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What Early Details Around The Venu Streaming Service Tell Us
Details are coming out around the Venu streaming service, which also creates more questions.
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.
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.
College Football’s TV Goals Are Devouring The Sport
College Football Playoff changes could be the move that finally eats the sport alive.
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.
New Joint Venture Flattens Sports Streaming In Wake Of Media Rights Battles
Some of sports’ biggest rights holders are combining forces, in a move that makes us wonder what the point of escalating rights fees were to begin with.
WBD Owned Networks Account For Nearly ¼ Of Top 50 Nets
WBD networks accounted for 12 of the top 50 networks ranked by watch-time from Jan. 1, 2023 through May 14, 2023. That’s more than any other parent company, according to data from Inscape.
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.
NBA Can Hit Lofty Media Rights Goals By Creating More Pieces Of TV Pie
Can the NBA make $8 billion or more per year in its next media rights deal? It’s probably going to take a lot more splitting of the pie. Here’s how that could happen…
Nexstar’s Majority-Stake CW Acquisition Solves Problems For Everyone
Nexstar’s CW acquisition gives it something it needs, while also giving Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery what they want.
Should Streaming Services Be ‘A Little For Many’ Or ‘A Lot For Fewer’ At This Point?
Warner Bros. Discovery is going to fit HBO Max and Discovery+ together… and they’ll likely be better off for it.
Discovery Won’t Be Content To Let Warner Bros Or HBO Maintain Status Quo
With Batgirl sidelined, the new approach to streaming and movies starts to take shape for Warner Bros. Discovery.
As Kilar Exits, CNN+ Is On The Clock
Jason Kilar departs WarnerMedia days after launching CNN Plus, and days before merging with Discovery. Will CNN Plus survive the merger, given the crushing debt and need for major cuts facing CEO-in-Waiting David Zaslav? Kilar says it’s not broken, don’t fix it. But the clock is ticking.
HBO Max And Discovery+ Will Combine Forces. Should They?
The pros and cons of Warner Bros. Discovery combing HBO Max and Discovery+ under a single roof…