- Streamers Projected To Spend $8.5B Globally On Sports Rights In 2023
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, February 20, 2023
DAZN currently has a 54% share of global streaming sports rights, b ...
- DAZN Snags 10-Year Streaming Rights To NFL International Game Pass
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, February 8, 2023
The deal spans more than 200 countries and regions, excluding China. ...
- Bidstack Launches Dedicated Sports Division, Signs Deal With SimWin Sports League
Digital News Daily, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Bidstack's dedicated sports division aims to expand sponsorship and fan engagement ...
- McMahon Returns To WWE Board Of Directors, Talk Of A Sale Sends Stock Soaring
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 6, 2023
News of ousted WWE CEO Vince McMahon's return and the possibility ...
- Amazon Developing Standalone Sports Streaming App: Report
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, December 29, 2022
The plan -- said to be part of a strategy to yie ...
- YouTube's Pricey Deal For NFL Sunday Ticket: What's The Monthly Consumer Price Now?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 22, 2022
Now that YouTube has inked a massive multi-year deal for NFL Sund ...
- YouTube Reportedly In Talks For Rights To NFL Sunday Ticket
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, December 21, 2022
YouTube could gain exclusive rights to the National Football League Sunday Ticke ...
- Local Sports Teams' TV Contracts: What's The Value If Diamond Sports Files For Bankruptcy?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Diamond Sports Group, which operates 21 Bally-branded networks, continues to have financi ...
- NFL Sunday Ticket Shocker: Apple Reportedly Out Of The Race
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, December 19, 2022
The decision leaves Amazon and YouTube to battle it out, according ...
- Fox, DirecTV Reach Deal, Averting Blackout
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, December 5, 2022
After public saber-rattling by Fox and pooh-poohing by DirecTV, the companies reach ...
- Higher Sports TV Carriage Fees: When Will Pay TV Providers Just Say No?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 5, 2022
Threatening to take away legacy TV sports content may be the la ...
- Record Sports TV Viewing Not From The NFL: Reason To Cheer - And For Alarm
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Two recent events showed strong results for non-NFL programming: College football a ...
- Iger's Disney Plan: Decentralize Creative Decision-Making -- And Cut Back On Sports Rights?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, November 21, 2022
Returning CEO Bob Iger's goal to put "more decision-making back in t ...
- FTX And Crypto's Crash: Is Marketing, Sponsorship And TV Advertising To Blame?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, November 18, 2022
Should we blame marketing, social media, and star appeal for the dramat ...
- Netflix Explores Live Sports Streaming
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Some Netflix executives think the streamer should buy cheaper, lower-profile sports righ ...
- Fox Corp. Wins The Right To Buy FanDuel Option -- At A Hefty Price
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, November 7, 2022
Sports betting is seen as a key for future growth for ...
- ESPN Sells Its Majority Stake In X Games
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, October 27, 2022
ESPN keeps a minority stake, and continues to broadcast the games, und ...
- Major Sports Leagues Eyeing Possible Financial Buyout Of Sinclair's RSNs: Report
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Major professional sports leagues are eyeing a possible buyout of 19 region ...
- Higher Sports Rights Fees: Not Slowing Down On Linear TV -- Or Streaming
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 22, 2022
Several years from now, more sports will almost be assured of goi ...
- Big Ten Drops ESPN: Inks Record Deal With CBS, NBC/Peacock, Fox
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, August 19, 2022
The deals are reportedly worth more than $1 billion per year. ...
- NFL+ Launches, League Saw A 14% Rise In 2021-22 TV Ad Revenue
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 25, 2022
The NFL launches NFL+ today, as the NFL posted another TV ...
- ESPN Retains Formula 1 Rights
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, June 28, 2022
ESPN reportedly paid $75 million to $90 million for three years ...
- Disney Loses Indian Cricket Streaming Rights To Paramount JV, Retains TV Rights
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Paramount, India's Reliance Industries and Bodhi Tree Systems will pay $2.6 billi ...
- My Wickets Are Better Than Yours: Rights For India's Pro Cricket League Weigh On Disney+
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 13, 2022
How can the game of cricket -- which is popular in t ...
- ESPN Up Against Netflix, NBCU, Amazon For Formula 1 Rights
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, June 6, 2022
Formula 1 has been virtually commercial-free in U.S. airings, but each compa ...
- Boston-Based NESN Starts First Stand-Alone Streaming Regional Sports Network Service
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 1, 2022
New England-based regional sports channel NESN says it has become the fir ...
- NFL To Reportedly Launch A D2C Service In July
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 26, 2022
The NFL plans to launch its own mobile streaming service -- NF ...
- Sinclair Strikes Broad Distribution Deal With Charter Including RSNs, But Problems Remain
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 15, 2022
The deal includes Sinclair's 19 Bally Sports RSN networks, Sinclair's owned loc ...
- Linear TV Still Top Priority For Warner Bros. Discovery, Analyst Says
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Linear TV networks under the new company including TNT, TBS, CNN a ...
- NFL Considers Jumping Into The Premium Streaming Video Service Game
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 29, 2022
The NFL is considering launching its own streaming TV-video service -- tentative ...