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I think sports suffers from fragmentation in the same way as other content. To watch all the televised football games in the UK you need Sky Sports, TNT and Am
by benjaminwootton 3y ago
I think sports suffers from fragmentation in the same way as other content.
To watch all the televised football games in the UK you need Sky Sports, TNT and Amazon Prime.
Even then you can only see half the games whereas in other countries almost all Premier League matches are televised meaning that geographical licensing restrictions are also in play.
I would happily pay a fairly significant fee to watch all matches conveniently, but it’s simply not available to buy.
- fullspectrumdev 3y agoIn Ireland (where this article is discussing) there is no legal option for some sports content at all.
- wombat-man 3y agoYeah, same for American Football. If you really want to watch everything you need Sunday Ticket, some TV sub that includes ESPN, Amazon Prime and NFL+. This is definitely on purpose. I just get Sunday ticket and head to the pub on the occasion that my team is playing a game not covered by that or antenna TV. The NFL is good about letting local fans see their team. The monetary pain comes if you want to see out of market games.