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After sitting on the sidelines Netflix has started dipping its giant streaming toes into live sports. Over the past few months, the platform has aired exhibition events in golf and tennis. It is also slated to air the 20 July bout between legendary boxer Mike Tyson and controversial online personality Jake Paul. Beginning next year, Netflix will start carrying World Wrestling Entertainment’s flagship show, “Raw”, in a $5 billion deal signed early this year. So there’s been speculation about whether Netflix’s recent forays into live sports are a precursor to it becoming a major player for live …

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