Streaming News
WWE offering free access to WWE Network — including every past WrestleMania — for a limited time
WWE has unlocked "a vast portion of the WWE Network library" and "free access to thousands of hours of extraordinary on-demand content."
The BIG3 reportedly plans to launch “a quarantined, reality show-style three-on-three tournament” in LA in April
"The preseason tournament will feature 16 to 22 players from The Big3 who are negative for the coronavirus, and they will be quarantined in Los Angeles."
NHL.tv and NHL Live will give fans free access to all games from the 2019-20 season, with longform content available as well
The NHL is making all games from this season, plus other content, available to fans for free through April 30 via NHL.tv (US) and NHL Live (Canada).
Ken Burns and PBS make “Baseball” documentary series available for free streaming
"In the absence of many of our favorite sports, I've asked PBS, that's the Public Broadcasting Service, to stream my film about America's pastime, Baseball, for free, at PBS.org and all PBS digital platforms. Stay healthy, and let's look after each other. Play ball."
fuboTV adds MLB Network, MLB Strike Zone, and NHL Network to various tiers
NHL Network is available now, with MLB Network and Strike Zone coming in the next few weeks.
The YouTube TV-Sinclair deal for the Fox RSNs appears to have significantly tightened who can get certain networks
Many YouTube TV subscribers who used to get particular Fox RSNs now don't get those networks under the new Sinclair-YouTube TV deal.
YouTube TV, Sinclair agree to ‘temporary extension’ to keep Fox Sports RSNs
The Fox Sports RSNs and the YES Network were going to be pulled on Feb. 29 before the short-term extension.
Blue Jays fans in Canada latest to suffer from MLB’s baffling blackout restrictions
Canadian fans who want to watch the Blue Jays are faced with subscribing to two streaming services.
Charlie Ergen calls Dish merger with DirecTV “inevitable,” makes overture to Sinclair RSNs after first Sling TV subscriber loss
"The growth in TV is not coming from linear TV providers, but from huge programmers. You just can't swim upstream against a real tide of big players."
Scott Pioli: “No matter what Tommy [Brady] does, people are looking at it as ‘It’s a sign of something.’ Not everything in life...
"It's so funny, every day I open up the internet and there's this new story, and I'm watching how many people are getting traction out of Tommy's life and his story. Like when that silly picture came out."
FloSports launches new FloBaseball platform, featuring more than 700 games this year from NCAA and youth baseball teams
FloBaseball will feature early-season NCAA tournaments, regular-season Big Ten, CAA, and MEAC games, and the ECAC championships, plus high school and youth baseball programming.
Spotify is officially buying The Ringer, boosting its sports and entertainment podcast offerings
A sale price was not announced, though Spotify is purchasing The Ringer's entire operation.
Disney+ has 28.6 million paid subscribers, ESPN+ is up to 7.6 million, and Disney’s making $787 million/month in streaming revenue
The launch of Disney+ has boosted ESPN+ significantly, with a lot of people adding ESPN+ thanks to the bundle with Disney+ and Hulu.
Roku says they’re removing all standalone Fox channels 2 days before Super Bowl [UPDATED]
A Roku-Fox carriage dispute, right before the Super Bowl.
AT&T lost 1.16 million pay TV subscribers in Q4 2019 (more than expected), and lost $1.2 billion in revenue from HBO Max licensing...
AT&T has been hit hard on pay TV subscriber losses, dropping 4.1 million net video subscribers (across DirecTV, U-Verse, and AT&T TV Now) since the end of 2018.
