Why Big Tech Is Making a Big Play for Live Sports

Competing for rights to broadcast games from the N.F.L. and other leagues could be hard for broadcast and cable companies

Competing for rights to broadcast games from the N.F.L. and other leagues could be hard for broadcast and cable companies that “aren’t playing by the same financial rules.”

The interest of tech companies is exciting for sports leagues and terrifying for media companies, which fear competition from rivals who earn tens of billions of dollars from dominant positions in other businesses. Sports accounted for 95 of the top 100 most-watched television shows last year.

Read more in the article by TRIPP MICKLE, KEVIN DRAPER and BENJAMIN MULLIN | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

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