Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang
You can even extend this into rights for Flames games. Why can't someone buy a season subscription for all Flames games and watch them in HD over the internet. No blackouts, no geoblocks, etc. Instead, the consumer is forced to buy a cable package that subsidizes a bunch of other crap channels and keep afloat another outdated business model. The networks and the cable companies know that live sports is one of the only reason a lot of us even keep cable, and if an alternative existed where you could truly pay for what you watched, they'd be hooped.
|
That's why the cable companies own the channels that own the broadcast rights to sports in this country. They can continue to grab money from an antiquated model by monopolizing regional tv rights. They even took it a step further by buying the Maple Leafs to ensure that they would never lose broadcast control of their games.