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Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

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The Challenges of Streaming Sports

CNN's John Sutter says the internet is changing how people watch TV and entertainment. Netflix has a positive cash flow, but it's not going to ever be that much, he says. The real challenge for all these companies is trying to squeeze themselves down from this super profitable high cash flow business into more difficult eking out the pennies sort of business. "It's happening in a major way to video content now," writes Sutter.

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