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WNBA debut of Reese, Cardoso livestreamed by fan after availability mistake in league app

Weekend Rap - 05/05/2024

The WNBA debut of Chicago Sky F Angel Reese and C Kamilla Cardoso was “widely watched on a social media livestream from a fan who stepped in when the league’s app couldn’t broadcast the game,” according to the AP. Reese and Cardoso played their first preseason game for the...

Court: ACC must provide ESPN agreement to Clemson

Weekend Rap - 05/05/2024

A South Carolina court has ordered the ACC to “turn over documents about its agreements with ESPN that Clemson has requested in its lawsuit against the conference.” The interim confidentiality order was released on Friday and said that the ACC has "seven days to produce unredacted documents about its...

NBC to keep airing Kentucky Derby through 2032

Weekend Rap - 05/05/2024

The Kentucky Derby will be "televised by NBC through 2032" in an extension of Churchill Downs Inc. and NBC Sports' partnership that began in 2001 ( Louisville COURIER-JOURNAL, 5/4 ). The Derby has "long been a significant viewership event.” Since 2010, NBC Sports has averaged 15.6 million viewers for...

Chicago teams partner with media group on net

Weekend Rap - 05/05/2024

Standard Media Group in partnership with the Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox will be the "new television broadcast home for all three teams beginning in October." The media group is expected to "make the network, which is unnamed, available across 'multiple platforms,' including over-the-air and carriage agreements with cable...

Magnus Sports Group, PlaySight partner to integrate data and video for broadcasts, player development

Computer vision sports companies Magnus Sports Group and PlaySight are partnering on data and video integration for the complementary optical tracking and AI technologies. Magnus owns and operates Yakkertech , a ball flight tracking solution widely used in college baseball and in the independent MLB-affiliated ...

Barkley: 'Inside the NBA' can't be replicated

Closing Bell - 05/03/2024

A day after industry sources said Ernie Johnson is committed to TNT even if Warner Bros. Discovery loses its NBA package, Charles Barkley said the iconic studio show "Inside the NBA" can never be replicated even if co-hosts Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal ...

Springhill, Vice to team on basketball docuseries

Closing Bell - 05/03/2024

Vice TV has picked up a new "unscripted basketball docuseries" produced with Uninterrupted, the athlete storytelling brand founded by LeBron James ' and Maverick Carter 's SpringHill Company, and MY Entertainment. The eight-episode series, titled "Uninterrupted: The Real Stories of Basketball," explores "iconic moments, players and stories...

Irvin out at NFL Network, 'NFL Total Access' to end

Closing Bell - 05/03/2024

Pro Football HOFer and NFL Network analyst Michael Irvin ’s contract "will not be renewed" at the net as the league-owned channel "undergoes a round of cost cuts." Irvin had been an analyst at NFL Network since 2009 and has "played a major role" in the...

MLB's streaming plans await ruling on Diamond, Bally Sports bankruptcy case

Daily - 05/03/2024

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said that he “hoped to launch a national, in-market streaming package in 2025 with about half of the league’s teams,” but if Diamond Sports Group and its Bally-branded regional sports networks “successfully emerge from bankruptcy, it’s basically impossible for MLB to launch even...

Report: NBA to earn 'record payday' with new $76B media rights deal

Daily - 05/03/2024

The NBA's new long-term broadcasting agreements would pay the league about $76B over 11 years -- three times the amount of the current deal and a "record payday" of close to $7B annually -- thanks to “strong demand for live sports...

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WNBA debut of Reese, Cardoso livestreamed by fan after availability mistake in league app

Court: ACC must provide ESPN agreement to Clemson

NBC to keep airing Kentucky Derby through 2032

Chicago teams partner with media group on net

Magnus Sports Group, PlaySight partner to integrate data and video for broadcasts, player development

Barkley: 'Inside the NBA' can't be replicated

Springhill, Vice to team on basketball docuseries

Irvin out at NFL Network, 'NFL Total Access' to end

MLB's streaming plans await ruling on Diamond, Bally Sports bankruptcy case

Report: NBA to earn 'record payday' with new $76B media rights deal

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