Live Sports, Made for NewTeeVee

By Om Malik | Thursday, April 12, 2007 | 5:00 AM PT | 0 comments |

After spending more than a few minutes sampling CBS’s free live Internet streaming of video from both the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament and the Masters golf tourney, it’s clear that more live sports coverage will be a popular staple of web TV going forward.

With any luck, it won’t all be put behind a pay-per-view window, though the lure of squeezing out some extra bucks from what used to just be unwatched camera shots has to be strong. Continue reading

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