NFL Coaches’ Mandatory Sideline Chats Are a Waste of Breath
The NFL’s new policy of requiring head coaches to exchange in-game pleasantries with network sideline reporters isn’t doing much to enhance the quality of the…
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Bally Sports RSNs Go Dark After Optimum Carriage Deal Expires
The Bally Sports RSNs have gone dark on Altice USA’s Optimum cable systems, as negotiations to renew the legacy carriage deal expired at midnight. The operator, which…
Peyton Manning Recruits Bill Belichick to Omaha Productions
Former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning is drawing up a play to get former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick a new gig. Manning is recruiting the veteran…
FanDuel Rebrands TV Network, Adds OTT to Help Scale Audience
FanDuel Group recently rebranded its 24-hour cable and satellite television network, TVG Network, as FanDuel TV and introduced a new OTT service, FanDuel TV Plus. The…
NFL Sunday Ticket Plaintiffs Push for Class Certification in Long-Running Suit
A once-dismissed antitrust lawsuit brought in 2015 by a collection of NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers against the NFL and DirecTV—the subscribers claim they were…
ICC Cozies Up to U.S. Broadcasters Ahead of Cricket World Cup
With an upcoming T20 World Cup co-hosted by the U.S., the International Cricket Council is looking to grow the game stateside, and hoping to find the right media partner…
Turner Sports Finds Studio Success With a ‘Treehouse’ of Personalities
Let’s start with the horse. To kick off Inside the NBA‘s pregame coverage of the Western Conference Finals Sunday, analyst Charles Barkley rode in atop a dark chocolate…
Deloitte Purchase Foreshadows Hyper-Personalized Sports Broadcasts
Deloitte Consulting recently announced the acquisition of a company called National TeleConsultants (NTC), a company that builds, maintains and modernizes broadcast…
‘Inside The NBA’ to Feature in All-Star Game Alternate Broadcast
Step aside, SpongeBob. Move over, Mannings. During Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game, Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley and the rest of the Inside the NBA crew will be the…
Rushing Out to Buy a 4K TV for the Super Bowl? Slow Down
NBC will not be broadcasting Super Bowl LVI in 4K Ultra High Definition, instead opting to air the big game in 1080i HD. An NBC Sports spokesperson said the network’s…
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Peyton Manning’s MNF Show Just the Latest Step in Multicast Revolution
Starting this week, Peyton Manning will be calling Monday Night Football for ESPN. Sort of. Technically, Manning will be co-hosting Monday Night Football with Peyton and…
Media Execs Rein in Talk of Sports’ Exodus from TV to Streaming
While all the rapturous talk about the rise of direct-to-consumer streaming platforms likely won’t die out until some app developer tosses the last shovelful of…
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