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Eric Shanks comments on the ESPN-NFL nonbinding agreement; Greg Sankey discusses efforts to modernize the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961;...
Eric Shanks comments on the ESPN-NFL nonbinding agreement; Greg Sankey discusses efforts to modernize the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961;...
The season premiere of NFL "Thursday Night Football" may provide the clearest indication yet of the ambiguity of viewership measurement...
The NFL's YouTube debut actually had more than two million more viewers than initially reported, YouTube said Friday.
The NBA is "looking at" game availability; Mark Shapiro mentions the involvement of Netflix in UFC rights negotiations; and Paramount...
Add Warner Bros. Discovery to the list of companies suing Sling over its short-term, low-cost plans.
Ryan Clark apologizes to Peter Schrager; TNT Sports airs its final broadcast on NBA TV; and Liberty Media is "pretty...
Airing for free on the biggest media platform in the world, the audience for the NFL's YouTube debut was not...
As the relationship between sports leagues and streaming platforms has grown from one-off experiments to multi-year media rights packages, nearly...
With the NBA media rights deals beginning next month, a deeper look at some of the changes ahead as the...
Fox Corporation and YouTube TV have reached a distribution renewal agreement; Jay Wright is stepping away from full-time broadcasting; and...
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