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Last week, Amazon announced it will stream three marquee nonconference Duke men’s basketball games each year moving forward.

In the grand scheme of sports broadcasting rights, it’s a drop in the bucket. But it’s the latest shift from traditional TV and cable channels to streaming within the world of sports.

It’s part of a major transition. Virtually every major streamer is now buying slices of live sports rights. Even blue-blood college programs are experimenting with direct-to-streaming distribution.

Some of the major sports rights deals already held by streamers:

The tough angle for sports fans is that broadcast rights are increasingly fragmented. That often means paying for multiple streaming services to access all the games and events you want to watch.

Team Clark stays on top of ways to help save you money, including:

But tech companies are willing to pay premium prices, and sports leagues want continued revenue growth (in addition to younger, global audiences).

Still, there’s room for a lot more transition. For example, about 87% of NFL games still air on broadcast TV. The Super Bowl and the NBA Finals show that most big events still air on legacy networks.

It’s time for "Clark Stinks!" Christa reads the latest "Clark Stinks!" submissions and Clark responds. Also, while home security cameras have revolutionized public safety and led to a massive reduction in burglaries, Clark warns that we are reaching a tipping point where these helpful tools can cross the line into a serious invasion of privacy. The "rules of engagement" for our data are becoming dangerously blurred. It is time to demand clear state and local laws that delineate how this data is stored and shared, especially when private businesses are involved. If you feel that surveillance in your community has gone too far, it is time to get active, talk to your local officials, and ensure that a "good thing" for crime prevention doesn't become a "bad thing" for your fundamental right to privacy.

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