Apple is reportedly consider expanding its array of live sports coverage with a megahit bid to take on the worldwide right field to Formula 1 racing .
According to a new report fromBusiness F1 magazine ( Thomas Nelson Page 11 ) , Apple could beseech a banging $ 2 billion a class to supplant the current broadcasters and overshadow the race worldwide . The report pronounce Apple has “ wargamed ” out the potential for a massive offer .
That deal played a major role infacilitating the arrival of Leo Messi in the conference , with a percentage of streaming revenue from Season Pass going into Messi ’s back pocket .
world-wide rights are also useable for itsFriday Night Baseball games , which was the party ’s first major maraud into live sport .
So , it would make sense that Apple would seek the global right for F1 , but that would require the summercater ’s arranger to believe a world-wide deal would be more beneficial than retain its lucrative kinship with the likes of Sky in the UK and ESPN in the United States .
However , this reports would suggest Apple may start off by picking up the right wing in some countries and step by step scoop up the rest when they become available . The report says Apple would assay to ratify a seven yr deal with F1 with a survey to prove in more countries as meter die on . The account say some of F1 ’s existing agreements with broadcaster execute until 2029 .
The account ( via9to5Mac ) say : “ Under such a deal Apple would offer a slither scale accordsing to how much exclusivity it was able to access . ab initio it is think Formula 1 Group would be able to pop the question 25 percent exclusivity rising to 100 percentage after five year as all the existing contracts run out . ”
