NHL deals with ViewLift to relaunch TV app
In a tie-up with sports streaming distributor ViewLift, the National Hockey League has relaunched the free NHL app on a range of TV platforms to allow fans to access a custom feed of highlights, condensed…
MLB hires Clark to oversee content distribution amid RSN upheaval
Major League Baseball has hired Josh Clark as senior vice-president of content distribution as the league and its broadcast department wades through the ongoing regional sports network (RSN) turmoil
Formula 1 content to be added to STN Video platform
North American online video platform STN Video has acquired Formula 1 content through a deal that allows publishers on STN's platform to deliver video clips to users in the United States and Canada
Peacock, EverPass agree NFL commercial establishments deal
NBCUniversal streaming service Peacock has agreed a deal with EverPass Media to allow the two Peacock-exclusive National Football League games in the current season to air at commercial establishments
NWSL Championship viewership dips 11 per cent on CBS, sets Paramount+ record
The 2023 National Women's Soccer League Championship averaged 817,000 viewers on CBS, coming up short of the 2022 record-setting title-deciding match by 11 per cent
SailGP draws largest US audience with 1.78m viewers on CBS
SailGP drew its largest American audience with its November 5 broadcast of the Spain Sail Grand Prix attracting 1.78 million viewers on CBS
Tennis Channel launches pickleball network with PPA Tour
Tennis Channel has announced a pickleball television network, Pickleballtv (PBTV), as part of its joint venture with the Carvana Professional Pickleball Association (PPA Tour)
NWSL lands record four-year $240m domestic rights deals
The National Women's Soccer League has agreed the largest media rights deals in women's sport in contracts spanning four years worth $60m (€56m) annually, with games airing on CBS, ESPN, Amazon and Scripps S…
Zaslav warns of ‘generational disruption’ as WBD reports $417m net loss
Warner Bros. Discovery has reported third-quarter net losses of $417m (€390m) after a decline in advertising revenue, a drop in streaming subscribers, and what president and chief executive David Zaslav called a “generational disruption” as the company’s stock tumbled by 19 per cent.
ESPN has strong quarter as D2C shift and strategic partner loom
Disney is still searching for a strategic partner for ESPN and is fully set on taking the sports property entirely direct-to-consumer as it posted an operating income increase of 16 per cent to $987m (€922m) i…