Now I know why Time Warner Cable spends so much for sports

I spent a good portion of my weekend trying to receive live streaming of the PGA championship - and let me tell you it wasn't easy. The first problem was finding the feed - CBS Sports.com was surprisingly difficult to access - and once I was there the picture was blurred and the action choppy (when the streaming didn't freeze altogether). My Internet speed on Verizon, while not super-speedy, manages to get the job done for other shows, although perhaps live streaming requires faster speeds. Whatever the cause, it was a lousy way to watch a sporting event, and there's no way I would have stayed with it were the PGA not been one of the four major golf tournaments. Truth is, sports does not work very well online - except to just check on scores (and even that's iffy). This might explain why the sports content providers, whether it's ESPN or the teams themselves, are still cutting rich deals with distributors. Meanwhile negotiations between Time Warner Cable and CBS are ongoing, though there's no sign of an end to the dispute that has kept TWC customers without CBS show for 10 days.