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The NFL’s streaming future is becoming a major media and political fight

Poynter · Tom Jones · last updated

The battle over NFL streaming rights now involves broadcasters, billionaires, antitrust scrutiny and President Donald Trump

There’s a big National Football League game going on right now.

Wait, it’s not even football season, you say.

True. But there’s plenty at stake in this game, especially how consumers consume this immensely popular product. And it even has major political and business implications involving big names like NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, Fox founder Rupert Murdoch and even President Donald Trump.

Let’s start here: There is nothing more popular on American television than the NFL. It’s not even close.

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