Amazon, Diamond Sports, in negotiations on partnership
Amazon and Diamond Sports — operator of the Bally Sports RSNs — are reportedly in talks that would eventually result in games being distributed through Amazon’s Prime Video platform. The Wall Street...
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Thursday (12/21) sports viewership: TNF returns to form
Thursday Night Football bounced back from last week’s low with another double-digit increase. The latest edition of NFL Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime Video (Saints-Rams) averaged a 4.8 rating...
View ArticleThursday Night Football rebounds in Week 16
After suffering its first decline of the season last week — and hitting a season-low — Thursday Night Football returned to its winning ways in Week 16. As previously noted, the latest edition of NFL...
View ArticleThursday Night Football up 24 percent in second season on Amazon
In its second season on Amazon Prime, Thursday Night Football viewership grew by nearly a quarter over last year. The second season of NFL Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime Video averaged 11.86...
View ArticleNews: Local NBA, Al Michaels, UFL, more
New Orleans Pelicans and Atlanta Hawks agree to broadcast 10 games on local Gray TV affiliates; Al Michaels says he’ll return for Thursday Night Football on Amazon next year; XFL and USFL agree to...
View ArticleNews: YES-MSG, Donoghue, B/R Sports
YES Network and MSG Network announce a joint venture. Plus: Marie Donoghue steps down at Amazon; Max delays premium tier of B/R Sports add-on. YES and MSG announce tech firm GAME New York City based...
View ArticleNFL, networks, hit multiple milestones in regular season
The NFL season finished as the most-watched in eight years, with viewership up nearly across the board. The NFL regular season averaged 17.9 million viewers across the league’s various broadcast...
View ArticleDiamond, Amazon, strike deal: Prime Video to stream Bally Sports
After weeks of rumors and negotiations, Amazon has officially entered into an agreement to invest in Diamond Sports Group and become the primary streaming home of live games on Bally Sports. Diamond...
View ArticleWSJ: NFL awards Wild Card playoff game to Amazon
An NFL playoff game will again air exclusively on a streaming service next season, but it will be Amazon Prime and not Peacock. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Amazon will carry an NFL...
View ArticleNews: Jac Collinsworth, Amazon-NFL, Eli Gold
NBC Sports is moving on from Jac Collinsworth on its Notre Dame football coverage. Plus: Amazon’s price tag for its NFL Wild Card game is reportedly as much as $150 million; Eli Gold is not returning...
View ArticleESPN in line to keep NBA “A” package, including all NBA Finals, in renewal
ESPN is reportedly set to keep the NBA “A” package — and exclusive rights to the NBA Finals — in its new deal with the league. John Ourand of Puck reported Thursday that ESPN and the NBA are on the...
View ArticleNBA media rights: What do we know one week into ‘free agency’?
NBA media rights hit the open market a week ago Monday, and by Friday a clear picture had emerged of the state of play. ESPN will keep a reduced version of its “A” package, including the NBA Finals....
View ArticleComcast offering massive rights fee in bid to steal NBA from TNT
TNT parent company Warner Bros. Discovery will have to pay a heavy price to keep its NBA package away from an aggressive Comcast and NBC. Comcast is willing to pay as much as $2.5 billion/year to...
View ArticleAmazon NBA deal reportedly includes full night of games each week
Amazon’s looming media rights deal with the NBA reportedly includes a first for one of the league’s broadcast partners, a full night of games. Amazon will acquire “exclusive access” to a full night of...
View ArticleNBA poised to exceed $75 billion mark in new deals
It sounded outlandish three years ago when CNBC reported that the NBA could seek $75 billion in its next rights deal, but the league is on the brink of exceeding that mark. The NBA’s looming media...
View ArticleAmazon to get In-Season and Play-in tournaments as part of NBA deal
The NBA’s two newly-created properties, the In-Season Tournament and Play-in Tournament, are reportedly headed to Amazon in the league’s new rights deal. Amazon will own rights to the NBA In-Season...
View ArticleCould WBD match Amazon instead of Comcast?
Warner Bros. Discovery seemingly faces an impossible choice between relinquishing the NBA — by far the most important of its sports properties — or paying at least $2.5 billion to retain rights that...
View ArticleAmazon said to bid on NFL Christmas games
Netflix remains the favorite, but Amazon has reportedly tossed its hat into the ring for the NFL’s Christmas Day slate. John Ourand of Puck reported Monday that Amazon has submitted a bid to carry the...
View ArticleNews: Scheffler story, rights fees, NBA matching rights
Golf Channel says it was mum on Scottie Scheffler’s pre-round arrest due to contractual limitations. Plus: price tags on recent sports media deals and an update on the NBA bidding war and Warner Bros....
View ArticleNBA closing in on formal bids as rights fees rise even higher
The NBA is on the brink of reaching formal agreements with Disney, Comcast and Amazon, each of whom are said to be paying even more for the league’s rights than previously reported. Tom Friend of...
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