Streaming News
How many streaming services are too many?
You could spend as much as $200/month on streaming services to get everything you want, which really makes that cable package look appealing.
BBC America goes all in once again on the World Darts Championship
BBC America will air the final live on New Year’s Day for the second consecutive year
Stadium will debut a series featuring one-on-one interviews with a variety of broadcasters
A new series, starting next year, will put broadcasters in the hot seat.
We can see the beginning of the end for the DirecTV satellite service
DirecTV’s last satellite was launched last month and older satellites won’t be replaced
DAZN has acquired Canadian rights to the English Premier League
It looks like English Premier League rights in Canada will be controlled by DAZN for the next three years.
DAZN takes ad in USA Today to write open letter to President Trump, inviting him and Mexico’s president to Canelo-Rocky Fielding fight
DAZN's offering ringside seats to Trump, but this is really more about getting more attention for the fight.
DAZN’s first original episodic series will be “The Journey: Canelo/Rocky,” which will also air on YouTube and linear regional sports networks
This series is going into wider distribution than just DAZN, which might help promote the Dec. 15 fight on the streaming service.
DirecTV Now suffers outage during Pac-12 and MAC college football conference title games
The MAC and Pac-12 college football conference championship games are currently taking place, and DirecTV Now users are...
Turner has plans to turn The Match into a franchise, despite its rocky start
More editions of The Match might be coming, for better or worse.
DAZN looks to replace traditional, repetitive sports advertising with sponsored content and product placement
Anyone who has ever watched a football game on WatchESPN will tell you that the least appealing part...
NASCAR is contemplating launching an OTT streaming service without live national races, an idea with big challenges
The NASCAR media rights for the top three national circuits are locked up through 2024, but they might launch a OTT service anyway.
This Week In Hot Takes: Cheddar’s Jon Steinberg says “Traditional sports are dead,” “nobody knows who won the World Series”
DAZN pivots to Jamie Horowitz, who reportedly advised the company and John Skipper on their $300 million MLB deal
After a firing at Fox amidst sexual misconduct allegations, Jamie Horowitz was reportedly advising DAZN on their new MLB deal.
Fox officially extends MLB rights through 2028, and DAZN is also getting into the MLB streaming game
The deal fits with Fox's strategy focusing on live programming.
Former ESPN president, current DAZN chairman John Skipper takes some shots at the traditional TV model in a pair of interviews
"Just as we will disrupt the way that we acquire the ability to watch sports through an app, we will disrupt the way that advertising works. We really will follow the Facebook/Google model — we will understand things about you that will allow us to target ads."
