Commanders programming leaving NBC Sports Washington in April
The Commanders are losing their long-time cable partner.
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Monumental plans to invest $20 million in NBC Sports Washington infrastructure, streaming app, rebrand
"Overleveraged operators are experiencing distress, but that should not be conflated with the incredibly strong and stable demand for local sports rights."
It certainly sounded like a fart ripped during the Wizards broadcast on NBC Sports Washington
Shortly after the possible fart, the play-by-play announcer noted there was a timely foul "on the push."
Chris Miller, Drew Gooden, & Meghan McPeak discuss being the NBA’s only all-Black broadcast crew
“We’re not the first [all-Black crew], we’re just the next. Which means, hopefully, more of us will follow.”
Wide NBCUniversal cuts include Hardball Talk, College Basketball Talk and College Football Talk, plus layoffs at NBC RSNs
It appears that NBC is shutting down many of its sport-specific digital sites. They've also made cuts at some regional sports networks. And NBCUniversal overall is in cost-cutting mode.
Julie Donaldson will reportedly be the new radio voice for Washington’s NFL team
Donaldson will be the first woman to work as an NFL team's lead play-by-play voice.
A Monumental Sports Network WNBA broadcast mistakenly identified two courtside spectators as “Markelle Fultz and his mom”
No, it wasn't Fultz and his mom.
Steve Buckhantz learned he was being replaced while at a hospital with his mother, adding further insult to the way the Wizards treated...
NBC Sports Washington's poor handling of letting go of Steve Buckhantz included stringing him out for months, only to inform him via a phone call while he was at a hospital with his mother.
Independent subscription D.C. sports site The Sports Capitol is closing, with its writers moving to NBC Sports Washington
"Let’s be honest: This is the only kind of offer that really gets us to abandon the project."
NBC Sports Regional Networks have most-streamed month ever, with minutes up 108 percent for NBA playoffs, 86 percent for MLB
Across NBC Sports' regional networks, streaming was up 63 percent overall in April 2018 from the previous high set last April.
