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fjtorres · 09-11-2016, 10:31 AM

On the streaming side of things, it looks like the economics of streaming services are headed to live sports. Twitter and Yahoo are dabbling and now Amazon is angling for Tennis and rugby. Both Sony and Sling offer live sports (via ESPN/Fox) and NBC has been streaming Olympics for a while but that is as an extension of existing distribution deals.

This is streaming-only distribution:

http://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-may-...aming-service/

There's a lot of money in subscription services.

09-11-2016, 10:31 AM	#33
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	On the streaming side of things, it looks like the economics of streaming services are headed to live sports. Twitter and Yahoo are dabbling and now Amazon is angling for Tennis and rugby. Both Sony and Sling offer live sports (via ESPN/Fox) and NBC has been streaming Olympics for a while but that is as an extension of existing distribution deals. This is streaming-only distribution: http://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-may-...aming-service/ There's a lot of money in subscription services.