Interesting development - Verizon Fios has signed an agreement that allows them to stream both the NFL Network and NFL RedZone channels.
My initial thought upon reading the news was that this is just another sign of a growing digital divide in this country. Verizon Fios has pretty much frozen where they will be deployed and the same can be said of most of the major cable operators. So this announcement is just a reminder to most of rural America that there are services out there that they don't have access to because they don't fall into the right "footprint."
Even the people who live in areas with independent FTTH operators probably would not have access to services like the TV Anywhere NFL Network from Verizon Fios because the authentication process today is just so expensive.
I guess people could still use the new Slingbox units that can stream to smart phones and tablets but that's not just the same.
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