Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Even as more big league sports events become tentpole streaming events like Christmas Day NFL games on Netflix, the NBA playoffs on Prime, or the Olympics on Peacock, these big-ticket matches are happening on premium platforms paying ultra-premium prices to license them. But can streaming also provide a launching pad for niche events and middle- and lower-tier leagues with passionate pockets of fans clustered by location or affinity? FAST is proving the perfect platform for heightening access, awareness, and profitability for lower-tier leagues like DII and DIII college athletics and grass roots motor sports. “Niche doesn’t always mean small,” attests FloSports’ Dave Stelnik to Chris Pfaff Tech Media’s Chris Pfaff at Streaming Media Connect 2026.
Even as more big league sports events become tentpole streaming events like Christmas Day NFL games on Netflix, the NBA playoffs on Prime, or the Olympics on Peacock, these big-ticket matches are happening on premium platforms paying ultra-premium prices to license them. But can streaming also provide a launching pad for niche events and middle- and lower-tier leagues with passionate pockets of fans clustered by location or affinity? FAST is proving the perfect platform for heightening access, awareness, and profitability for lower-tier leagues like DII and DIII college athletics and grass roots motor sports. “Niche doesn’t always mean small,” attests FloSports’ Dave Stelnik to Chris Pfaff Tech Media’s Chris Pfaff at Streaming Media Connect 2026.
