Loss of Premier League rights reveals limit to Spark's on-demand video ambition
Sky misses out too. But there's a late-breaking twist. With special feature audio: ForBarr analyst Blair Galpin on the Premier League development — and the future of sports broadcasting as technology shifts.
In “2016: The year of the streaming video shakeup” I wrote that the battle for NZ rights to English Premier League soccer would be a signature moment for new media.
Lightbox Sport (a joint venture between Coliseum Sports Media and Spark) wanted to keep EPL rights, which it uses for its $99-a-year
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