Streaming News
FloSports adds $47 million more in funding, led by Discovery and supported by WWE, Fertitta Capital, and more
FloSports has added $47 million more in funding, with some big names attached.
ESPN will use Game 2 of the NBA Finals to test a streamed simulcast built for teen viewers, hosted by Katie Nolan
ESPN is going after the teen market with a simulcast aimed directly at them.
NHL will stream their Stanley Cup Live pregame show on Twitter as well as Facebook
In an effort to reach younger audiences, the NHL will expand the Stanley Cup Live pregame show to Twitter after it launched last year on Facebook.
CrossFit deactivates their Facebook and Instagram accounts over privacy concerns
CrossFit was in many ways built on social media and online communities, but the company accounts are gone now.
fuboTV teams up with FanDuel, adding TVG and TVG2 and promising “betting data integrated on the fubo platform”
FanDuel has signed a deal to be fuboTV's exclusive advertiser in gambling categories and provide gambling information they can integrate into their own channels and their service. fuboTV has also added TVG and TVG2.
DAZN reported to have more than 4 million subscribers since starting operation last year
Dependent on boxing and MMA, DAZN hopes to build on its current subscriber base
Jimmy Pitaro says ESPN will continue VR/AR/isocam experiments, especially online: “We do not believe that AR or VR is a fad.”
"We’ve been leaders in the virtual reality and augmented reality space for a long time now. We’ve already developed content for the Oculus [VR headset] and are willing to make our content available in those spaces."
DAZN ChangeUp is unlike every whiparound show you’ve ever seen—for better and for worse
The CAA’s FloSports rights fee won’t actually be going to the schools
The just over $1 million annually FloSports is paying the Colonial Athletic Association will instead be used to pay to broadcast some CAA games on CBSSN.
Disney agrees to take operational control of Hulu in deal with Comcast
Hulu is going to become a Disney operation.
DirecTV Now brings back NFL Network (Update: No, they didn’t)
NFL Network has returned to DirecTV Now, just a few weeks after it was dropped from the streaming service.
FuboTV is exploring an expansion into ad-supported original content
The streaming television service wants to move into the original content world.
FloSports is talking to rest of MLS about obtaining local TV rights
FloSports wants more MLS, will that benefit the league?
Disney has explored acquiring the rights to NFL Sunday Ticket for ESPN+ when DirecTV deal expires
In March, questions swirled surrounding what would be next for the NFL Sunday Ticket package. The NFL was reportedly...
Colonial Athletic Association signs primary rights deal with FloSports, receives rights fee (“low seven figures”) for the first time
The CAA is heading to FloSports, with over 300 events (including around 50 football games and 140 men's and women's basketball games) expecting to air there this year.
