Netflix style cheap ppv stream idea

[Furn]

Surely there's a market for a netflix type ppv model these days.

Stream it on an app on a smart tv or chromecast etc for like $10-15.

You only get $10 per view but you cut out the cable companies and keep all the profits.

To me there is a big gap in boxing between the genuine ppv fights like say GGG v Canelo and the fights that networks will pay for, which are just showcase mismatches mostly.

The problem is a name fighter can get $1mil for an easy fight because the opponent gets not much, but if you put 2 good fighters together they both want big $ e.g. $2mil each so it costs 4 times as much to put on.

Also you have a bigger market because more people have internet than cable and you can sell it to the whole world.

[warp1432]

Paying $10-15 a month for boxing is called HBO

[original zero]

http://www.floboxing.tv/

[Motorcity Cobra]

I don't think the cost of PV is as big an issue as most people make it out to be. GGG-Lemieux and Kovalev-Ward were cheaper than PAC vs. Bradley III & PAC vs Vargas & his fights outperformed GGG-Lemieux & Ward-Kovalev. The problem is there aren't any PPV stars except Camelot. He's not really a star he's just solid.

[5burowz]

Boxing is the wild-wild west.
There is no continuity; no loyalty.

[Blackclouds]

Boxing needs to adapt, but it's also old business stuck in its ways. They are married to cable tv and ppv business models. Even PBC just tweaks what boxing has done in the past but aren't very innovative on what type of fights to show for free vs on premium cable.

Boxing is a loose group of contractors/companies basically, getting them to work together is like herding cats. Promotions are local and it's damn hard to find information on who's fighting on a given day like they want to keep **** a secret. Belt organizations tend to have completely different top 15 lists. So I don't have much hope until current business models completely collapse of which they probably won't.

So that leaves these countless local promotions and they are stuck in their ways too. There's a few that do stream but they charge pretty high prices per fight like www.gfl.tv

[_Maxi]

I don't think the cost of PV is as big an issue as most people make it out to be. GGG-Lemieux and Kovalev-Ward were cheaper than PAC vs. Bradley III & PAC vs Vargas & his fights outperformed GGG-Lemieux & Ward-Kovalev. The problem is there aren't any PPV stars except Camelot. He's not really a star he's just solid.

Well i think you're wrong. In the UK they are making the same money, but at the same time promoting the sport. Because they price the fights much lower and more people end up buying.

Another problem is fighters are making too much money.

[brettWall]

I think Netflix and others that offer similar services can only stream taped movies and shows and not live events. That's probably where the problem lies. In any case, they should at least offer delayed fights or fights that are already recorded.

[Motorcity Cobra]

Well i think you're wrong. In the UK they are making the same money, but at the same time promoting the sport. Because they price the fights much lower and more people end up buying.

Another problem is fighters are making too much money.

Klitschko vs Joshua can be priced at $50 and it'll still break PPV records because it's a must see fight. Mayweather vs Pacquiao was priced at $100, the most expensive ever, and it broke records because it was a must see fight. I gave two examples of price not determing people willingness to buy fights and instead of giving a counter example you say I'm wrong and bring up an unrelated point, the UK market which isn't the same as US PPV. UFC isn't having problems selling PPV's (which are way more expensive than UK PPV's) because they have PPV stars and put on a good show. US boxing doesn't have that anymore. People will pay to see stars. It's always been that way in America and will always be that way. You don't even live here so you really have nothing to add

[Motorcity Cobra]

Well i think you're wrong. In the UK they are making the same money, but at the same time promoting the sport. Because they price the fights much lower and more people end up buying.

Another problem is fighters are making too much money.

People aren't even watching free boxing but you think the problem with PPV is the price? It's not the price, it's the fighters and the sport!!!