Netflix could screen live sports – but only if it owns them
Netflix’s content boss Ted Sarandos has given an interesting insight into how live sports could eventually apepar on the service.
Speaking at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference in New York yrsterday(7 December). Sarandos dowplayed rumours that the company’s move for live sports is immiment but did tease that if it were to do so then it then the leagues and events would have to be owned by Netflix.
Sarandos said that the reason for this is because “the leagues hold all the pricing power” and added that “if there was a model where we create our own sports league, that Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
