Fox Sports boss not sold on streaming games

By Kent Chapline 

Hot on the heels of NBC’s live stream of the first NFL game of the season, the head of Fox Sports says he’s not sure how much he likes the idea of streaming games. Ed Goren told Broadcasting & Cable “the big dog is definitely viewership on network television and the ad revenue that generates.” And while he says he’s not convinced that live streaming of sporting events is damaging to the broadcast audiences right now, he’s clearly looking ahead to the future and what might happen to the big bucks.

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