SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ken “Hawk” Harrelson, a former player who called Chicago White Sox games for 34 years, on Wednesday won the Hall of Fame’s Ford C. Frick award for […]
Regional sports networks are facing rising costs and competition from newer streaming services as part of a new era in the way Americans watch TV.
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Yankees Team With Amazon To Stream Games
The Yankees may soon become a major-league thorn in the side of New York’s cable providers. The Bronx Bombers, working with tech giant Amazon, are gearing up to become the first Major League Baseball team to let fans watch games on their phones or laptops without a cable subscription — a bid to win over millennials who are cutting ties with cable TV
A significant antitrust battle could upset how the league sells game telecasts for billions of dollars and usher in an era when teams would compete for licensing deals.
The sports media landscape has shifted significantly over the past few months, with flagship sports brands falling victim to layoffs, shutdowns and consolidation, while newer players report strong growth.
Sunday Night Football has been primetime’s most watched television program for the last eight seasons. And its reign looks secure. According to NBC, the broadcast is, through 12 games over 11 weeks, averaging 20.5 million total viewers across platforms — its highest 11-week average since 2015.
Denver-area regional sports network Altitude, blacked out by Comcast since August, sued the cable operator charging Comcast with violating antitrust laws and trying to put Altitude out of business.
The new TrackPass streaming service is part of the NBC Sports Gold service and is expected to debut in December.
TORONTO (AP) — Don Cherry, Canada’s most polarizing, flamboyant and opinionated hockey commentator, was fired Monday for calling immigrants “you people” in a television rant in which he said new […]
Terry Bradshaw and the “Fox NFL Sunday” pregame show have gone around the world for their Veterans Day shows. But on Sunday the show will originate from one of the […]
Roger Penske now owns the iconic speedway, its hallowed grounds, “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” the IndyCar Series and all its properties, including the IndyCar Series and Indianapolis Motor Speedway Productions, in a stunning deal announced Monday.
Less than three weeks into the season, the league’s television partners are still trying to assess the fallout from injuries to the Golden State Warriors.
Bell said in a statement that the timing was perfect to forge a new path that would build on his experience in news, sports and entertainment.
Bowling for Dollars was a long-running TV program that featured, well, you can probably guess. Now it’s a strategy for Fox Corp. and the new owner of the nation’s biggest bowling association. Fox Sports this past weekend presented its second season of Professional Bowlers Association matches as part of a four-year deal it struck with the sports league in 2018, ending decades of bowling matches that aired on ABC and, later, ESPN.
The series averaged 13.91 million viewers according to national numbers from Nielsen, which is down 1.3% from last year, when the Boston Red Sox defeated the Dodgers in five games (14.1 million average). The Nationals’ first title had an 8.1 overall rating and 16 market share. Including streaming, the series average is 14.01 million.
While national numbers for this year’s World Series were down from 2018, there were at least two markets where lots of folks were glued to their sets right to the dramatic end on Wednesday night — Houston and Washington where the games were seen on Fox O&Os. Game 6 on KRIV Houston drew a 31.2 among adults 25-54, while on WTTG Washington it delivered an 18.2. Game 7 on KRIV got a 32.0, while on WTTG it drew a 24.9 (the market’s highest rated sports program in the last 12 months, excluding the Super Bowl).
Ron Fairly, a two-time All-Star during his 21-year playing career and longtime broadcaster for three teams with a folksy style of calling games, has died. He was 81. The Seattle […]
Barry Frank, the pioneer sports programmer who negotiated Olympic TV deals and represented broadcasting stars John Madden, Bob Costas and Jim Nantz, has died. He was 87. Endeavor, the parent […]
SHANGHAI (AP) — Peter Kostis and Gary McCord are out at CBS Sports. Davis Love III is in. Sean McManus, the chairman at CBS Sports, announced Tuesday that Love is […]
While national number for the first two games of the World Series have been down from last year’s Fall Classic, there are at least two markets where lots of folks are glued to their sets — Houston and Washington. Game 1 Tuesday on Fox-owned KRIV Houston piled up a 27.1 among adults 25-54 (preliminary numbers), while Game 2 on Wednesday did a 22.0. Game 1 on Fox-owned WTTG Washington drew a 17.8 and Game 2 delivered a 17.2.
Safe Bet: TV Sports Getting Bigger, Pricier
A TV2020 panel explores the growing impact on broadcasting of sports, with a heavy focus on the NFL and the potential impact of legalized sports betting.
WSET Roanoke Sports Director Announces Retirement
“I come to work every day loving what I do,” said Dennis Carter, sports director of Sinclair’s ABC affiliate WSET Roanoke, Va. (DMA 69), sharing news of his retirement with […]
One of the NFL’s most storied franchises, the Green Bay Packers, said it launched a new free connected TV streaming app. The app gives on-demand content about the team to fans via their television screens and is available on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Roku devices.
One month into its 2019 season, the league’s viewership is up around 5% compared to this time last year, attracting an average of roughly 16 million viewers across the league’s network partners, according to Nielsen data. The NFL’s viewership is also up 8% from 2017 and down just 1% from 2016.
Fox Sports has hired Rob Gronkowski as an NFL analyst. The network announced on Tuesday that the former New England Patriots tight end will make his debut during Thursday night’s […]
The sports network, part of The Walt Disney Co., has agreed to join the likes of NBC News in providing content for the soon-to-launch short-form video platform from Jeffrey Katzenberg, a onetime chairman of Walt Disney Studios and a founder of DreamWorks. ESPN’s contribution, a daily sports highlights show, is expected to air on Quibi at the platform’s scheduled launch in April 2020.
The upstart promotion’s Dynamite premiere pulled in solid numbers Wednesday, beating USA’s NXT head to head.
