Post by
Birdman99 on Jul 18, 2017 12:40am
NFL loss
I thought they only did the international game pass not the domestic as mentioned by own ceo. Unless someone can show other wise Id again consider nfl another lost client for Neulion. Thier flagship client as mentioned from neulion themselves.
At the very least if they did have domestic streams they are losing to companies like amazon and twitter.
Looks like they lost all international streams for sure. Perform group got everything outside of europe and US and then Bruin sports and wpp aquired by NFL to do streaming for europe.
https://sbcnews.co.uk/featurednews/2017/06/21/bruin-sports-wpp-form-new-venture-distribute-nfl-game-pass-europe/
"NeuLion’s technology streams every NFL game outside the US. In the States, it’s a different story because of complicated entrenched broadcast agreements. Asked about that tension, Reichbach says the NFL, “takes two different views. One is the domestic view and one is the international view … It’s about maximizing their revenue. And then deciding when they’re going to take the chances to move forward. Everyone knows that streaming digitally is where things are going. A year or two ago it was a nice-to-have, now it’s a necessity for someone who has content. So, they’re going to learn to monetize it the way we do. It’s just that in certain instances, because of rights deals in existence, they can’t move forward as quickly as they might like.”