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lamaseryyesterday at 5:35 PM3 repliesview on HN

I wonder how close they are in broad economic damage to it being cheaper to just pay FIFA or whomever for some kind of nationwide viewing license (which they'd surely be able to negotiate way lower than a simple "cost to view every match, times count of Spanish residents" since that's nowhere near as much as they're getting out of Spain now)


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toygyesterday at 5:44 PM

That's effectively how it was in European countries, when TV was nationalised. Then everything became about extracting as much money as possible from consumers, and here we are.

bombcaryesterday at 5:38 PM

It's La Liga - Spain should just nationalize them and make it a division of the government.

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YawningAngelyesterday at 5:37 PM

Movistar are paying a billion dollars a year, so probably a long way away

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