Mon. 07/25 – NFL+

NFL+ arrives, and at the end of the show, we’ll take a deep dive into sports rights as the great free radical in the streaming wars and the evolution in sports in general. In between that, people accuse Sam Bankman-Fried of lowballing them. More details on the so-called Apple Watch Pro. And if I told you there’s a global shortage of fiber optic cable, would you be surprised? Sponsors: Ramp.com/techmeme ZocDoc.com/techmeme Links: NFL+ Enters Sports Streaming Wars As League Launches New Service (The Hollywood Reporter) Voyager Responds to FTX’s Offer, Calling It a ‘Low-Ball’ Bid (Bloomberg) Apple Begins to Show Rare Vulnerability Ahead of Economic Slowdown (Bloomberg) Intel bags deal to make chips for MediaTek, that other Android processor designer (The Register) Global shortage of fibre optic cable threatens digital growth (FT) Why Big Tech Is Making a Big Play for Live Sports (NYTimes)