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MLB All-Star Game posts modest audience growth
Viewership lift caps off a successful week of events for league
Euro 2020 generates record US ratings on ESPN
The Euro 2020 final averaged 6.488 million viewers on ESPN, making it the most-watched European Championship game ever in the United States
NBC Sports says Tokyo Olympics will be ‘most meaningful’
Network, corporate parent Comcast plan extensive series of coverage enhancements
MLB Home Run Derby is most watched since 2017
Event boosted by the presence of Ohtani, homer-friendly ballpark
ESPN’s Smith draws widespread criticism for Ohtani comments
Highly paid commentator apologizes for series of xenophobic remarks about MLB star
ESPN+ subscription to rise to $7 a month
The Walt Disney Co. has announced it will raise the monthly subscription fee for sports streaming service ESPN+ by $1 to $6.99 (€5.89) from August 13.
Endeavor’s PBR RidePass shifts to ad-supported, free model in Pluto TV deal
Professional Bull Riders, the Endeavor-owned international bull riding circuit, is to launch its RidePass OTT streaming offering as a free-to-view, ad-supported channel on Pluto TV, the streaming service…
Apple ‘in early talks’ with NFL about acquiring Sunday Ticket rights
United States-based tech giant Apple has reportedly begun preliminary talks with the National Football League about acquiring domestic Sunday Ticket rights for the Apple TV+ platform
MLB, DraftKings include live streaming rights in expanded deal
Major League Baseball and DraftKings have expanded their long-running partnership to enable the Massachusetts-based fantasy sports and gaming operator to stream one live game per week on its app and website
AELTC extends BBC’s Wimbledon deal to 2027 and ESPN’s to 2035
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC), organiser and commercial rights-holder of the Wimbledon grand slam, has extended its agreement for media rights to the tournament with UK public-service…
NBA Finals Game 1 ratings up from 2020 but remain historically low
Domestic television ratings for Game 1 of the National Basketball Association Finals between the Phoenix Suns and Milwaukee Bucks averaged 8
ESPN signs multiyear rights deal with Big West Conference
ESPN has further expanded its programming presence in American college sports, completing multiyear media rights agreement with the Big West Conference.
Authentic Brands files for initial public offering
SI brand owner looks to create new listing on NYSE
ABC to air first MLB regular-season game since 1989
US broadcast network to exclusively televise "Sunday Night Baseball" game
Sinclair makes bid for NBCUniversal RSNs
Maryland-based company eyes potential expansion of portfolio
Cowboys to make third appearance on “Hard Knocks”
Iconic NFL team returns to popular reality series
Buzzer closes on star-laden $20m Series A funding round
Jordan, Gretzky, Mahomes, Osaka among bevy of icons supporting company
NBCUniversal’s Peacock acquires US rights for Lions tour of South Africa
NBC Sports has picked up exclusive United States media rights to the British & Irish Lions’ forthcoming rugby union tour to South Africa, with eight matches being aired live on NBCUniversal's streaming se…