Re: AFC CHAMPION NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

[Mike Thomas <Nostatic@earthlink.net>]

The football games aren't streamed because the broadcast rights contracts
Infinity signed with the NFL does not require them to do so.  Streaming is
merely an option that Infinity has chosen not to do with the teams they
hold the rights to.  The other sports; baseball, basketball and hockey,
require the flagship station to stream it's audio to the various league
websites, and Infinity is under contract to do that in those instances.  If
the NFL ever decides to make streaming a requirement for companies vying
for team broadcast rights, then I'm sure the Infinity NFL stations would
fall into line once new agreements go into effect.

Howard Glazer wrote:

> You can hear Mets games at mlb.com, Rangers and Bruins at nhl.com, and,
> I'd assume any basketball teams with Infinity flagships at nba.com (for
> a hefty annual fee). I'd imagine Infinity frees up feeds for those
> sports because CBS has no investment in them and the webcasts wouldn't
> be perceived as a potential money drain from the EXCLUSIVE (sorry,
> Westwood One on my mind...) coverage of the games offered on the
> listener's CBS TV affiliate.