What is Dazn orchestrating?
Dazn reveals the cost of the subscription to watch the entire Serie A, but doubts and knots remain to be solved. Facts, numbers and controversies (on the hypothesis of different match times)
Dazn, in collaboration with Tim, has bought the rights to all the Serie A matches, of which seven are exclusive and three are co-exclusive with Sky. The British broadcaster, born in 2015 in London, has already unveiled the prices of its subscriptions and has decided to manage the collection of commercials in solitude, while uncertainty is growing about the modality and quality of watching the matches.
Let's go step by step.
THE COST OF THE SUBSCRIPTION
Let's start with the subscription. Starting from July 1st, to see all Serie A on Dazn you will have to pay a monthly subscription of 29.99 euros per month. The cost, for new customers who subscribe by July 28, will drop to 19.99 euros per month for 14 months. Even old subscribers will be able to take advantage of the offer at 19.99 euros per month instead of 29.99 euros starting from September (the months of July and August will be entirely offered by Dazn), but other offers are also being studied.
SUBSCRIBERS VIA SKY
Those who already have a subscription to Dazn through the competing platform, Sky, will no longer be able to renew the voucher starting from 1 June, and at the end of the month the two channels will no longer be visible.
“Starting from 1 June 2021, the DAZN voucher offered by Sky can no longer be renewed. Consequently, the validity of the DAZN voucher offered by Sky for the use of the DAZN service, including the use of the DAZN1 channel and the DAZN App on Sky Q or other Sky devices, will cease with the expiry of the last monthly renewal and in any case no later than June 30, 2021 ″, explains the London platform.
From 1 July, the Sky subscriber will be considered as a new customer.
NOT ONLY SERIES A
Customers, in addition to our championship, will be able to watch the Spanish Liga, the Copa Libertadores, the Copa Sudamericana, the FA Cup, the Carabao Cup, the MLS, as well as the thematic channels of Inter and Milan. And again: MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3, NFL, UFC Matchroom, GGG and Golden Boy for boxing, Indycar and darts.
Eurosport 1 HD and 2 HD channels are also available.
UP TO SIX DEVICES CONNECTED
Those who choose to subscribe will be able to connect up to a maximum of six devices with the possibility of simultaneously viewing the same event on two devices.
Dazn will be visible on smart TVs, Apple TVs, Android TVs and other models. You can view everything via app even on smartphones and tablets, or on your desktop, PlayStation4 or Xbox One console.
WHICH BAND IS SUITABLE FOR THE GAMES?
A 2.0 Mbps download bandwidth is recommended for SD (Standard Definition) resolution, while 3.5 Mbps download is required for high definition. It goes to 6.5 Mbps for HD and high frame rates. For TV, the minimum recommended download speed is 8.0 Mbps.
It is also possible that Dazn arrives on digital terrestrial, therefore in the clear. The company has bought two different channels, but it is still unclear how it will use these spaces.
QUALITY AT RISK?
Doubts about quality remain. In fact, it is still early to forget what happened with the Inter-Cagliari and Parma-Lazio matches, which the fans were unable to follow due to a problem with Comcast.
THE REQUESTS OF DAZN
And perhaps with the aim of avoiding any problems (of line overload, of course), Dazn intends to reserve a slot for each game. In practice, each match would individually occupy a time slot, with Serie A being divided into three days (Saturday, Sunday and Monday), with time slots dedicated to the specific event. In this way, the viewer would have all the challenges of the day at his disposal, without having to choose between events scheduled at the same time.
The solution, however, will have to be voted on Monday 7 June at the Lega assembly. ( here Start's in-depth analysis of the project )
DAZN AND THE SPOTS
Quality aside, Dazn, according to what MF-Milano Finanza reveals , would have decided to take a step back, and to fully manage the collection of Serie A commercials, which should lead to revenues of 80-90 million per year.
“Mediaset, Cairo, Discovery and Sky are on stand by”, adds Milano Finanza .
WAITING FOR TIM'S OFFERS
In the meantime, Tim's offer is awaited , which has supported Dazn financially. The prices should be in line with those of Dazn, and the installation of the set top box will also be included to see the channels on digital terrestrial.
However, cheaper offers are not excluded. "It is expected – writes Repubblica – that Tim can also make aggressive offers, in terms of price, with regard to Netflix and Disney Plus. Tim's goal is to offer all football and premium content (from series to children's programs) to a price that will be about half of the Sky package on the satellite ”.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/che-cosa-sta-architettando-dazn/ on Sat, 05 Jun 2021 05:07:20 +0000.