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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...
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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 ...
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.
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Of all the things I’m worried about, World Cup tickets selling below face value isn’t one of them.-- Eagle Point Credit Management founder & Managing Partner Thomas Majewski, on why his firm felt it was a safe bet to back Sports Illustrated Tickets' plan to purchase World Cup tickets and resell them.
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