by Milton Kent | Sep 6, 2022 | Sports Media
We’re on the verge of a new NFL season and while rosters have been settled, there are lots of new faces in new and old places – and that goes for on the field, too. The way you’re likely to take in the NFL on television has completely changed since last February’s...
by Mike Lowe | Aug 18, 2022 | College Basketball, College Football, General Sports, Sports Business, Sports Media
Today the Big Ten announced the completion of its long-awaited television rights deal that is set to go into effect at the start of the 2023-24 academic year. The deal runs for 7 years and is worth nearly $7.5 billion in total. Notably, it also contains escalators in...
by Joe Lucia | Apr 21, 2022 | Major League Baseball, Sports Media
Two weeks into the 2022 MLB season, one of the more popular punching bags among the league’s fans are its new streaming deals. This season, MLB inked a new deal with Apple that gives the company a Friday night doubleheader on Apple TV+ each week as well as a pact with...
by Joe Lucia | Mar 13, 2022 | NFL, Sports Media
Over the last month or so, despite the season coming to an end, the NFL has been a popular subject in sports media circles. This might seem surprising, with the NBA and NHL in full swing and March Madness on the horizon, but the reason for the NFL’s media superiority...
by Joe Lucia | Jan 10, 2022 | Sports Media
Last week, The Athletic was sold to the New York Times for a whopping $550 million. In a statement announcing the news, founders Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann told subscribers that nothing would change “at this time,” leaving the door open for future tweaks that could...