[mynameisvlad]

Ah so it’s just streaming the most premium product available.

Usually that’s something like NFL RedZone/MLB.tv/etc which offers direct feeds, out of market, with blackouts etc.

Have enough people feeding your provider with streams and you have a legally dubious nationwide ad-free service for that league.

I thought you meant it somehow got rid of commercials on normal channels, but live. That wouldn’t make sense. But these channels don’t have traditional commercials in the first place.

[tshaddox]

Yeah, I think the premium services offer feeds directly from the local TV production. Sometimes they'll offer multiple feeds from the same game, one of which will be a national broadcast feed and another will be a local production with different commentators.