Kraken strike RSN rights deal with Root Sports
The National Hockey League’s expansion Seattle Kraken have signed a multiyear media rights agreement with Root Sports, settling the team’s regional broadcast plans in advance of the team’s scheduled debut…
WWE Network focused on international growth after Peacock deal
The American media strategy for World Wrestling Entertainment has now been dramatically reshaped and resettled following a landmark deal this week to license the content from the WWE Network exclusively …
MASN finally enables in-market streaming
The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), the regional sports network home of Major League Baseball’s Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles, will finally enable in-market streaming of live games in 2…
WWE, Peacock strike landmark deal for WWE Network
Marking a major strategic shift for American sports content streaming, World Wrestling Entertainment will shut down this spring its standalone, wholly owned and operated WWE Network and instead license…
NFL Divisional playoff ratings slide 7 per cent
American television ratings for the National Football League’s Divisional round of the postseason averaged 30.6
ESPN signs contract extensions with Rodriguez, Vasgersian
ESPN has signed announcers Alex Rodriguez and Matt Vasgersian to one-year contract extensions that will keep them in place with its flagship Major League Baseball broadcast property, Sunday Night Baseball,…
NFL game on Nickelodeon proves to be substantial hit
Last weekend’s push by the National Football League and CBS Sports to engage younger audiences proved to be a substantial hit, as the specially designed production of a Wild Card playoff game on Nickelodeon g…
NFL ends 2020 regular season down 7 per cent in ratings
The National Football League, which battled a series of operational challenges related to the Covid-19 pandemic throughout its 2020 regular season, ended the schedule down 7 per cent in domestic television…
NFL sets slate for “Super Wild Card Weekend”
The National Football League has finalized the schedule for its first-ever “Super Wild Card Weekend,” the opening component of its expanded 14-team playoffs.
ESPN+ to get integration into Hulu, Xfinity
The direct-to-consumer ESPN+ will be gaining a set of sizable bumps in exposure and functionality with the integration of the streaming service into sister offering Hulu, while also being offered directly…