they don't want to watch ESPN's and DAZN's back 1-2 decades from now. Showtime has its streaming on the Showtime site but they don't put nearly as much marketing behind it as ESPN behind ESPN+, maybe they should. But Showtime is not in direct competition with sports channels like ESPN otherwise than boxing so it's more complicated... They might be out of boxing soon like HBO did...
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I’ve heard several podcast say showtime is done after this or next year with boxing they just don’t have the money
 
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patscorpio said:
I'm hoping for it to happen in my neck of the woods
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I swear man it's no other matchup to make.

Same network same weight class two high level skill opponents.

shyt with this and Canelo vs Jacobs even the losers (as long as no brutal KO) gets a nice consolidation prize.

Nelo vs GGG 3
Jacobs vs GGG 2
Jacobs vs Andrade
Nelo vs Andrade.
 
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Rashaddw said:
I swear man it's no other matchup to make.

Same network same weight class two high level skill opponents.

shyt with this and Canelo vs Jacobs even the losers (as long as no brutal KO) gets a nice consolidation prize.

Nelo vs GGG 3
Jacobs vs GGG 2
Jacobs vs Andrade
Nelo vs Andrade.
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Triple G is not fighting Andrade first triple g is not fighting Andrade first, they need to get him to September safe
 
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Bigblackted4 said:
I’ve heard Keith Idec say it I’ve heard Chris Mannix say it and a couple others they basically said it’s going to go the same route as HBO they think That’s why Harmon got the fox deal to lesson the blow of losing showtime
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Makes sense. It's gotta be a huge expense. And show reruns or distribution rights oversees or DVD sales (GOT for example) make way for for stations like HBO and Showtime then live sports.
 
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