Premier League TV deal may keep the wolves from the door but Sky and BT Group Plc’s bundle model is facing existential threat
As Sky and BT roll over their Premier League deals the online streamers are lurking with intent.
Sky and BT Group PLC’s (LON:BT.A) behind closed doors deal for Premier League broadcast rights signals strongly one thing, time is running out for their telecoms-and-TV bundling business models.
Moreover, for customers there’s even a faint hope that the days of £75 per month subscription fees may also be numbered.
The Premier League accepted a deal to ‘roll-over’ its existing UK rights deals with Sky, BT Sports and Amazon amidst the economic perils of the pandemic and a zeitgeist of football fan unrest.