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).

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…

Is the vibe shift responsible for Fox finally launching a streaming app? Or something else that starts with “V”? Plus why the NBA needs to start treating fans better.

The Fox News show jumped up from No. 12 the previous week, capturing a 0.84% viewership share, per Inscape’s TV analysis for Jan. 13-19.

Just days after Venu’s death, DirecTV proposed an alternative… that’s also incomplete. So again: Why are we still trying this?

Roku aims to become a major player in sports streaming, predicting that by 2025, two-thirds of sports viewing hours will be streamed, with personalized, interactive experiences for fans and advertisers.

Reruns plus the series finale of ‘Yellowstone’ captured a 0.96% viewership share across December 9-15, making it the No. 3 program by watch-time.

Sports lead Inscape’s ranking of most-watched TV programming for Dec. 2-8, while several news programs rise up week-over-week.

The NBA grew its viewership share week-over-week and moves into third place, per Inscape’s analysis across November 18-24.

NBA games scored a 0.89% viewership share across Nov. 11-17, while men’s college basketball grabbed 0.53%, per Inscape.

The unsealed details of the NBA’s new media rights deals with Amazon and NBC shed a lot of light on where the league’s headed (and especially what Amazon wants to do with sports and shoppable ads).

Watch-time was down week-over-week for major sports, while several Fox News programs saw a boost, according to Inscape’s latest ranking. 

Sports and related programming hold five of the top ten ranking positions for Oct. 21-27, per Inscape’s viewership data. 

Diamond Sports Group could potentially lose 11 of its remaining MLB team rights deals for 2025. Such a move could expedite the end of the current RSN model, and DSG's involvement in regional sports altogether.

VIZIO and ESPN have both introduced new offerings designed to simplify the convoluted sports rights landscape for consumers.

Starting 5 is yet another smart play by Netflix to get into the sports conversation consistently without breaking the bank.

Disney's streaming services turn a profit, but is it sustainable? Meanwhile, the Pelicans fly the Diamond coop. A look at both streaming economics and the shifting landscape of sports broadcasting.

Details are coming out around the Venu streaming service, which also creates more questions.

Cookies, their history, why TV doesn’t have them, why contextual worka on TV, and WTF was WBD thinking with the NBA?

Why Ellison has no choice but to try to make Paramount a tech company and what to make of the NBA’s decision to tap Amazon.