Category: Sports
Messi Just Made Watching Soccer More Expensive
by Alex Kerai | Jun 20, 2023 | Industry News, Outreach, Sports, Streaming
Soccer superstar Lionel Messi has agreed to leave Paris Saint-Germain for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami. Messi is one of the most famous soccer players in the world and just won the World Cup with Argentina in the fall.
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NBA Broadcast Rights Could Lead to Streaming Battle
by Alex Kerai | Jun 15, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News, Outreach, Sports
NBA media rights come up for sale at the end of the 2024–2025 season, entering a new live sports landscape. Disney and Warner-Bros. Discovery channels air NBA games and will offer first bids on the rights for the next ten years.
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WWE and UFC Are Merging in New Company from Endeavor
by Alex Kerai | Apr 5, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News, Sports
Endeavor Group Holdings, the parent company of the UFC and talent agency WME, have announced an acquisition of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Endeavor plans to combine WWE with the UFC to create a global sports and entertainment company.
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Regional Sports Networks Branch Out to Streaming
by Alex Kerai | Mar 31, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News, Sports, Streaming
Regional sports networks, carrying local major league games to cable networks, are exploring standalone streaming services. Meanwhile, the sports leagues offer out-of-market games through MLB TV, NFL Sunday Ticket, NBA League Pass, and NHL Center Ice.
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fuboTV is Now Called Fubo, and (Maybe Someday) Cable
by Randy Harward | Mar 23, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News, Sports, Streaming
So fuboTV has a new name. No, the sportsball-focused live TV streaming service partly owned by Deadpool actor and biz whiz Ryan Reynolds didn’t add “+” to its name (as streaming services are wont to do). Instead, fuboTV laid off “TV” and promoted the “f” to “F” for a simple moniker: “Fubo.”
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Apple Considering Bid for U.K. Premier League Rights
by Alex Kerai | Mar 23, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News, Sports, Streaming
A report out this morning says that Apple TV+ may bid for the U.K. streaming rights to English Premier League football. The deal would bring the English Football League to the same platform that already hosts Major League Soccer in the U.S.
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Amazon and Google Keep Their Eyes on the Sportsball
by Randy Harward | Jan 5, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News, Sports, Streaming, TV
Heads up, live sports fans—big news is comin’ in hot! Amazon Prime Video might split its live sports coverage into a separate, standalone app. And YouTube TV is the big winner in the NFL SUNDAY TICKET bidding wars. We’ll tell you what it means after a word from our sponsors!*
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