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@Bones said in Next Broadcasting Deal:
@Nepia said in Next Broadcasting Deal:
they lag behind Netflix and Disney.
Is that the case in NZ?
Data is a bit old but Prime had roughly 450k subscribers and Disney 1.25m subscribers according to this article.
I couldn't find any recent data. Maybe Amazon the store is bigger in NZ now and that has increased subsciptions?
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@Nepia geez, a quarter of the population? And also a sixth as many subscribers as the the UK by the looks of things. Didn't expect Disney to be so popular.
I'm guessing with prime being a late comer those stats might have changed.
But I digress.....
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@Bones said in Next Broadcasting Deal:
@Nepia geez, a quarter of the population? And also a sixth as many subscribers as the the UK by the looks of things. Didn't expect Disney to be so popular.
I'm guessing with prime being a late comer those stats might have changed.
But I digress.....
Yeah seems high for Disney ... but I guess - kids.
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@Nepia said in Next Broadcasting Deal:
@Bones said in Next Broadcasting Deal:
@Nepia geez, a quarter of the population? And also a sixth as many subscribers as the the UK by the looks of things. Didn't expect Disney to be so popular.
I'm guessing with prime being a late comer those stats might have changed.
But I digress.....
Yeah seems high for Disney ... but I guess - kids.
I figured the rest of the world has kids too, pretty sure I've seen some over here.
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i considered Disney+ one of the big ones, maybe not netflix big but in the running with all the rest, with the marvel stuff (previously) and Star wars i have probably watch it more than Amazon
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@Kiwiwomble had it for a couple of months, got into The Bear but found it pretty shit to navigate and couldn't figure out what star wars or marvel stuff was the good ones. Use prime all the time.
I was surprised at how big Disney is but it's not as big as prime.
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Disney in Australia are starting to consider their sports platform, so it could be a possibility down the road they look to do the same thing here.
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@Bones said in Next Broadcasting Deal:
@Kiwiwomble had it for a couple of months, got into The Bear but found it pretty shit to navigate and couldn't figure out what star wars or marvel stuff was the good ones. Use prime all the time.
I was surprised at how big Disney is but it's not as big as prime.
do you have paramount+ over there? was disappointed when i saw how many shows advertised on prime we're actually behind a second subscription
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@Bones said in Next Broadcasting Deal:
@Kiwiwomble had it for a couple of months, got into The Bear but found it pretty shit to navigate and couldn't figure out what star wars or marvel stuff was the good ones. Use prime all the time.
I was surprised at how big Disney is but it's not as big as prime.
I'm almost the opposite of you, I find Amazon so annoying to navigate. I find shows by accident or if people tell me and as @Kiwiwomble notes it's just filled with essentially ads for shows and movies on other platforms or PPV. I've mostly been watching Paramount+ shows on it as the good ones are easier to find.
My actual favourite for quality is Apple TV+. But I should suspend it for a few months every year while waiting for shows to catch up, but I always forget.
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@Nepia said in Next Broadcasting Deal:
My actual favourite for quality is Apple TV+. But I should suspend it for a few months every year while waiting for shows to catch up, but I always forget.
I made use of the free weekend recently to catch up on a couple of shows on Apple TV+ but will eventually re-subscribe as I am way behind. Dropping shows weekly is one of the disadvantages of this platform but makes sense for Apple.
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@Bovidae said in Next Broadcasting Deal:
@Nepia said in Next Broadcasting Deal:
My actual favourite for quality is Apple TV+. But I should suspend it for a few months every year while waiting for shows to catch up, but I always forget.
I made use of the free weekend recently to catch up on a couple of shows on Apple TV+ but will eventually re-subscribe as I am way behind. Dropping shows weekly is one of the disadvantages of this platform but makes sense for Apple.
The weekly shows annoys the fuck out of me, it's like I've returned to the 80s/90s.
I try to wait out Apple shows until all eps have dropped - which is another reason I should routinely cancel it.
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@Kiwiwomble said in Next Broadcasting Deal:
@Bones said in Next Broadcasting Deal:
@Kiwiwomble had it for a couple of months, got into The Bear but found it pretty shit to navigate and couldn't figure out what star wars or marvel stuff was the good ones. Use prime all the time.
I was surprised at how big Disney is but it's not as big as prime.
do you have paramount+ over there? was disappointed when i saw how many shows advertised on prime we're actually behind a second subscription
as an FYI, Paramount + do have their own app and by using it you can at different times of the year get bigger discounts on fees rather than going via prime. The catch is that their app is worse still
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@bayimports yeah, had seen Paramount+ advertised independently more just the disappointment when you see something listed on prime and it has the little yellow symbol in the corner meaning i need yet another service
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@Kiwiwomble said in Next Broadcasting Deal:
@Bones said in Next Broadcasting Deal:
@Kiwiwomble had it for a couple of months, got into The Bear but found it pretty shit to navigate and couldn't figure out what star wars or marvel stuff was the good ones. Use prime all the time.
I was surprised at how big Disney is but it's not as big as prime.
do you have paramount+ over there? was disappointed when i saw how many shows advertised on prime we're actually behind a second subscription
Yeah that's probably the one we use the most at the moment, some great shows. Pretty clunky to navigate, but slightly better than Disney (i.e. I can actually find stuff I want to watch).
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Back on topic.
NZR is tipped to accept a 33% cut in broadcasting rights payment from Sky. Currently they receive $111M per year (previously it was $52M per year). This article says that NZR is leaning towards accepting $75M per year without the rights for the Nations Championship due to start in 2026. The community game will be most affected by this reduced income.
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@Bovidae said in Next Broadcasting Deal:
Back on topic.
NZR is tipped to accept a 33% cut in broadcasting rights payment from Sky. Currently they receive $111M per year (previously it was $52M per year). This article says that NZR is leaning towards accepting $75M per year without the rights for the Nations Championship due to start in 2026. The community game will be most affected by this reduced income.
Does the broadcasting deal also include the newly created Nz-Sa series?
I thought the aim was to get a separate deal for that that would rival Lions broadcasting revenue?
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@ploughboy said in Next Broadcasting Deal:
anyone use sky now?
how you found it ?I still have normal sky, as opposed to sky now(?), the online only one. It's not a patch on the old spark sport platform, their on demand is just nowhere as good, but you can use the Sky go app when you are away from your decoder