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Sports content on the move in Comcast spinoff
US telco Comcast has announced plans to spin off most its cable networks, which include USA Network, which frequently shows live sports as part of NBC’s media rights deals, and the Golf Channel.
WBD armed with digital content in NBA settlement
Warner Bros. Discovery has settled its lawsuit against the National Basketball Association, bringing an end to the legal saga spurred by the league’s new domestic broadcast deals.
Premier League joins Comcast tech start-up advisor programme
The Premier League has joined the partner consortium for the Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech Accelerator as strategic advisors to start-ups selected for the annual programme
Peacock paid subscribers stay flat at 13m in Q2
Comcast NBCUniversal has suffered a blow with paid subscribers to flagship streaming service Peacock remaining stagnant at 13 million during the second quarter of the year
Beijing 2022 Opening Ceremony draws 16m viewers on NBC, down 43 per cent from 2018
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony attracted a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of nearly 16 million viewers across multiple NBCUniversal platforms in the United States, representing a record-low …
NBCUniversal poised to push for higher USA Network subscription fees due to sports influx
NBCUniversal is poised to charge pay-TV providers higher subscription fees for USA Network due to an influx of premium live sports content to the general entertainment cable channel in the coming years
NBCUniversal to broadcast record Paralympics coverage from Tokyo, including primetime
NBCUniversal has announced it will broadcast a record 1,200 hours from the Tokyo Paralympics this summer, including inaugural primetime coverage on the main NBC network.
NBCUniversal to shut down NBCSN by end of 2021
NBCUniversal has announced it will shut down its sports cable network NBCSN by the end of the year, with much of its content migrating to sister Comcast-owned general-entertainment channel USA Network …
NBCUniversal, Roku reach carriage agreement for Peacock
NBCUniversal and streaming platform Roku have reached a carriage agreement over NBCU's new direct-to-consumer service Peacock two months after its nationwide launch
Telemundo secures exclusive US rights to Chivas home games
Spanish-language sports broadcaster Telemundo Deportes has secured exclusive rights in the United States to the home games of Liga MX giants CD Guadalajara (Chivas).
NBC Sports to move all non-televised Premier League games to Peacock
NBC Sports has announced it will move all non-televised Premier League games to NBCUniversal's new subscription-based, over-the-top video service Peacock beginning with the 2020-21 season.
NBC streaming service Peacock to broadcast Premier League games this month
Comcast and NBCUniversal’s new Peacock subscription streaming video service will debut live sports later this month when the English Premier League makes its return from the global Covid-19 pandemic.
NBC Sports sets new Olympics ad sales record for Tokyo 2020
US network tops 2016 Rio sales with nearly five months to go before Games set to start
Sky hits 24m subscriber barrier as full-year revenue down 3 per cent
European pay-television broadcaster Sky recorded both revenue and subscriber increases for the fourth quarter of 2019, but a fall in total revenue for the full year, according to results presented today…
NBC’s Peacock to stream live Tokyo 2020 opening and closing ceremonies
Comcast and NBCUniversal's new Peacock subscription streaming video service will contain a significant amount of live sports coverage, including extensive coverage of this summer's Tokyo Olympics
Comcast launches sports tech accelerator with three US sports bodies
US media company Comcast NBCUniversal has launched SportsTech, a new global accelerator programme for sports technology start-ups