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SBJ Media: Streaming lifts NBA teams’ local audiences
Five teams saw gains on local TV this for the 2025-206 season, and streaming played a key role in this. Also: NESN courting more teams, What Austin Karp is watching and more.
Nuggets, Pistons, 76ers, Bulls, Blazers lead NBA gains, with local game streaming gaining steam
The Nuggets, Pistons, 76ers, Bulls and Trail Blazers led the way in increases among NBA game local audiences this season, with in-market streaming continuing to make gains among viewers, sources told SBJ.
NESN ‘open for business’ in terms of adding team rights beyond Boston, Pittsburgh
NESN President David Wisnia told me that his company remains “active” in discussions to operate or buy local media operations for teams, which join the fold alongside the Red Sox, Bruins, Penguins and Pirates.
What I’m watching: Must-see TV on Thursday; Zlatan’s path to Fox
It’s going to be a busy Thursday night for sports. ABC, ESPN and the NFL Network will carry what should be a solid audience for the first round of the NFL Draft (especially with the large-market N.Y. Giants having two picks in the top 10). It’s a busy night in N.Y. alone, as Knicks-Hawks is one of t...
CFP looking at ways to potentially revamp weekly rankings show
Changing the College Football Playoff rankings show is “on the table, with ideas ranging from adjusting the rankings release schedule to cutting back on the committee chair interviews,” according to Russo & Vannini. The show is “meant to be a conversation starter,” but with the CFP expanding to ...
ESPN forced to pull documentary due to lack of licensing agreement
ESPN was forced to move around the primetime slate on ESPN2 on Sunday night after the documentary “Rachel, Breathe” did “not air as scheduled because the licensing agreement was not finalized in time,” according to sources cited by Kimberly Nordyke of the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. It is understood that bo...
Media Notes
POYNTER’s Tom Jones writes on Friday, the Washington Post “posted an opening” for a position in sports with the job title “National Sports Reporter.” The job description includes in part: “This role is designed for a reporter who sees sports as a powerful lens into the forces shaping the country, in...
Opinion | Why a single-seller approach is wise for college football
College football is the second highest-rated TV programming in the U.S., behind only the NFL. A dozen schools’ games consistently produce NFL-like numbers at 4 million to 10 million-plus viewers. College football generates $3.9 billion in media rights, and … it is underperforming.
Fueled by family viewing and recruiting purposes, youth sports streaming is now a $10 billion business
As the offensive coordinator of Concordia University, an NAIA school a half-hour west of Lincoln, Neb., Greg Nelson used to spend every Friday night traversing the state for recruits. He’d watch the first half of one high school game, then drive to a nearby school to take in the second half of anoth...
Industry leaders prepare for expected huge World Cup viewership
Industry leaders said that the worldwide viewing audience for the World Cup final “could exceed 1.5 billion.” Verizon SVP/Global Solutions Daniel Lawson, during a World Cup panel at the Connected America 2026 event at the Irving Convention Center, said the World Cup will “likely be the most-watched ...
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I have a tough time believing that anyone isn’t intrigued or interested in the Dallas-Minnesota matchup in the first round of the playoffs. They may want it later, but they’re getting it early.-- NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly, on the league retaining its playoff format despite calls for change.
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