Amazon Prime’s NHL deal breaches cable TV’s last line of defence: live sports

Amazon Prime’s NHL deal breaches cable TV’s last line of defence: live sports

For years, cable TV has bled viewers and subscribers to streaming giants like Netflix, Apple and Amazon. Now, those same companies are vying to stream live sports, one of the last lines of defence when it comes to audiences paying big bucks for traditional cable packages. AppleTV+ has a 10 year, multibillion-dollar deal to stream MLS soccer matches and also streams … Read more

The Russians are spending big on infrastructure to absorb occupied Ukraine

The Russians are spending big on infrastructure to absorb occupied Ukraine

Armies rarely measure their success by the roads they’ve paved or the rail lines they’ve laid down — but that may be the metric Russia is using in occupied portions of Ukraine, where major infrastructure projects are underway or are being planned. Over the last few months, Moscow-based media have reported on the construction of a new railway line between Rostov-on-Don … Read more