I
t's not rocket science. Televi-
sion is the lifeblood of a sport.
No TV, no bucks. And as they
said in the movie "The Right Stuff"
– no bucks, no Buck Rogers. But
there is also the reality that tech-
nology has created a shift in the
status quo and has challenged
many industries to adapt to new
models. And TV, as we know it,
is no exception. With cable bills
rising, multiple mobile devices
at our finger tips and the ever in-
creasing sentiment of wanting to
watch what we want to watch and
when we want to watch it, how
many people really watch TV on
their television anymore?
According to a New York
Times study, there is a growing
trend – especially with the Millen-
nials (those between the ages of
24 and 34) – of watching more
online video content than TV. And
if you ask around these days here
in the U.S., a lot of people are
ditching cable all together and
just going with online streaming.
With Netflix, Hulu, HBO Go,
and other TV Channel apps, on-
line streaming keeps getting bet-
ter and is becoming a more at-
tractive alternative to the inflation
of cable/satellite costs just to
have access to a bunch of chan-
nels you're not really interested in
anyway.
And it also gives those who
have been tortured by count-
less episodes of every city's Real
Housewives show the incentive
of being Housewife show free at
last! Okay, well not really as you
can stream some of those as
well. But for sports fans the ques-
tion is: Can you cut the cord on
cable and still be able watch the
sports you want to watch when
BY ANDREA WILSON
CN
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I WANT MY MOTOTV
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