Venu looked like sports Such an obvious idea. Instead of spreading all your sports viewing across a million different platforms with a million different interfaces and subscriptions, what if you could watch everything in one place? This makes perfect sense, until you get to the warnings. it’s not everything This is going to be expensive. Some would argue that this is anti-competitive. perhaps It is not a good idea after all.
on the This episode of VergecastAfter a brief update on the status of the TikTok ban, we explore the brief life and quiet death of the supposed future of sports streaming. of Sportico Jacob Feldman The show goes on to explain where Venu came from, why its parent companies — ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros.-Discovery — thought it was a good idea, and why Fubo immediately fought for its existence. chosen We also discuss The future of sports streaming Now that Venu is gone, and whether ESPN, Amazon, or someone else could become the next global leader.
after that, Vergeof Kevin Nguyen Joins the show for the first time in our two-part New Year’s Resolutions series. If you’re hoping to read more books this year, or just want to replace some of your aimless scrolling with more focused reading, Kevin has some suggestionsExplains how to make it work at all times of the day on all your devices. Sometimes you curl up with a good book, but other times you have a three-minute line at the coffee shop. If you do it right, they’re both great reading times.
Finally, we answer a question on the Vergecast Hotline (866-VERGE11, or email vergecast@theverge.com) about why your phone won’t let you play more than one audio source at a time. We have some ideas about how it works — and an easy way for Apple and Google to fix it.
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