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Scarce games, races and fights are becoming the most valuable anchors in an unbundled media market.

The loss of marquee US basketball rights weakens its linear networks while remaining sports commitments still require heavy spending.

Heavy federal borrowing keeps the term premium—and capital costs—higher for longer.

A sizable debt burden becomes more difficult to refinance as Treasury yields and corporate credit costs remain elevated.

Password enforcement, ad tiers and tighter content budgets are converting streaming scale into cash flow while linear television keeps shrinking.

A valuable content library is offset by heavy debt and continued deterioration in highly profitable linear-network revenue.