Steve Payne, senior vice president of global strategic partners and business development for media technology and services company MediaKind, explores the increased prominence of streaming in recent media rights agreements
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Steve Payne, senior vice president of global strategic partners and business development for media technology and services company MediaKind, explores the increased prominence of streaming in recent media rights agreements