Tech In Depth

Sports Leagues Struggle To Lure Fans Away From Illegal Streams

Fans look for workarounds as more games, matches and races go behind subscription paywalls.
English Premier League teams Sunderland and Everton in a November match.

Photographer: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images

Lock
This article is for subscribers only.

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Olivia Solon reports on the effort by sports broadcast rights holders to fight online piracy.

SoftBank’s deal collapses: The Japanese company ended talks to acquire US data center operator Switch, a potential deal that had been part of founder Masayoshi Son’s bid to play a bigger role in the AI race.