By Monoethnic Social Club - 15 Dec 2021 11:03 PM
https://mobile.twitter.com/OptusSport/status/1470997801173536771
I am probably reading far too much into this but could this be the beginnings of a glimmer of interest from Optus into streaming the NPLs and thus by extension the NSD in 2023???
South Melbourne and Liverpool,on Optus, during the same season????? I think I might actually piss my pants, this would be the ultimate. Can I dare to dream?
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By Monoethnic Social Club - 22 Dec 2021 10:43 PM
+x+x+x+x+x+xOptus are the real parasites in the game. Happy to send $100m a year over to the EPL but not spend a cent on the local game, apart from hiring a few washed up players to shit-talk Australian football. In doing so they've probably screwed over the A-League, which would have benefited immensely from being on the same platform as the Premier League (and Paramount made a serious bid for the rights). This state league friendly match is no exception, Optus didn't pay anything for it, they're just hosting it like YouTube or any other video upload site would do. There is no way they would stump up broadcast fees for an NSD, which would be much better off being aligned with the rest of Australian football (A-League, ACL, national team matches, FFA Cup) on Paramount. This is an odd angle? Why would Optus promote the Aleague? They pay $100 million a year to show the EPL because that is what football fans want to see in Australia. The fact that Optus ALONE have been talking up anything even remotely to do with football in Australia outside the franchises is proof that they actually care about the game.... They dont care about the APL or the 12 x franchises ROI nor should they.... The make documentaries about local football clubs and communites, and do it bloody well too - where is the Aleague engagement? Youve got this the other way around, its the APL itself that should want to align with the "rest of Australian football" but 17 years and counting (apart from the FFA cup which is an ethnic food reality show for the Aleaguers) they clearly dont want to engage...... They weren't even interested in bidding for the A-League when the rights came up, even though they clearly had some money stashed away (since they were able to increase the amount spent on EPL rights from $60m to $100m a year). And not just A-League, they didn't bid for the FA's Socceroos/ACL/FFA Cup package either. They haven't spent a cent on broadcasting or promoting NPL or grassroots level football, except for the handful of documentaries you mention (and they aren't even doing these any more as far as I can tell). A more mature approach would see a synergy between broadcasting Euro leagues and Australian football. This worked well for Fox Sports for a time, and this was the thinking behind Paramount's bid, but they were trumped by Optus, who will now spend $100m a year to stroke the egos of Eurosnobs while doing nothing for the local game. df just curious have you the inside info on OptusS to make these comments ? Just wondering being your talking as if you know what they had in their minds or just assuming. The way I see it from research there was a curve ball that in the USA Turner Sports and Univision both had the rights to the Champions/Europa Leagues, they were paying UEFA approximately $100 million per season but they opted OUT on resigning hence FIFA infact approached CBS/Univision and they allegedly paying $140M P/A so Optus obviously lost out and no wonder they went the extra mile paying to extend their EPL contract, who wouldn't, if thats your "core" premium product its logical going hard to keep it thats competition whereas CBS decided not to counter offer for the EPL as you have eluded. They like any telco/or media conglomerates are parisites period incl CBS no matter they investing here, FOX did the same through the honeymoon period as we all saw, everyone rejoiced didn't they..... Lets all re visit this in the following years, in the big picture when the chips are down one day like every OS backer they couldn't give a stuff what happens here in the end. Its dollars and viewers, FOX saw the writing on the wall years ago besides their internal probs, AL and Union were basket case's for them after the highs..... No inside info, just going off the media reports that Optus did not even bid for the A-League or the FA package. The only serious bidders were Paramount and Stan. At the time Optus were paying $60m per year for the EPL. Logically you'd think they could see some value in the A-League: win subscribers who aren't already on their service, maybe increase monthly fees due to the extra content, a winter season as was being mooted could even have helped retain customers over the fallow EPL off-season. They could have partnered with SBS or 7 or someone to make a play for rights. But no, they didn't submit a bid. Then six months later they magically find another $40m a year for the new EPL rights. At the same time they seem to have cut back on production values and are mainly just relaying the international feed (which may be what viewers prefer anyway). Keep in mind the CEO of Optus (Kelly Bayer Rosmarin) was part of the Lowy FFA board, and quit shortly after they got dumped. "Careful what you wish for." ah ok assuming from media reports. Both of us know sweet FA and the media talk crap 99.9% of time but we can only guess what a corp backroom intent is, I'm sure there would have been plenty discussion...... From the outside I think they made the right call by the look of it, then again being KBR is there and the type of product OS does provide be more like wish they did as MSC quotes as well.. Stumping up the extra to extend their EPL contract you would have been a mug not doing so due to its good subscriber base. I have not noticed any diff in my regular viewing of OS. Nothing has changed barring losing CL/EL. Hey LFC, its only wild wild rumours at this stage but OS may soon have quite a bit of local football content. They have already started a mjni magazine type show, not sure if you caught it? With EPL Bundi, Serie A and even decent amount about Aleague news.... they were talking up the Melbourne derby this week....
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