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Why Finding Live Sports on Streaming Is Such a Nightmare

October 16, 20261:09

As live sports migrate from traditional cable dials to competing streaming apps, fractured distribution rights have created unprecedented viewer friction. Roku Head of Sports Joe Franzetta breaks down the disaggregation crisis impacting viewers, leagues, and advertisers—and details how centralized discovery hubs like Sports Zone unify fragmented sports content into a single destination.