Netflix, Amazon And YouTube Reportedly Form Coalition As Washington Scrutinizes Sports Broadcasting

Netflix, Amazon And YouTube Reportedly Form Coalition As Washington Scrutinizes Sports Broadcasting

Netflix, Amazon, and YouTube have established a unified policy coalition to safeguard their growing live sports investments amid mounting federal regulatory pressure.

  • Streaming giants Netflix, Amazon, and YouTube launched the Streaming Access and Choice Alliance to advocate for technology-neutral entertainment policies. 
  • The coalition forms as the Justice Department and Federal Communications Commission review antitrust rules governing sports media rights. 
  • Managed by trade group TechNet, the new alliance gives tech powerhouses a dedicated policy vehicle after past departures from trade groups. 

Netflix (NFLX), Amazon (AMZN), and Alphabet’s YouTube (GOOG, GOOGL) have joined forces to launch a unified advocacy coalition to shape federal entertainment policy, Axios reported Monday.

The newly established organization, known as the Streaming Access and Choice Alliance, will operate under the leadership of TechNet, a major tech industry trade association. The founding members are…

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