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…
Disney's ESPN has finalized a deal to buy the rights to college football's most-watched television package for $300 million per season—at least five times the $55…
Just as the COVID-19 pandemic brought a halt this spring to the NFL's plan to hash out a new slate of rights deals well before the start of the 2020-21 season, a fall…
The prospect of playing an abbreviated 2021 season—likely without fans in attendance—has sports leagues facing a second straight year of steep financial losses. While…
ESPN on Thursday began its latest round of layoffs, cutting ties with approximately 300 staffers and declining to fill an additional 200 open positions. The 500 roles…
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Coming SoonFox Sports recently announced a multi-year pact with The Spring League to televise league games. The headline likely flew under the radar, only catching the attention of…
Women's soccer company Atalanta Media launched this fall with the announcement of a partnership that brought the top English women's league (the FA Women's Super League)…
Secondary pandemic effects led Vasyl Lomachenko and Teófimo López's lightweight title fight to end up on ESPN Oct. 17 rather than pay-per-view, and more big fights could…
With the pay-TV ecosystem ever reliant on live sports, the value of broadcast rights continues to climb for most valuable properties. Major League Baseball recently…
When the Pac-12 first started loan talks this summer, it was looking at securing close to $1 billion to support its schools, which were projected to lose up to $80…
Three months after Turner Sports first hashed out the terms of its new media-rights deal with Major League Baseball, the seven-year extension is now officially locked…
Late last week, the English Premier League (EPL) announced Tencent would replace PPLive Sports International (PPTV) as the league's digital broadcast partner in China…
