- MSG Network will launch Knicks Night Live, a new weekly Knicks-centric talk show, at midnight on July 1 — the exact moment when NBA free agency begins. The show will air every Thursday night. (New York Post)
- FOX has sold 90% of its ad inventory for the entire Major League Baseball season, including all of its ads through the month of June. The network has also sold out the MLB All-Star Game in July, with 75 thirty-second ads going for approximately $500,000 each. This is the earliest the network has sold out its ad inventory for the All-Star Game since it began televising the event in ’97 (Sports Business Journal, The Wrap)
- FOX has picked up this Saturday’s Nationals/White Sox game, which could mark the first broadcast TV appearance for Nationals P Stephen Strasburg. Strasburg made his TBS debut during Sunday’s Nationals/Indians game. (Washington Post)
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