How many of you out there already subscribe to this?
I shall start it in September for the US Open and with the recently announced Premier League package they have won (on top of the ATP tour events from next year) looks like they mean business on the UK sports front.
Now means forking out for BT, NOW TV (Sky), and Amazon for all my sports needs! Was simplier when Sky had everything!
No, I am afraid I will continue to watch on the livestreams and/or ITV/BBC where applicable. I am not buying nor can afford a bunch of different packages for different companies.
-- Edited by flamingowings on Thursday 7th of June 2018 06:33:03 PM
I do already subscribe but in the first instance got it because as a family we seemed to be ordering a lot of stuff and Amazon Prime gave us free next day deliveries so really it was paying for itself. Then along came Tv shows and movies, many of which were included for free, so that lets us have things to download and watch whilst travelling etc so that worked for us as well.
Now we are into sports!! I am presuming (hoping!)that the addition of sports content wont mean that the price goes up so if it doesnt then the addition wont cost me any more than we pay for already. In contrast though If you dont use Amazon much at the moment then this will be yet another platform and cost to cover which many wont want to.
My own preferred method of watching grand slams/ main tours tennis is by an aerial or dish - where I live the Internet is not always reliable so piling more pressure on the Wi-fi signal (with two teenagers in the house) might be problematical. So I am not entirely happy with the way this might be going. Additionally there is a danger that by selling the rights in this way that tennis will freeze out the more casual tennis watcher who might just want to tune into or come across an an occasional match. This move will probably stop that happening which surely is in contrast to the ITF/ATP/WTAs purported aims to increase interest and participation in the sport.
It will be interesting though to see how this all pans out and whether this foray by Amazon into tennis (and football) is a see what happens or is part of a longer term strategy by them to really take over sports rights.
Hopefully these ramblings make some sort of sense!!
I do already subscribe but in the first instance got it because as a family we seemed to be ordering a lot of stuff and Amazon Prime gave us free next day deliveries so really it was paying for itself. Then along came Tv shows and movies, many of which were included for free, so that lets us have things to download and watch whilst travelling etc so that worked for us as well.
Now we are into sports!! I am presuming (hoping!)that the addition of sports content wont mean that the price goes up so if it doesnt then the addition wont cost me any more than we pay for already. In contrast though If you dont use Amazon much at the moment then this will be yet another platform and cost to cover which many wont want to.
My own preferred method of watching grand slams/ main tours tennis is by an aerial or dish - where I live the Internet is not always reliable so piling more pressure on the Wi-fi signal (with two teenagers in the house) might be problematical. So I am not entirely happy with the way this might be going. Additionally there is a danger that by selling the rights in this way that tennis will freeze out the more casual tennis watcher who might just want to tune into or come across an an occasional match. This move will probably stop that happening which surely is in contrast to the ITF/ATP/WTAs purported aims to increase interest and participation in the sport.
It will be interesting though to see how this all pans out and whether this foray by Amazon into tennis (and football) is a see what happens or is part of a longer term strategy by them to really take over sports rights.
Hopefully these ramblings make some sort of sense!!
From what I read Amazon have also won a rights package today for Premier League Football, so they are clearly going in big time to the sports scene. I also subscribe to Prime for the same reasons as Brittak said (sounds like the same family we have there!) so hope it doesnt impact the price or come with some sort of extra pay per view fee, which I guess it might
I actually think £8 a month for free delivery, Amazon TV, Music etc plus all the ATP tour events is good value - lets hope they don't increase when football kicks in 19/20 season.
Can see Amazon going away from films and more into sport, and they can blow the likes of Sky away with their spending power.
I went for the annual subscription which was £80 so works out slightly cheaper still. Also a couple of times some deliveries have been delayed and I have complained and so they extended the subscription without any hesitation so Ive had a few free months along the way.
