Will Free Streaming Take All of the Money Out of Pay Per View Boxing?
On Fight Day, it only takes a few seconds typing into a search engine to find a bevy of links proclaiming to stream the fight for free. What's more - some of them actually work. The recent Pacquiao vs. Broner megafight was the latest victim of this stream sniping, but there was no news from either camp or the fight producer about having lost a substantial amount of money.
One has to wonder, however: If fans can watch live boxing streaming for free, how long can the legitimate pay per view industry survive? Eventually, people will find the stream sniping links that work, and they will use them and tell friends about them. Once the technology is sound, taking down any individual stream sniper will not stop the show. Digital infrastructures can be proliferated with ease. Copycats Read more [...]