Premier League needs wake up call in streaming battle
Both took on the internet pirates but despite their court battles ultimately illegal downloading of music was replaced by Itunes, Youtube and Spotify.
The pirated DVD market was largely replaced by streaming film and TV sites such as Netflix and Amazon.
The Premier League is fighting a losing battle and must now allow football supporters in the UK to watch football matches streamed legally to their TVs, tablets and phones.
It’s utterly outrageous that fans in American, Australia and Germany can watch live games that we cannot legally watch in the country of origin.
The antiquated rule of not screening football matches on a Saturday at 3 pm should be abolished. Within the next five years, I hope we see the introduction of a pay for view model for all Premier League and domestic cup games with online season tickets to watch your team all season in glorious high definition without fear of prosecution.
Charging a tenner a game for pay for view or £250 for a TV season ticket could bring in hundreds of millions for football clubs and blow the £5.3bn they received from Sky and BT for three years out of the water.
If they really want to stamp out the illegal streams, they must offer a legal good quality alternative. The!at’ the only way they will ever win ….and were they to WAKE UP…they would see that staring them in the fac
Maybe attendances at matches would drop initially but the extra income they received could make football truly affordable dropping match tickets to attend in person to a tenner too to promote full stadia with atmosphere with proper fans.