by Scott Lewis | Apr 16, 2021 | Soccer, Sports Business, Sports Media
Dave Johnson and D.C. United’s TV home are back where it all started – NBC Sports Washington (NBCSWA). Johnson, the only play-by-play voice that the club has ever known during its 25-year history, began his tenure with the team’s coverage on NBCSWA’s predecessor, Home...
by Milton Kent | Mar 21, 2021 | NFL, Sports Business, Sports Media
The ink is barely dry on the massive media rights deal inked Thursday between the NFL and ABC/ESPN, CBS, Fox, NBC and Amazon, but it’s not too soon to look at the big picture and ramifications from the contracts. Here are three takeaways from the pact, which runs...
by Joe Lucia | Mar 19, 2021 | NFL, Sports Business, Sports Media
On Thursday, the NFL announced their latest round of TV deals, a series of decade-plus long pacts with existing rightsholders CBS, ESPN, Fox, NBC, and Amazon, netting the league $10 billion in revenue per season. There is a lot to unpack in all of the TV deals, but...
by Chris Dachille | Mar 4, 2021 | College Basketball, Sports Media
Please tell me you’ve seen the show. There’s no other television sports experience quite like the odd couple of Dave Pasch and Bill Walton on college basketball. Unless you tune in for a “just the facts” broadcast that provides zero humor and entertainment, this...
by Milton Kent | Jan 28, 2021 | Baltimore Orioles, Sports Media
Twenty-four years ago, the Orioles cast aside their most popular personality this side of the playing field, when they cut loose radio announcer Jon Miller just after the 1996 season. This past week’s news that Jim Hunter and Gary Thorne won’t be returning to the...
by Joe Lucia | Jan 25, 2021 | Sports Media
Last Friday, news broke that NBC was planning on shutting down NBCSN sometime in 2021. The decision came as a shock to many, given NBCSN’s live properties, the network’s age (it actually launched a full year and a half before FS1, which got all the mainstream hype),...
