Eric Fisher, US Editor

Olympic Games

Large collection of new sponsors help fuel robust network totals
Multi-sport

Spanish-language media and content company Univision Communications Inc
Baseball

Major League Baseball and NBCUniversal are planning a test deployment of live baseball games on the Peacock streaming service, with the league once again seeking to advance efforts of providing live games…
Olympic Games

Even amid rising domestic furore and unrest surrounding the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics, NBCUniversal executives in the United States said the event could become the most profitable Olympics in the network’s h…
Multi-sport

Despite ongoing losses in linear television subscribers and broader cord-cutting trends wreaking havoc across the global media landscape, Walt Disney Co
Basketball

In another sign of normalcy returning to the American sports industry, the National Basketball Association said its domestic television ratings for the first round of the 2021 playoffs were up both from…
Multi-sport

NBC Sports has finalized plans for 7,000 hours of domestic media coverage from the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, a new event record and what the network is touting as the "biggest media event ever
American Football

The United States Football League, a short-lived but widely discussed element of the American pro sports landscape in the 1980s as it unsuccessfully sought to challenge the dominant National Football League,…
Multi-sport

ESPN has rewarded one of its most critical and longest-tenured executives with a sizable promotion, elevating Burke Magnus to a new title and role of president of programming and original content
Multi-sport

A little more than month after finally becoming a public company, Endeavor Group Holdings Inc. reported net income of $2.4m (€1.9