In a portent of the risks ahead, International Cricket Council World Cups will disappear from free-to-air television between 2024 and 2027, after the world governing body signed an exclusive four-year deal with streaming platform Amazon.
Fuck this is shit. It’s our national sport, and being able to hide it behind a paywall like that is crap.
The most controversial recommendation related to the scope of anti-siphoning laws, affecting how Australian viewers can access sport in the medium term.
It supported the government’s position, on grounds of excessive competitive advantage, that anti-siphoning should only apply to terrestrial broadcasting. This excludes digital rights for live streaming through broadcast video on demand apps such as 9Now, Seven+, iView and SBS On Demand.
Very disappointing. I personally rarely watch TV, and if I didn’t already have one in my apartment, I’m not sure I would buy one. This law is essentially saying “people like me are not entitled to watch the sports that our society has deemed culturally significant enough to pass special laws entitling everyone to be able to watch”.
No1@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I was a backer of strong laws, up until the rugby fiasco.
Rugby was popular, not under anti-siphoning rules. Fox paid millions, and put it behind their paywall.
Now, nobody gives a shit about rugby, the Fruit & Nut Wallabies are a joke, and rugby has reversed course and now has games on FTA.
Other sports have taken note.
We have such a small population (market size) with so many sports (products) that making it only available via pay to watch it is a very dangerous game (price sensitive).
abhibeckert@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It was?