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TV Watch-Time for Basketball Jumps Up
NBA games scored a 0.89% viewership share across Nov. 11-17, while men’s college basketball grabbed 0.53%, per Inscape.
The Most Interesting Findings From The NBA’s Unsealed Media Deals
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).
TV Program Rankings: ‘America’s Newsroom’ Beats NBA
Watch-time was down week-over-week for major sports, while several Fox News programs saw a boost, according to Inscape’s latest ranking.
World Series, NBA Tip Off Grab Notable TV Watch-Time
Sports and related programming hold five of the top ten ranking positions for Oct. 21-27, per Inscape’s viewership data.
Diamond Sports Group Pilots The End Of Current RSN Model
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.
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.
Netflix Doesn’t Need To Go All-In On Live Sports To Be Major Player
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, Pelicans Fly The Diamond Coop
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.
What Early Details Around The Venu Streaming Service Tell Us
Details are coming out around the Venu streaming service, which also creates more questions.
Cookies Are, In Fact, Good Enough For Google, WBD’s NBA Reality Check
Cookies, their history, why TV doesn’t have them, why contextual worka on TV, and WTF was WBD thinking with the NBA?
Skydances With Paramount, The NBA Takes On Amazon
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.
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.
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.
What Is TNT Sports Without The NBA?
As TNT Sports is reportedly about to lose NBA rights, there’s a real question around where it goes from here.
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.”
NBA’s New Media Rights Deals Would Let League Have It Both Ways
The NBA’s on the precipice of landmark media rights deals that would see it thread the needle perfectly between streaming and linear TV.
Seattle Kraken-Amazon Deal May Hint At What’s Next For Local Sports Rights
Kraken games will appear locally on Amazon (and broadcast TV). And it may show what’s next for local sports rights.
NBA Playoffs, Play-In Tournament Lead Last Week’s Most-Watched Programming
PGA, MLB, Stanley Cup Playoff and NASCAR also make Inscape’s ranking for April 15-21.
The 2024 Masters Swings into First Place for TV Viewership Share
The tournament accounted for 3.64% of all live, linear minutes watched April 8-14, per Inscape
Women’s NCAA Basketball a Slam Dunk for TV Viewership
The final few games of the women’s tournament captured a 3.66% viewership share across April 1-7, per Inscape.