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Cord-Cutting, Ballooning Fees Doom Legacy Cable Sports Model
The decline of the legacy RSN model recalls Ernest Hemingway’s description of the mechanics of stumbling into bankruptcy, inasmuch as the phenomenon has happened…
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Tubi Launching 10 Free Live Sports Channels in Fox Collaboration
Fox Corp. is looking to leverage Tubi, its free-streaming outlet, as a new way to monetize a whole bunch of its sports-programming rights and content, Variety…
UFC Aims to Slam Online Pirates With Tougher Federal Copyright Law
UFC 264, headlined by Dustin Poirier defeating Conor McGregor, generated as many as 1.8 million pay-per-view buys, with revenue in the ballpark of $125 million. Less…
YES App to Live Stream NYC Playground Basketball
The YES App, the streaming service of YES Network that launched in March, will live stream basketball games from the iconic New York City streetball courts at…
Disney Plans to Spread Sports Further Beyond ESPN
An increasing amount of what ESPN does isn’t going to be seen on good ol’ ESPN. As Variety reports, Sunday Night Baseball has been a mainstay of the Disney sports…
Buzzer Lands Jordan, Gretzky and $20 Million in Series A for Live Streaming App
As part of a $20 million Series A raise, streaming sports discovery app Buzzer has added more than…
YES Network Adds Interactive Graphics to Yankees Streams
Starting this week, Yankees and Nets broadcaster YES Network will launch interactive in-stream content for fans watching baseball on its mobile app. The graphic
Media Execs Rein in Talk of Sports’ Exodus from TV to Streaming
While all the rapturous talk about the rise of direct-to-consumer streaming platforms likely won’t die out until some app developer tosses the last shovelful of…
DraftKings Media Ambitions Could Include OTT Streaming Service
In recent months, DraftKings has been investing more heavily in its media arm. The company hired former Verizon executive Brian Angiolet, who had been in charge of VZ’s…
Sinclair’s Bally Sports RSNs Look to ‘Gamified’ App to Keep Viewers
Sinclair Broadcasting Group is looking to expand the footprint of its regional sports networks beyond the bounds of linear TV, noting on its first quarter earnings call…
Sports TV Endures as Networks Hold Line and Streaming Grows
As much as the generational flight from linear TV would seem to have precipitated a mad scramble to push live sports content to the newfangled streaming platforms, the…
Notification App to Offer Live PGA, NHL Snippets for 99 Cents
Buzzer, a new app offering customizable game alerts and live streaming look-ins, will begin adding early access users Wednesday after signing deals with the PGA…
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