Amazon to Stream NFL Playoff Game as Providers Position for Long-Term Deal
As the NFL and its legacy TV partners continue to work to carve out a new long-term rights package, the league's streaming partner has quietly expanded its postseason…
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From Beast Mode to ‘Onions:’ Trademark Attorney Heitner Builds a Brand on IP
When Darren Heitner launched Heitner Legal six years ago, the Florida-based attorney knew the market for sports legal services lacked a key player: a law firm that…
Contract Platform Co-Founded by 17-Year-Old Helps Gamers Get Paid on Time
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Amazon Expands Thursday Night Football With Twitch Programming and Viewer Options
In the fourth year of its Thursday Night Football relationship with the NFL, Amazon is expanding its content ambitions beyond gameday. Prime Video pregame show NFL Next…
ESPN’s ‘Last Dance’ Emmy Affirms a Golden Age of Sports Docs
It's not often that any part of the so-called "Worldwide Leader in Sports" can be considered diminutive. But as Libby Geist, ESPN's vice president and executive…
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With less than a week to go before the 2020 NFL season kicks off in an uncharacteristically subdued Arrowhead Stadium, the ritual of selling off the in-game commercial…
Tottenham Storefront Indicates Amazon Getting ‘More Serious’ About Live Broadcast Rights
Sportico's Eben Novy-Williams reported on Friday that Amazon was finalizing a 'first-of-its-kind' partnership with Tottenham Hotspur Football Club that will see the…
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Amazon Closing Unprecedented Tottenham Deal for Online Store
Amazon and Tottenham Hotspur are finalizing a first-of-its-kind retail partnership that will see the English soccer club build its own brand store on Amazon's website…
FAANG NFL Offensive Is Toothless as Legacy TV Partners Rally for One Last Big Score
Just a few weeks before the National Football League Players Association voted to approve a new collective bargaining agreement back on March 15, media insiders were…
MLB Offers Latest Indication That Next Broadcast Rights Cycle Likely to Exclude FAANG
Assuming Major League Baseball makes it to the finish line, the 2020 season will conclude with an expanded postseason. Sixteen teams—up from 10—will qualify for the…
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Twitch Partners With World’s Top Soccer Clubs in Launch of Sports Vertical
Twitch has announced a collaboration with four of the world's most popular soccer clubs—Real Madrid, Arsenal, Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain—as it dives deeper into…
Sports Streaming Revolution Marches On With Data and Team Content
Yankees games available via Amazon Prime. Cowboys action streaming on HBO Max. And the Lakers holding court on an app of their own. That future—or one like it—isn't as…
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