NFL Inks 11-Year, $105 Billion Media Rights Renewals With Partners
The NFL has renewed its media rights deals with network partners CBS, Fox, NBC and ESPN, in a multibillion-dollar series of moves that will keep TV’s most lucrative…
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Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech Accelerator Launches With 10 Startups
Comcast NBCUniversal announced the first class of startups chosen for its SportsTech accelerator program, buying equity in 10 companies across technology, apparel…
NBC to Shut Down NBCSN By the End of the Year
NBC says it plans to shut down NBCSN, its sports cable network, by the end of the year. The move is likely motivated by the Comcast unit’s goal to enhance its new…
Olympics Delay Lets NBC Develop AI for Ad Objectives to Maximize Tokyo Return
In a bid to help advertisers optimize the impact of their Olympics investments, NBC Sports is taking a new research initiative to market, designed to provide…
Ravens-Steelers Delay to Cost NBC Millions in Holiday Ad Sales
In what now stands as the most disruptive turn of events in a season that was never going to be without its occasional upheavals, the NFL on Wednesday announced it has…
Tracking the NFL’s Biggest Games and Most Reliable Teams: Data Viz
An unorthodox Sunday NFL schedule gave way to a week of steep ratings declines for the league’s network partners, which are currently 8% off the pace compared to last…
NFL’s Sunday Afternoon Ratings Thrive While Primetime Lags
As much as NFL deliveries on the whole have held up during the Great Sports Ratings Slump of 2020, a few of the TV packages are clearly outperforming the rest of the…
Notre Dame’s Win Over Clemson Gives NBC Highest Ratings in 27 Years
NBC on Saturday night earned bragging rights to its second highest-rated Notre Dame football broadcast in its 30-year partnership with the school, and all it took was an…
Prolonged Election Coverage Holds NFL Primetime Ratings at Bay—For Now
As much as the NFL and its network partners had been banking on a post-Election Day ratings recovery, the deferred results and the inevitable recounts and legal…
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…
NFL Week 4 Ratings Fall as COVID, Trump, Baseball and Declining Viewers Add Up
The NFL in Week 4 faced down the biggest disruptions of the regular season thus far, as a coronavirus outbreak in the Tennessee Titans organization and a positive test…
Networks Breathe Easier as SEC Football Delivers With Big Ten Waiting in Wings
The long-awaited return of SEC football has had an immediate impact on the college game’s TV deliveries, as fans flocked back to the tube to watch powerhouse programs…
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