Apple is reportedly looking to expand its array of live sports onApple TV+by acquire right to stream Premier League football in the UK .
accord to a reputation in theDaily Mail , over the weekend , Apple plan to enter the bidding when rightfield add up up for grabs once again in 2025 .
While that ’s still a couple of years forth , the erstwhile source of correct extension propaganda reckons Apple plan to equal Sky and BT in an crusade that “ would transmute the agency the top flight is broadcast in this land . ”
The reputation say the tender unconscious process for the next round of right will set out later this year , with Apple provision on matching what Sky and BT put down every time of year . However , in our view , it ’s more potential Apple bids for the limited streaming right currently possessed by Amazon Prime Video .
Amazon gets 20 games per season , or two catch days , between 2022 and 2025 . This has been quite radical in term of enabling UK witness to watch every secret plan , even if it kicks off at 3:00pm on a Saturday , a time previously blacked out .
The Premier League right package went for £ 4.8 billion in 2021 , underwrite 2022 to 2025 . Amazon is believe to have pay around £ 100 million for those 20 games a season , so Apple would presumably have to top that in parliamentary procedure to gain the rightfulness in 2025 .
If Apple had bolder dream , such as replace Sky Sports – which has held the majority of the rights for 30 years – it would plausibly involve give upward of £ 4 billion . immediate payment - rich Apple sure enough has those resourcefulness , but whether it would apportion such sums on Premier League football , which it could only show in a single country , stay on to be seen .
Given the fellowship ’s scheme to date has affect being able toshow Major League BaseballandMajor League Soccerin multiple Apple TV+ territories , we find this even more unlikely . Should BT and Sky be worried ? Probably not , but Amazon perhaps should be .
