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Fubo CEO 'Horrified' and 'Sad' About Peacock-Exclusive NFL Games | Cord Cutters News (cordcuttersnews.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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  • Fubo CEO, David Gandler, is unhappy about Comcast's decision to exclusively stream an NFL Wild Card game on Peacock.
  • Fubo pays to air NBC, so the decision by Comcast creates competition between the two streaming platforms.
  • Peacock's exclusive stream of the game reached 23 million viewers, making it the most-streamed event ever for the service.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Seeing as most sports team stadiums are publicly funded, maybe we should broadcast the games on public access.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You don't understand, they are privatising the profits while taking the costs out of taxpayers pockets, it's really smart, if you're a turbocapitalist.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Can't anyone think about jobs these stadiums create? Back in my day, getting underpaid to serve nachos to drunk sports fans who just want to grab your ass was a privilage.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Agreed, if my taxes paid for the stadium they play in by any percentage, then they can stream all games on public broadcast. We all know cunts like Kroenke are fully capable of building their own stadiums, they just know we’ll do it for them if they refuse and then they take in even more money

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

To be fair, in the local markets for the two teams involved (Miami and Kansas City), they were on over the air broadcast TV and thus also cable and satellite providers that carry those stations. Although of course the local markets for TV purposes are literally only the cities in question and people in a different part of that same state might get boned still.

I think they should be made to be broadcast or at least free streaming only by virtue of the NFL's specific antitrust exemptions though.