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CBS

NCAA March Madness Live announces new features for 2020, including Multigame feature

The multigame feature is getting expanded, and Fast Break returns for a third year.

NBA

The FreeDawkins YouTube channel’s NBA videos have vanished, but the NBA says they’re not behind that

While FreeDawkins' videos with NBA clips have vanished from YouTube, a NBA source told AA the league didn't launch a copyright takedown, and that their policies on highlights videos haven't changed since Adam Silver's 2015 "Highlights are marketing" comments.

NCAA

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.

ESPN

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.

AT&T

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.

ESPN

After taking over 16 NFL teams’ Twitter accounts, Saudi hacking group accesses several ESPN accounts

OurMine is having quite the week of taking over big sports accounts.

International

FloSports’ 2020 FloBikes schedule includes exclusive Tour de France rights in Canada, the first time that event has been a digital exclusive

Streaming company FloSports picked up another $47 million in Series C funding last June and has struck deals...

Streaming

Spotify’s sports podcast push will include several daily programs, including a recap show

The recap show will run approximately 10 minutes.

Amazon

Will rural college sports fans be able to keep up with the broadband demands of streaming services?

If a large portion of rural college fanbases don't have quality broadband, how do you expect to give them a good experience?

Fox

Jerry Gepner, known for on-screen scores and the first-down line, gives a memorable Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame induction speech

"I've been thinking of this and said 'You know, if I had me working for me, I would have fired me a long time ago.' And there's a lot of truth to that. But it points to one of the great blessings of my career; people who didn't fire me. Really, these folks deserve their own Hall of Fame."

Local Networks

Mike Francesa will do politics plus sports in his new Radio.com show because “There’s no political coverage anywhere that’s unbiased”

Noted Donald Trump supporter Mike Francesa told Julie Stewart-Binks he plans to do "down the middle" political coverage on his new Radio.com show, which he feels isn't seen elsewhere. "There's not a show, there's no political coverage anywhere that is unbiased, it's all biased. It's either left or right. It is so significantly left or right."

NBA

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