Awful Announcing
If a deal isn't reached, Fox owned-and-operated local affiliates (plus FS1, FS2, BTN and more) could go dark for DirecTV/DirecTV Stream/Uverse customers on Friday.
Ben Strauss of The Washington Post reported that Fox was set to only have a limited in-country presence in Qatar until a Qatar Airways sponsorship. Fox disputes Strauss' report when it comes to the detail of comped flights.
The World Series continues with pivotal Game 4 in Philadelphia on Fox, Fox 4K and Fox Deportes
With the World Series taking today off, we focus on the NFL which has a London game streaming on ESPN+, a Fox doubleheader including three games in the late window plus Sunday Night Football in Western New York
"They don’t come to us expecting us to be [HBO’s] Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, or [ESPN’s] E: 60. That’s not who we pretend to be, and I don’t think that’s what the viewer expectation is.”
Yes, this is really an entire piece about how much I love these maps.
Seven of the ten in this exclusive club will be involved.
The Qatar-Ecuador match is set to start at 7 p.m. local, which would be 11 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. So this shouldn't directly impact Fox NFL games, but it might impact pre-game shows.
Moose seems to be heading to a familiar role.
It's reported that Fox is seeking $150-$200 million in outside investment.
In-person attendance was an issue for the USFL, and some of that was about playing in one city. Playing in two to four cities may help a bit, but means the league still won't play in all of its "local markets."
The Athletic projects MLS' total media revenues (including sublicensing) to approach $300 million a year, but production costs to approach $60 million a year, maybe more with start-up costs in the first couple of years. Still, that's a large boost over what the league was making.
"I want to stay around the game for sure, forever."
