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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.
What Early Details Around The Venu Streaming Service Tell Us
Details are coming out around the Venu streaming service, which also creates more questions.
Big 4 Networks Show Significant Primetime Ad Reach Boost In H1
Overall TV ad impressions were down, but the Big 4 networks persevered in primetime just the same.
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.
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.
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.
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
The NFL Refuses To Be Commoditized By Sports Streamer
The NFL wants no part of a super sports streamer, since it puts the rest of televised sports on an equal playing field.
Peacock’s NFL Playoff Exclusive Worked. But At What Cost?
Peacock scored a big win with its exclusive NFL Playoff game, but do short-term gains hurt the league in the long-term?
ESPN Pays Up To Keep NCAA Championship Rights. What’s Next?
ESPN paying up for NCAA sports championships is all part of a larger plan — but one that looks tougher by the day.
NBA In-Season Tournament Tries Something New While Sports Look For Answers
The NBA In-Season Tournament presents a radical shift for American sports at a time of radical need.
NBA Playoffs Continue to Dominate Weekly TV Watch-Time
Games captured 5.42% of all live, linear minutes watched on TV, per Inscape.
NHL Skates Into Second For TV Watch-Time
Inscape data for May 1-7 reveals that viewers were favoring sports programming.
NBA Dunks For TV Watch-Time, NHL Skates Into Second
Plus some viewership insights on the now-canceled Tucker Carlson Tonight, via Inscape.
Endeavor Wants The Sports Entertainment Content Title Belt
As a combined business, WWE and UFC aren’t going to be put in a box, and are likely to make billions in TV and streaming negotiations.
Where Could Teams Turn Without Regional Sports Networks?
With uncertainty swirling around Bally Sports RSNs, as many as 42 U.S. teams are potentially affected — and none more than MLB clubs that are about to start the 2023 season.
Can Everything Be A ‘Media Property?’
Ryan Reynolds wants to duplicate the success of Welcome to Wrexham with the NHL’s Ottawa Senators… but how much more appetite exists for sports stories?