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NBC Sports adds extra NFL game to 2026 schedule
NBC Sports has acquired an additional NFL regular-season game to be played on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2027, on NBC and Peacock. The extra game is an afternoon matchup at 4:30pm ET, which will be followed by a game exclusively on Peacock at 8pm ET. NBC will also air “Sunday Night Football” on Jan. 3. This ...
Schiller: Braves to ‘meet or exceed economics’ with BravesVision
The Braves are still trying to figure out how they will report their financial data from its in-house TV network, BravesVision, to analysts and investors. But team President & CEO Derek Schiller maintained on a Q1 earnings call Monday that the new media structure will not hurt the team’s bottom ...
Fox lands rights to two additional NFL games in 2026
Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch said the network has “acquired rights to two additional NFL games in national windows” for 2026. Murdoch, on the company’s Q3 earnings call, noted the first game will be the overseas game from Munich in Week 10 that gives the network a tripleheader that Sunday, while the seco...
Cathy Engelbert says WNBA ‘not unique’ to fans’ media deal challenges
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert was in Toronto on Friday to celebrate the Toronto Tempo’s first-ever regular season game in the WNBA. Speaking to a half-dozen reporters at the NBA’s Canada offices in Toronto three hours prior to Washington’s 68-65 win in front of a sold-out crowd of 8,210 at Coca-...
Trump: NFL needs to be ‘careful’ how many games it puts on streaming services
President Trump on Sunday indicated that he is “not a fan of the NFL airing games on streaming services,” saying the league needs to be “careful” about how many games it puts on streamers. Trump, in an appearance on “Full Measure” with Sharyl Attkisson, said, “They have to be careful because, you kn...
Sports seeks even bigger piece of the TV/streaming ad pie at Upfronts
The bulk of upfront season gets underway in Manhattan on Monday with advertising presentations from NBC, Fox and Amazon. The presentations, which will run through Wednesday, will once again show how upfronts week has morphed significantly over the last five years. The week used to be focused mostly ...
Sports Business Awards: Executive of the Year — Rick Cordella, NBC Sports
Rick Cordella faced his biggest test since taking the reins of NBC Sports in late 2023, and in a short window, he deftly guided the company through some of the industry’s biggest events and perhaps the most significant grouping of sporting showcases in the company’s storied history.
Sports Business Awards: Best in Sports Media
It was a year of significant change for CBS Sports, as Paramount Skydance under new leader David Ellison came out swinging with a seven-year deal for UFC. The reinvigorated company also saw David Berson’s group lock down deals for the Pac-12, Mountain West, Zuffa Boxing, UEFA Women’s Champions Leagu...
New TV pacts make WNBA a broadcasting ‘bargain’
The WNBA begins its 30th season with new media rights agreements that make the league “one of the best -- if not the best -- bargains in sports broadcasting,” according to Shlomo Sprung of YAHOO SPORTS. A source said that the agreements total $3.1B over 10 years. Two years ago, the league secured an...
WNBA Media Notes
Roku on Wednesday launched the WNBA Zone, a new, streamlined destination created in partnership with the WNBA. The Zone centralizes live matchups, scores, highlights and more in one location. It is available now (Roku).
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It’s critically important that when we come to the office every day, we come with an athlete mindset and we’re here to serve them.-- Nike CEO Elliott Hill, on how he views the company’s approach in this latest turnaround effort.
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