ESPN, TNT Sports reportedly have matching rights in NBA negotiations
The NBA's incumbent media partners have a key advantage in negotiations.
The NBA's incumbent media partners have a key advantage in negotiations.
The WNBA and CBS will continue as media partners going forward.
The deal calls for a minimum of 16 games, mostly airing in primetime on the weekend.
There isn't any extra money on the table if the NCAA Tournament expands.
The WNBA and Prime Video are extending their partnership.
The NFL reversed course on Christmas Day games, planning a doubleheader and opening bidding for lucrative TV rights.
WBD CEO David Zaslav explained the thought process behind reaching new subscribers with the joint streaming app with ESPN and Fox.
NASCAR President Steve Phelps joined SBJ's Sports Media Podcast to discuss the challenges that the current climate has.
"I keep hearing the facile notion that it always goes up. You guys are students of history. That’s not sustainable."
"... was only as a potential starting point in negotiations to help get us to the estimated true value.”
Many of them didn’t expect to get $50 million per school from ESPN. They asked anyway.
NBC may not end up getting NBA media rights in the end, but there sure is a lot of smoke right now.
"I believe FSU will, at some point, have to very seriously consider leaving the ACC unless there is a radical change to the revenue distribution."
"Sources indicate that there is very little linear aspect to the deal that will be presented tomorrow."
"We are focused on concluding our media rights deal and securing our continued success and growth."
Van Gundy "combined a brilliant view of the game with genuine humor and showmanship" for ESPN.
"It's possible they could try to do Sunday Night Basketball after Sunday Night Football."