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Re:Spain to expand internet blocks to tennis, golf, movies b... by nradov on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @02:48PM (#47769683)
Perhaps, but I don't think the sports leagues and other video content providers will ever agree to letting their IP be devalued that way. They see what happened to musicians and record labels with Spotify as a cautionary tale, not a model to emulate.

Otoh, maybe Netflix and other streaming video services will start their own sports leagues in order to vertically integrate and own everything end-to-end just like what they did with TV and movie production. It would be tough and expensive but maybe not impossible?

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Re:Spain to expand internet blocks to tennis, golf, movies b... by alt227 on Thursday April 16, 2026 @10:30AM (#47793516)
Thats an interesting thought. Netflix are already starting get big sporting events like boxing matches, which are usually pay per view on other networks but included with subscription fee on Netflix. This might be crereping in the direction you are suggesting?

https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/82699237

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