Awful Announcing
"There are a large number of sports communities that do not fit in mainstream sports media’s business model. We want to give these sports the love they deserve by leveraging our sport-specific channels, along with the deep resources our company and platform provide."
Media rights fees overtook gate revenue as the largest segment of North American sports revenue in 2017, and look to continue to rise.
One industry analyst predicts Amazon will start charging for an additional sports bundle by 2022.
"We have so much we want to do in our area, so we're not trying to copy others. ...There's lots of things we don't do. We don't do news, we don't do sports. But what we do do, we try to do really well."
When NHL rights come up after the 2020-21 season, ESPN might try to get in on a split package.
LAFC won’t be seen on TV in English except for games airing on national networks.
RSNs will continue to pay for content and that revenue will outpace gate receipts starting next year.
Are Amazon, Facebook, Google, Twitter and other tech companies willing to shell out crazy cash for live sports?
They're not interested in live sports, but sports should look at Netflix for archived programming, documentaries and more.
The comments over the years about marquee sports programming being “DVR-proof” and key for networks’ ratings in an...
The NFL is likely the first of several deals for live sports on Amazon
ESPN may have a hard time finding more marquee sports to televise, limiting advertising revenue growth.
