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In response to "Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery and Disney Create New Sports Streaming Venture -- (link)" by spamlet

Here's all the story says today.

Posted by David (aka David) Feb 6 '24, 13:41

"Fox Corp., ESPN and Warner Bros. Discovery WBD 0.00%increase; green up pointing triangle

are creating a joint streaming platform to share sports assets, a move that comes as the price of sports rights is dramatically increasing.

The service will be available to ESPN+, Hulu and Max subscribers and each company will own one-third of the product, according to people familiar with the matter.

The service is expected to launch later this year. "

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Aka Sports Hulu -- nm - Inigo Feb 6, 13:49 1
- Exactly. -- nm - David Feb 6, 13:50
joint stream platform, as a common backend-tech streaming service or just a common frontend? -- nm* - budice Feb 6, 13:44 6
- At first blush, more than anything, they're creating a voting bloc to reduce licensing price pressure on each one. -- nm - David Feb 6, 13:47 4
  - Or they're scared shitless the leagues are gonna take their streaming rights back. -- nm - spamlet Feb 6, 13:50
  - competitors agreeing to set the price of a product in the marketplace is generally frowned upon -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 13:49
  - Collusion of sorts. Apple / Amazon / Google on the outside -- nm - budice Feb 6, 13:49 1
    - Yup. -- nm - David Feb 6, 13:50
- Right. -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 6, 13:45

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