Serie A on Dazn: 10 games at 10 different times? Who benefits?
The possibility of expanding the number of slots available for Serie A matches is being studied in the Serie A League. A choice in favor of Dazn? Open debate (even among political leaders …)
Ten different times for ten different games. This is the hypothesis on which the League, on Monday 7 June, is called to vote to meet the needs of Dazn, who has been awarded the broadcasting rights of Serie A matches (3 co-exclusive with Sky).
Different slots for different games would avoid possible network blackouts for Dazn.
10 DIFFERENT HOURS
In practice, the hypothesis on the pitch is to eliminate the contemporaneity of matches during the 2021/22 season, reserving its own schedule for each match and spreading the matches over three days: Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
THE NEW PROGRAMMING
The schedule would see four games played on Saturdays (at 2.30pm, 4.30pm, 6.30pm and 8.45pm), five on Sunday (at 12.30pm, 2.30pm, 4.30pm, 6.30pm and 8.45pm) and one on Monday, at 8.45pm.
A HAND OUT TO DAZN
At the basis of such a choice there would be, writes Corriere.it , a hand extended to Dazn, since different slots would lighten the traffic on the online platform, which during the past years has presented connection problems. In the season just ended, the fans were unable to watch the Inter-Cagliari and Parma-Lazio matches live.
ADVANTAGES FOR VIEWERS
Different times for different matches would allow all football fans to be able to watch all the matches without having to choose between the matches proposed at the same times.
In addition to increasing the audience, it could also better distribute the calendar of those engaged in Europe.
THE DECISION TO THE PRESIDENTS
The hypothesis will be voted on by the presidents of the Serie A teams on Monday 7 June. 14 votes are needed for the approval of the resolution, which would repeat what happened during the 23rd day of this championship, when no match was played at the same time.
SALVINI MOUTH THE IDEA
The idea of a Serie A stew, however, does not like the leader of the League, Matteo Salvini:
Ten games at ten different times?
Football is no longer a game, sport, passion and joy for the fans, but a "stew" at the service of TV … But enough, I say NO! #dazn– Matteo Salvini (@matteosalvinimi) June 4, 2021
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/serie-a-su-dazn-10-partite-in-10-orari-diversi-a-chi-giova/ on Fri, 04 Jun 2021 14:24:24 +0000.