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NBCUniversal generates record-level ad sales from its Upfront
Sports content plays a key role in network's accelerating ad sales
Reagan Carey on the new era for the Premier Hockey Federation
In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Reagan Carey, the new commissioner of the Premier Hockey Federation. Fisher and Russo also discuss ongoing turbulence in United States college sports with the forthcoming departure of Mark Emmert from the National Collegiate Athletic Association and predictions of a breakup of Division I athletics, Athletes Unlimited’s media rights deal with ESPN, a $300m funding round for German digital sports media entity OneFootball, viewership boosts for the National Hockey League, and Comcast’s successful programming link of the National Football League’s Super Bowl LVI and Beijing 2022 Olympics.
Sky reports 71-per-cent Q1 Ebitda uplift amid lower operating expenses
Sky, the Comcast-owned European pay-television broadcaster, recorded $622m (€591m) in adjusted Ebitda (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) for the first quarter of 2022, a y…
Super Bowl-Beijing Olympics combo pays off for Comcast
Quarterly results show sharp increases in overall revenue, advertising sales, Peacock subscriptions
Sky’s Q4 revenue dips but subscriber numbers up
Sky, the Comcast-owned European pay-television broadcaster, saw its direct-to-consumer revenue fall by just under one per cent from $4.08bn (€3.66bn) to $4.0
Buzzer’s Bo Han on redefining live sports consumption for a new generation
In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Bo Han, Buzzer founder and chief executive. Eric and Chris also discuss issues surrounding Major League Baseball’s World Series, the merger of esports organization FaZe Clan with a special purpose acquisition company, potentially mounting issues for Peacock, growing scrutiny surround National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell, and Greg Norman’s developing effort to create a new golf series.
Serie A rights loss hits Sky subscriber base, but Q3 revenue remains stable
Comcast has pointed to the “negative impact” of the reduction in Sky’s domestic broadcast rights to Serie A in Italy, as its European pay-television broadcaster shed over 200,000 subscribers in the third…
Jordan Levin on the OpenBet sale to Endeavor, developing betting industry trends
In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Jordan Levin, Scientific Games executive vice president and group chief executive of digital, who recently played a key role in sale of betting technology and content operation OpenBet to Endeavor. Eric and Chris also discuss Dapper Labs’ large-scale agreement with the National Football League and NFL Players Association, funding for the newly formed Fanatics Trading Cards, continued turbulence for United States-based regional sports networks, and advancing efforts by the NFL’s Chicago Bears to develop a new stadium.
Comcast-MSG Networks dispute shows ongoing RSN stress
NY-area networks are dropped in large parts of New Jersey, Connecticut
Sky reports 28-per-cent revenue increase, adds Peacock to service
Sky, the Comcast-owned European pay-television broadcaster, has reported a 28-per-cent increase in second quarter-revenues to $5.22bn (€4.3
NBCUniversal: Tokyo Olympics could be network’s most profitable ever
Combination of factors driving optimism, despite ongoing pandemic impacts
MLB, Peacock plan test deployment of games on streaming service
League continues experimentation of live content on direct-to-consumer platforms
NBC Sports plans 7,000 hours of domestic Olympics coverage
Network touts upcoming Games as the biggest media event ever
Sky reports highest subscription growth for six years but sharp Ebitda fall
Sky, the Comcast-owned European pay-television broadcaster, has reported a 10.6-per-cent increase in revenue alongside a 33
Peacock deal boosts WWE earnings
President and CRO Khan predicts partner NBC Sports will not renew NHL deal
DAZN customers hit by Serie A blackout prompted by CTS service interruption
Sports streaming broadcaster DAZN is to offer its customers in Italy a free month’s subscription after its live coverage of two Serie A matches was hit by technical issues.
Potential US boycott of Beijing Olympics rippling in political circles
State Department seeks "coordinated" response to human rights abuses
Simplebet’s Chris Bevilacqua on the maturation of the US betting market
In this week's episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Chris Bevilacqua, co-founder and chief executive of sports betting startup Simplebet. Eric and Chris also discuss the warning issued by Comcast Corp. chairman and chief executive Brian Roberts regarding the company's future sports rights, and recent transactions involving sports marketing outfit Playfly Sports and mobile commerce company VenueNext.