Analyst: NBC at greatest risk of losing NFL package
If the NFL gets an offer it can't refuse from a streamer, NBC may not have the capacity to match to keep Sunday Night Football.
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John Ourand: FCC pressure, lack of bidding market could hurt NFL’s leverage in media deal renegotiations
"This time they might have to leave a nickel on the table."
Is the last Sunday in February too late for the Super Bowl? The NFL doesn’t appear to think so
Jamal Mashburn on returning to TV: ‘I didn’t want to get back to the ESPN grind’
"I wanted to feel somewhere where they would let me be myself."
John Ourand: Network execs may ‘hold off’ on early NFL renewals
"Paying an additional $1 billion annually is simply hard to justify—especially given the broader decline of the television business."
Sports media analysts predict new NFL TV deals will look similar to current setup
"ESPN and Fox and CBS and NBC need the NFL."
World Series rights could be split among multiple networks under next MLB media deal, per insiders
"I have no doubt that there are going to be multiple bidders that are trying to get MLB."
NFL media exec: ‘We’re gonna be ready’ for potential early TV rights negotiations
"We're gonna be ready and we're always ready whenever our partners want to talk."
John Ourand’s ‘The Varsity’ podcast coming to NESN
The video podcast will also air on NESN 360, the NESN Nation FAST channel, and the NESN YouTube page.
Pablo Torre sees a future for ‘Pablo Torre Finds Out’ on TV
"And I say that not knowing what television is anymore."
Sports media insiders predict NFL Sunday afternoon packages will stay on broadcast TV ‘for a long time’
"I think (the NFL is) going to be on broadcast for a long time. Because it just, first off, it makes everyone happy. Secondly, there's good business."
NFL Network’s live game slate locked in through 2032 as ESPN takes control
The NFL Network will continue to broadcast seven live games per season.
Media analyst: Cable bundle floor could be 25-35 million households
The analyst also suggests there might be one floor during NFL season, and one floor for the rest of the year.
NFL may renegotiate media rights deals before 2029 opt-out, per report
"The league could approach networks before the 2029 opt-out and try to renegotiate new deals."
NBA TV to look ‘a lot different’ after TNT Sports split
"The channel's new strategy is going to be more focused on live games and less on big studio shows..."
Alexi Lalas open to accepting a future ‘Clay Travis-type role’
"If people are going to pay me to talk about stuff, that's awesome."
Media analyst theorizes TNT Sports’ future post-spinoff
Don't expect TNT Sports to be a bidder for additional sports rights anytime soon...
Sports business CEO predicts divide between SEC and rest of college football
"The schools in the SEC have a lot of politics wrapped around not bargaining with a union of student athletes."
Sports media analyst: NCAA, TV partners ‘will work out a deal’ on March Madness expansion
"I fully expect both sides to reach an agreement, I just don't have a handle at what that agreement looks like yet."
CBS Sports expected to be ‘bigger players’ for live sports rights after Skydance merger
"When they make that deal, I think (David) Ellison and Co., they want to spend."
Mike Florio sounds alarm on NFL’s antitrust exemptions
"It would blow up everything."
Media reporter sounds alarm on future of league-owned networks
"These league-owned networks, they're losing subscribers by a ton."
San Francisco Giants ‘open to’ joining nationalized MLB package come 2028
Giants CEO Larry Baer suggests "most teams" are also open to the league's plan.
Fox Sports exec says ‘entertainment’ mindset is all wrong, ‘sports is the business of belonging’
"We're getting closer to the heart of why consumers actually engage in this space."
Sports media exec: ‘Door is not closed’ on a Barstool television show
"The mindsets of networks and platforms have changed where they are intrigued."
