Facebook, MLB cutting back their streaming deal for 2019 from 25 games to 6, removing exclusivity
MLB's deal with Facebook is coming back this season, but will be significantly different.
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DirecTV is now selling a streaming version of its satellite service
DirecTV wants customers to start buying its services online rather than buying the satellite dishes
After promises to “disrupt the way that advertising works” and avoid repeated car ads, DAZN Italy is…showing repeated car ads
DAZN's testing out different advertising approaches in different countries. In Italy, that's been repeated Volkswagen ads.
FC Cincinnati announces their own FloSports deal a day after DC United’s FloSports debut was plagued with issues
FloSports has a deal with a second MLS club, but this weekend, they experienced plenty of streaming issues with DC United.
Olympic broadcasters are really pushing 8K TV for 2020 in Tokyo
Broadcasters hope to bring 8K into the forefront, even though 4K hasn't even been widely adopted.
The Associated Press is adding more automation, will use AI for college basketball previews
The machines are taking over.
Bob Iger touts 2 million paid ESPN+ subscribers, hints at a bundle deal for ESPN+ and Disney+
As per Iger, ESPN+'s subscriber numbers so far are strong, and consumers may eventually be able to combine ESPN+ with Disney+ and Hulu at a discount.
SI/PCMag survey has 15 percent of respondents planning to watch the Super Bowl watching via streaming
Large numbers of younger respondents to this survey plan to stream the Super Bowl.
D.C. United shucking traditional local TV deal, will instead stream games through FloSports
D.C. United joins two other MLS teams in streaming its games exclusively online.
Everybody hated Instagram’s new update and then things changed back to the way they were
Instagram instantly changed things back after revealing it was only meant to be a small test.
Comcast exec hints that an NBCUniversal streaming service could debut in 2019
The big question is what will it include?
NFL Sunday Ticket leaving DirecTV after the 2019 season is starting to seem like an unlikely bet
It's looking like DirecTV might be able to keep NFL Sunday Ticket after all.
Digital media company theScore is launching their own New Jersey sports betting app
When sports gambling effectively became legal outside of Nevada following the Supreme Court decision striking down a federal...
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.
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
