PFL CEO Peter Murray talks how they’re “busier than ever” with studio projects and preparing new tech for 2021 return
"We doubled down on content and created our own muscle to go direct to fans."
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MLB wants the federal government to let clubs use “more robust mitigation efforts” against drones
"There are additional Title 18 prohibitions and FCC regulations that further restrict the ability to deploy counter-drone technology. MLB is diligently pursuing appropriate federal Congressional action to legally enable more robust mitigation efforts."
YouTube’s Tim Katz and MLBN’s Scott Braun talk MLB games on YouTube: “We’ve seen great response.”
"We think it's just more compelling to have more of a two-way conversation with fans versus the one-way conversation that people are accustomed to on linear TV. Our platform lends itself nicely to having that."
Yahoo’s Geoff Reiss talks new WatchTogether, PlayAR NFL features: “The timing was ideal to come out and take a pretty big leap forward.”
"There's an appetite for knowledge across sports, whether it be to understand how salary caps work or what goes into draft picks. So giving fans the power to reconstruct plays, and being able to do that across a NFL Sunday, is kind of cool."
MLB Network’s “Speed Cam” made its MLB broadcast debut, and broadcasters Buck Showalter and Scott Braun loved it
"At this point, for replays, I'm waiting for it in anticipation."
Podcast company Blue Wire gets investment from Baron Davis, who will recruit other athletes to network
Davis will also launch his own podcast company, Silc, on Blue Wire's network.
Should live sports broadcasts use artificial sound with no fans in the crowd?
Artificial crowd noise seems to be coming, but do we actually want that?
Lack of live sports programming has helped cord-cutting reach record levels so far in 2020
Pay TV subscriptions fell by record-setting 1.8 million in the first quarter of 2020, according to a new report.
Stadium CEO Jason Coyle on running their 24/7 network fully remotely: “We had to essentially reinvent everything.”
"I think we're getting better. This is forcing us to be really efficient in the way we communicate, the way we share content."
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.
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.
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.
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.
