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ESPN layoffs include senior exec Ilan Ben-Hanan
The “well-respected” SVP/Programming & Content Strategy Ilan Ben-Hanan was the “most senior executive to be laid off” in ESPN’s layoff of “about 30 employees” on Tuesday, according to John Ourand of PUCK. Ben-Hanan is leaving after a 24-year career in which he was “widely considered one of the c...
MLB streaming rights face growing scrutiny from U.S. regulators
U.S. regulators are “increasingly scrutinizing the distribution of streaming rights” for MLB games as part of a “broader federal inquiry about how professional sports leagues provide their games to online platforms, potentially driving up costs for consumers,” according to Griffis & Sisco of BLO...
Nationals TV gets updated sound, look with help from MLB Local Media
Nationals broadcasts “sound and look different” this season with “support and technology from MLB Local Media,” after an offseason split from the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, according to Jonas Shaffer of the BALTIMORE BANNER. Nationals broadcasters and officials say that the partnership has helped ...
Report: Disney seeks $10M Super Bowl LXI ads as buyers balk
Disney has told advertisers that it believes they should pay $10M “for a 30-second ad” during Super Bowl LXI, but the “high price tag has some marketers sitting on the sidelines,” according to sources cited by Brian Steinberg of VARIETY. In recent years, Super Bowl broadcasters like Fox and NBC have...
Fox Sports airing Notre Dame-Villanova event in Rome with previously unannounced partners
Fox Sports is set to officially announce the “Eternal City Tip-Off” featuring Notre Dame and Villanova men’s and women’s basketball facing off in Rome on Nov. 1.
LIV Golf sees blackout on stream amid financial trouble reports
The Mexico City LIV Golf event was being streamed on the Fox Sports app as well as LIV’s YouTube channel, but about “20 or so minutes in, the feed was lost” and a message came on the screen saying: “Please stand by. Technical issues.” A live camera shot “did come on the screen for a few minutes but ...
Checking in on the UFL through three weeks
With three weeks in the bag for the UFL, let’s see how it’s going under new business head Mike Repole.
All the Smoke to do production on new Netflix-Michael Irvin episodes
All The Smoke Productions will be the production services partner for upcoming Netflix video podcast episodes of “The White House with Michael Irvin,” and will partner with the Pro Football HOFer to lead production, creative strategy and social media execution for his show. The efforts begin Tuesday...
Roku reaches goal of 100 million streaming households
Roku has hit “more than 100 million streaming households worldwide, reaching a long standing goal for the streaming and devices company.” The company reached this milestone in April, after last announcing that it had reached more than 90 million streaming households in January 2025. Beyond those ann...
Sports Media Pod: Kisner vs. CBS brings rare golf media drama
On this week’s Sports Media Podcast, SBJ media reporters Austin Karp and Josh Carpenter break down why NBC analyst Kevin Kisner’s public criticism of CBS’ Masters coverage turned heads, why his comments matter inside the broadcast world and what it could mean behind the scenes at NBC and Augusta Nat...
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