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Business Daily: Sports Broadcasting Rights: Winners & Losers

10/05/2013

Sports Broadcasting Rights: Winners & Losers

BBC World Service - Business Daily, Sports Broadcasting Rights: Winners & Losers

Is the consumer the ultimate loser in this game?

Nothing takes up as much television time, worldwide, as live sports coverage.  But the exclusive right to broadcast events like Premier League matches or National Football League games doesn't come cheap.
The cost rises with each new contract signed, pricing some broadcasters out of the market and forcing up pay TV subscription prices for consumers. Is this a tenable situation? Where will it lead?

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