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What The ESPN-MLB Divorce Says About TV Sports Rights
ESPN and MLB going their separate ways on game rights could be a major fork in the road for televised sports (or at least, baseball).
For Now, Sports’ TV Approach Needs Both Linear and Streaming
Recent events show more concerted efforts for sports to be available on both streaming and linear as the two sides realize they need each other for this whole ecosystem to work…
Stop Trying To Make The Incomplete ‘Sports Streamer’ Happen
Just days after Venu’s death, DirecTV proposed an alternative… that’s also incomplete. So again: Why are we still trying this?
Sean Buckley on Magnite’s Mission To Streamline Disney’s Ad Game Across Platforms And The World
Q&A with Magnite CRO Sean Buckley about their long-standing and ever-evolving relationship with Disney.
CTV Advertising At A Crossroads, FASTs Reflect A New Wide World Of Sports
Why ad-supported CTV is suffering from a "failure to thrive" and how to fix it, plus why live sports may be the best thing to ever happen to FASTs.
Fall Sports Highlight Consolidation Needs For Streaming Consumers
VIZIO and ESPN have both introduced new offerings designed to simplify the convoluted sports rights landscape for consumers.
Report Reveals Key Deltas Between Exact-Ad Measurement, Average-Minute Audience
A new report from iSpot highlights the major differences between average commercial minute audiences and exact-ad (spot-level) measurement during sporting events.
Apple TV+’s Larger Opportunity With Live MLS Action
Apple TV+ has a huge opportunity with MLS to do away with old structures around live sports programming and schedules, but hasn’t really done so yet.
Reported New Media Rights Deal Cements NBA As TV’s No. 2 Property
The NBA’s new TV deal is going to change the way we watch sports, and how the league’s perceived as an entertainment property for the foreseeable future.
Edmonton-Florida Stanley Cup Highlights NHL’s TV Questions
A Stanley Cup Final between a Canadian team a non-traditional market puts the NHL’s questions (and opportunities) on TV front and center.
NFL, Rebundling Shows Netflix Has Already Won Streaming Wars
Between the reported NFL Christmas deal and streaming competitors looking for rebundling liferafts, it certainly looks like Netflix has emerged victorious in the so-called “streaming wars.”
Netflix Pins Down YouTube’s No. 1 Sports Franchise, the WWE
The biggest part of Neflix’s new rights deal with the WWE is how popular wrestling is on YouTube, and how that may be a huge boost to Netflix’s subscriber (and ad) base.
Netflix Is #Winning, Fixed Wireless Broadband Haunts Cable Execs
Why Netflix’s decision to raise prices during a very good quarter is not surprising and why the rise of fixed wireless broadband is cable’s biggest nightmare.
Hot List: Is Nielsen Grading Their Own Homework? 🤔
This week on TVREV, networks crying foul on Nielsen, X toppling FOX, and a summary of articles from across the industry.
CNN’s International Max Out, Roku Is Off To The Races
WBD is adding a live CNN feed to Max…overseas. Why they can’t do that in the US and why Roku and Paramount’s motorsports deal looks like the future of live sports on the FASTs.