DirecTV, Disney Reach Carriage Deal, End 2-Week Blackout
After a two-week blackout that left ESPN and a host of other networks dark in some 11 million U.S. households, DirecTV and Disney have come to an agreement on a carriage…
Monday Night Football
Bill Belichick Is TV’s Cuddly Grampa, at Least Until His Next Coaching Gig
Whatever the hell Brat Summer was supposed to be, it’s over now. Make way for the Autumn of Belichick.In his first fall away from the sidelines in 49 years, football’s…
11 Million DirecTV Subs Miss Out on Monday Night Football Opener
DirecTV subscribers remain in the dark as the 55th season premiere of Monday Night Football kicks off on ABC and ESPN. The satellite broadcast operator and the Walt…
Peyton Manning: ‘Manningcast’ Will Be Better With Belichick
To say Peyton Manning is excited about the upcoming season of ESPN’s “ManningCast” is an understatement. The Pro Football Hall of Fame former quarterback turned…
ABC Eyes 10 Monday Night Football Games as NFL Rolls Back Simulcasts
In advance of the NFL’s annual schedule drop, Disney’s ad sales team is gearing up for another overstuffed season of Monday Night Football. And while a complete picture…
Bears’ ‘A+’ Draft Also a Win for the League—and TV Viewers
The NFL has gotten increasingly analytical in its schedule creation process, and yet all of its supposed “supercomputers” couldn’t prevent the league from repeatedly…
NFL Playoffs Primed by Record $4.5B Ad Sales, Big Ratings Matchups
As the NFL gears up for the playoffs, the league and its network partners are poised to build on what was already a powerhouse season on the ratings and revenue front…
Eagles-Chiefs’ 29M Viewers Crushes MNF TV Record in the ESPN Era
It may not make up for losing Super Bowl LVII, but the Philadelphia Eagles’ 21-17 win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday night counts as one hell of a consolation…
Monday Night Football Expansion Unlocks Massive Demo Surge on ESPN
Wall Street types tend to think in terms of absolutes, inasmuch as they prefer to characterize every scenario presented for their scrutiny as either a harbinger of…
MNF Heads to Free TV as Hollywood Strikes Drain Primetime Programming
In a bid to bolster its strike-blighted primetime lineup, ABC this fall will air what amounts to a full season of Monday Night Football, marking the first time the…
Disney Taps ‘Monday Night Football’ to Boost ABC’s Strike-Hampered Schedule
Monday Night Football was for many years a staple of ABC’s Monday-night line-up before it moved to ESPN in 2006. This fall, it will be so again. ABC will air ten…
Disney-Charter Blackout Ends Hours Before Aaron Rodgers’ Jets Debut
Just hours ahead of the opening kickoff of the 54th season of Monday Night Football, the Walt Disney Co. and Charter have reached a deal to end an 11-day carriage…
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