D.C. Memo: Carr Has FCC Looking at Migration of Sports Programming from Free TV to Streaming Platforms
'… Watching your favorite team play isn’t as easy these days. Many games are still on broadcast, but an increasing number are on a range of different online platforms,” Carr says.
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Sports: The FCC’s Media Bureau is seeking comment on how live sports, including NFL games, are distributed as games move across more streaming services and platforms, a shift the bureau said can make events harder to find and more expensive for viewers. “… Watching your favorite team play isn’t as easy these days. Many games are still on broadcast, but an increasing number are on a range of different online platforms,” FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said on his X feed Wednesday. “We want to understand the marketplace today, the experience of consumers, and how the changes impact the ability of broadcast TV stations to continue delivering local news, information, and other programming.” NFL games, once the near-exclusive home of broadcast TV, have migrated beyond cable and satellite to streamers Amazon Prime Video, Peacock, Netflix, and YouTube. Typically, streamed games are available on free TV just in the home markets of the teams on the field. (More after paywall)
