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Prize fight over live-streamed sport will go on long after the final bell sounds

  • Written by David Rowe, Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
imageNearly 300,000 people tuned into two live streams on Facebook of the Anthony Mundine-Danny Green fight.AAP/David Mariuz

When a Brisbane boxing fan who paid $59.95 for “live and exclusive” viewing of last Friday’s Danny Green v Anthony Mundine boxing match streamed it off his TV through a smartphone and Facebook Live, he landed...

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