Netflix have £15m offer to film Drive to Survive-style Premier League docuseries rejected
He said: “It’s what should happen and it’s what I’ve been talking about for about three or four years, for the Premier League to build its own platform and owning its own content, rather than doing it through third party outlets like Sky, BT and the overseas deals that they’ve signed.
“If you build your own platform, like the ‘Netflix of football’ idea that I’ve mooted for some time, charge 100 million people around the world who would easily subscribe to it £9.99-a-month, which is no great shake in terms of cost, you’d be generating £10-12billion-a-year.
“There’s another argument about biting the hand that fed them because there’s no doubt that Sky and others have taken football to a different level, but their time is beginning to go into the past. “Comcast bought Sky because they wanted to increase their subscription opportunity because it was running aground in America.“I don’t think that they’re a great broadcaster. I think that Sky has had its day and I think there’s an opportunity.”“I don’t believe in the 3pm watershed anymore because it was only put in place to protect live attendances and live is live, and it’ll always be live and there will always be an audience for live.
“I believe that the Premier League needs to get its digital thinking into the right place and advance itself.”in a key Premier League game.7pm: Build-up begins for the heavyweight showdown between
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