Amazon Prime Video Accelerates Thursday Night Football Takeover
Amazon Prime Video will be getting an early start on its stewardship of Thursday Night Football, upgrading a year ahead of schedule from its original 2023 kickoff…
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Serena Williams Sets Docuseries, First-Look TV Deal at Amazon
Serena Williams has signed a first-look TV deal with Amazon, which includes a docuseries about her personal and professional life, Variety reports. “I’m very excited to…
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NFL, Amazon Are Bringing Thousands of New Products to Retail Giant
The National Football League is partnering with Amazon to bring thousands of officially licensed products to the retail giant, a move that could transform the…
AWS Becomes Official Cloud Provider for the PGA Tour
The PGA Tour has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its official cloud provider, using AWS machine learning, storage, computing, analytics, database and media…
AT&T Spins Off DirecTV to Set Stage for an NFL Sunday Ticket Shakeup
AT&T has initialized the long-rumored sale of a 30% stake in DirecTV to the private equity firm TPG Capital, in a transaction that will see the telecommunications spin…
Amazon’s March Into Sports Continues with NHL AWS Data Deal
Amazon Web Services and the NHL announced a deal Wednesday that will give the league access to AWS’ cloud hosting and data analysis…
Incoming CEO Andy Jassy Could Extend Amazon’s Sports Reach
Last week, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced in a letter to employees that he will be stepping down as CEO at the end of the second quarter (he will transition into…
The ‘Fourth Quarter’ of Sports Media: Streaming Invites New Bidders for Events and League Rights
Ed Desser is president of Desser Media, Inc. John Kosner is president of Kosner Media. Last week, we wrote about electronic sports media heading into its “fourth quarter”…
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…
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
As an esports agent, Adam Whyte grew tired of his clients having to wait anywhere from three to 10 months to receive their prize money, sponsorship fees, player salaries…
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…
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