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NASCAR is seeing issues in its Nielsen Big Data reporting, so it's making a chang that will likely be in place for the rest of the season. Also: PGA Championship ad break and shot analysis, Tennis Channel CEO's stance on sale, FloSports turn 20 in SBJ Media newsletter.

Sticking around in sports media for 20 years is no small feat for a livestreaming service, especially one that isn’t attached to a legacy media company. But that’s where FloSports is, after two decades of ups and downs that has the company profitable and providing streaming for diehard fans across a...

I enjoyed having Tennis Channel CEO Jeff Blackburn on the most recent SBJ Sports Media Podcast. Blackburn brings a unique background after over 20 years at Amazon, including getting Prime Video off the ground and working to bring some of the sports deals to that platform.

CBS Sports navigated a crowded leaderboard on Sunday at the PGA Championship with 21 players within four shots of Alex Smalley’s 54-hole lead.

Serving as Exhibit A that Nielsen Big Data is not a panacea for sports is NASCAR Cup Series coverage this season. Both sides are working through issues related to NASCAR’s data sets, and with that, NASCAR will be returning to the old panel vs. panel comparisons — and likely for the rest of the seaso...

How’s this for a crazy sports broadcasting stat? When Al Michaels calls Amazon Prime Video’s opening regular season game on Sept. 17 -- the Lions at Bills at Buffalo’s new Highmark Stadium -- it will be the 10th time in the broadcaster’s storied career that he is on the mic for an inaugural regular ...

TNT Sports’ first year as the French Open’s U.S. rightsholders drew praise for inventive elements like its Red Zone-style whiparound show (“Rally at Roland Garros”), the candid conversations its talent curated with athletes at the studio desk, and strong, tournament-long ratings. In year two of its ...

Nick Barfoot took his seat for the Toronto Sceptres home opener to find another fan, there by herself, checking the app he had created. Barfoot, a Toronto-based app developer, has evolved PWHL Fan throughout the league’s three seasons, combining his love of hockey and the pro women’s league with a n...

The prevailing storyline around regional sports networks is one of apocalyptic doom. Main Street Sports Group wound down operations. Leagues have had to step in and manage game production and distribution in some markets.

MMA fighter Ronda Rousey said that her fight with Gina Carano “will set a new purse record for female fighters” when they meet Saturday at Intuit Dome, with the bout set to be streamed on Netflix. Rousey “championed her bout with Carano as a landscape-shifting moment for the sport” and also “took ai...