- 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 ...
- Is Sports Wagering-TV Connected Business Moving Too Slowly?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 21, 2022
Finding the right sports programming model remains difficult -- especially as network ...
- Sinclair Extends Regional TV-Video Deal With 16 NBA Teams, Includes Key Streaming Rights
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 13, 2022
Viewers will be able to access certain NBA games, via an upcomi ...
- Dish TV Drops NESN, Calls Regional Sports Network Model 'Broken'
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, December 21, 2021
The current RSN distribution model "requires nearly all customers to pay f ...
- Crypto.com Takes Over Naming Rights From LA's Staples Center
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Cryptocurrency marketer Crypto.com has bought the naming rights to Los Angeles' Stapl ...
- Thumbs Down: Where Does Sinclair's RSNs Go If MLB Calls Strike Three?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Major League Baseball doesn't like Sinclair's plan to raise $250 million f ...
- Extension Avoids Dish Blackout Of Sinclair Stations, For Now
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, August 17, 2021
Analysts say Sinclair is likely pushing Dish to reinstate carriage of i ...
- ESPN+ To Hike Sub Prices, Following Sports Rights Binge
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Disney is betting that a $1-per-month increase won't hinder its goal ...
- Publicis Affiliate Blitz Named Global Media Rights Rep Of New Kashmir Cricket League
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Blitz Advertising, a full-service Karachi, Pakistan-based agency affiliated with Publicis' Spark uni ...
- College Athletes Are Getting Paid - Will TV Networks Have To Kick In, Too?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 1, 2021
Football and basketball are at the top of the list when ...
- Octagon Sports Agency Inks Exclusive Data Deal With Comscore
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, June 15, 2021
The agency will use the U.S. television data to inform client decisio ...
- Disney, ESPN Renew MLB Rights
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, May 14, 2021
The seven-year deal, which starts in 2022, is reportedly worth about $5 ...
- Turner Sports, HBO Max Score NHL Games
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Turner Sports and NHL struck a seven-year multimedia deal starting with t ...
- NFL, TV's Premiere Content Supplier, Flexes Its Muscles
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Thursday, March 25, 2021
The league won its new rights deals by realizing it held a ...
- NFL Scores Dominating Rights Deal. Can Advertisers Stage A Comeback?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 22, 2021
TV networks will need to find ways to raise advertising pricing arou ...
- NFL Strikes $100B+ Rights Deal, Amazon To Stream 'Thursday Night Football'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 18, 2021
Three TV networks will witness an eye-popping 100% increase in sports-rights fe ...