Comments Thread For: Joshua-Povetkin Likely for 9/22, To Be Streamed By DAZN in U.S.

[Pennsauken1]

AJ needs to fire Eddie Hearn!!!!

[Corelone]

[QUOTE=Rubber Ducky;18893161]Not a shock that he was going to use Joshua as a way to launch DAZN in the US, why on earth wouldn't he use his biggest asset to launch his biggest deal.

People may moan about subscribing to DAZN to get the fight, but the first month is free, you can subscribe watch Joshua/Povetkin and any other fights that month then cancel your subscription. It's literally a free fight and a damn good fight too.

Fans get a free fight, Hearn and DAZN get to launch with a big **** with a marquee fight and even Joshua and Povetkin do well out of this as DAZN will pay more than Showtime would to secure this on their platform.[/QUOTE

I keep reading this and I have a question. How many of these $20 give aways is it going to take for AJ to make $50 million ?

[Reverb]

Pretty much. I figure he's pulling 300k-ish active views when he's on US TV. Only a small percentage of those viewers will fork over card info/cash for a subscription. So I'm assuming only about 20 -25% or so of those active viewers will sign up and even fewer will stay after the one month trial

Fair do's sir. We are both throwing our guesses out there.
I'm siding with new formats edging out the diminishing power of the TV networks. I couldn't put a notable estimate on how many subscriptions but- a dedicated sports subscription service in a nation of over 300 million people...
It should pull in more than enough to get it up and running over the next two years.

[JasonX]

"If he signs the contract" ...uhh you mean if he wins? Don't overlook Povetkin.

[Reverb]

Hearn is trying to use Wilder to pump up his wack DAZN app, throw that app in the trash, Eddie Hearn is a fraud, it’s a pay per view fight you nit wit!!!!

DAZN isn't Hearn's. He's just signed up with them.
It's owned by Leonard Blavatnik. A Ukrainian billionaire who owns Warner music and has a share in Spotify among others.
The company is successfully challenging long held sports broadcasting rights in other countries and is prepared to put tens of billions into the business.

[Butch.McRae]

Fair do's sir. We are both throwing our guesses out there.
I'm siding with new formats edging out the diminishing power of the TV networks. I couldn't put a notable estimate on how many subscriptions but- a dedicated sports subscription service in a nation of over 300 million people...
It should pull in more than enough to get it up and running over the next two years.

You should check out streaming subs for the services out there in entertainment. Last reported figure for Showtime was 4 million subs. I'm not too familar with DAZN but if they want to get serious subs in the US they'll need more than sports to do it imo. The leaders out there offer original content that pulls the vast majority of their paid users.

Here's a cool little source...
http://www.nscreenmedia.com/hbo-now-adds-5m-subs/

[The plunger man]

What about Canelo v GGG doe...

Because the povetkin fight is not dependent on ppv in america where is wilder is american doe.
News for you son joshua sells 1.8 million ppv in the uk and i am sure povetkin will sell heaps in russia.
Yiu have to get this america out your mind because joshua sells big with or without ppv usa lol.

[Butch.McRae]

DAZN isn't Hearn's. He's just signed up with them.
It's owned by Leonard Blavatnik. A Ukrainian billionaire who owns Warner music and has a share in Spotify among others.
The company is successfully challenging long held sports broadcasting rights in other countries and is prepared to put tens of billions into the business.

Very familiar with Blavatnik. Again, paid subs in the US are harder to come by. Just check out spotify's paid US monthly users figure versus their freemium users. They haven't really figured out how to convert their US core users to paying customers.

The only companies that have successfully got people to sign up consistently in the US are Apple and Amazon. And that's because of their vast ecosystems.

[thabanga510]

[QUOTE=Corelone;18893428]

Not a shock that he was going to use Joshua as a way to launch DAZN in the US, why on earth wouldn't he use his biggest asset to launch his biggest deal.

People may moan about subscribing to DAZN to get the fight, but the first month is free, you can subscribe watch Joshua/Povetkin and any other fights that month then cancel your subscription. It's literally a free fight and a damn good fight too.

Fans get a free fight, Hearn and DAZN get to launch with a big **** with a marquee fight and even Joshua and Povetkin do well out of this as DAZN will pay more than Showtime would to secure this on their platform.[/QUOTE

I keep reading this and I have a question. How many of these $20 give aways is it going to take for AJ to make $50 million ?

Nope not supporting anything that has Hearn behind it.

[Shadoww702]

ZZZzzzzz wake me when this sht fight is over.