Awful Announcing
"FloSports has been a fantastic platform to showcase our women’s basketball and Olympic Sports programs, as well as the original content our outstanding in-house digital team creates throughout the year."
NFL+ will cost $4.99 a month for the basic version, or $9.99 a month for the premium version.
"You can’t just be solely reliant on a direct-to-consumer product. That would be a really problematic situation for everybody in the ecosystem, if that’s all you had."
This is the biggest league shift to an all-streaming deal we've seen so far.
The new NESN 360 will also be available via MVPD authentication.
Bally Sports+ is set to launch at $19.99 a month, or $189.99 (a $50 discount) for a full year.
Charter's decision to join Comcast's streaming device/smart TV project rather than do their own gives the combined venture significant scale, and perhaps paves the way for some eventual OTT service bundling deals.
USFL EVP Daryl Johnston told Front Office Sports they're "hoping" to be able to unveil a football that glows near the goal line on USFL on Fox broadcasts this year.
It's unclear yet if the NFL will really push ahead with this concept, or if this is just a plan to get more bids for the mobile streaming package that had been with Verizon.
The MLB.com homepage is back up and running now, but the landing page was producing a 404 error for quite a while Thursday.
Yeah, UTEP's first half was great, but it did not involve a 195-point lead.
"ESPN+ is the centerpiece. It is the jewel. ...That exclusivity really helps drive audience. As we move forward we are going to keep acquiring more rights for ESPN+."
fuboTV has changed course to again offer monthly plan options.
