Barstool Sports, MLB Broadcast Rights Discussions ‘Barely Existent’
Earlier this week, the New York Post reported, “Major League Baseball and Barstool Sports have had significant negotiations about having national midweek games on the…
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A Pay-Per-View Super Bowl Not as Outrageous as It Sounds
Meadowlark Media founder John Skipper recently suggested on The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz that the NFL could eventually decide to turn the Super Bowl into a…
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Los Angeles FC Tops Sportico’s 2021 MLS Valuations at $860 Million
Last year marked Major League Soccer’s 25th season, but it was no silver anniversary, as the coronavirus canceled one-third of the season, and games played in empty…
DAZN, YouTube Partner on UEFA Women’s Champion League Rights
Sports streaming platform DAZN, known for its boxing and combat sport broadcasts, is stepping beyond the ring and onto the pitch, buying global broadcast rights of the…
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Nine European Soccer Leagues Combine Media Rights Into One Central Package
A group of nine European soccer leagues, including the top domestic leagues in Denmark, Switzerland and Norway, are pooling their international media rights in the hopes…
NFL Media Partners Won’t Imperil TV Model With a Mad Dash to OTT
A day after Amazon claimed dominion over the NFL’s Thursday Night Football window—which effectively makes the package the first to jump headlong into the…
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Just Women’s Sports and Ata Football Partner to Boost Women’s Soccer
Women’s soccer company Ata Football and sports media platform Just Women’s Sports have formed a partnership to enhance exposure for and coverage of women’s soccer. The…
NFL Throws Flag on Monday Night Football News as Renewal Talks Continue
The NFL is taking issue with a new report about ESPN’s impending renewal of its Monday Night Football package, and while much of the substance of Friday’s story in…
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…
ESPN-MLB Haggling Shows Growing Value of Broadcast Exclusivity
Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic recently reported that Major League Baseball, after receiving significant increases in pacts with Fox Sports (+36%) and Turner (+62%), is…
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”…
ESPN Signs $3 Billion Deal for SEC Football as CBS Era Nears End
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…
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