David Higgins: Duco Events Founder on the competition for rugby broadcasting rights

The Mike Hosking Breakfast - En podkast av Newstalk ZB - Onsdager

There's competition over the rugby broadcast rights.  British streaming disruptor DAZN is reportedly being courted by New Zealand Rugby.  Talks with Sky have been dragging on – it's understood the broadcaster's offered $85 million dollars a year to renew, a smaller bid than its current deal of $111 million a year.  Duco Events founder David Higgins told Mike Hosking he believes people would pay for DAZN just for the rugby – initially.  He says they'd have to get everything right, including having the players become interesting stars, not robots.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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