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Rugby's streaming wars: Spark Sport's rise and fall

Gregor Paul
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Rugby analyst·NZ Herald·
14 mins to read

In the first of a three-part series on rugby’s streaming wars, Gregor Paul explores the tense relationship between New Zealand Rugby and Sky TV - and how Spark Sport changed everything.

On December 16 last year, Spark chief executive Jolie Hodson confirmed that the telco giant was closing its content streaming platform.

Spark Sport, after three years, had failed to find a path to profitability and was transferring its relatively meagre portfolio of content rights - valued at $52 million

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