John Ourand

John Ourand has covered all things media for Sports Business Journal since 2006. Before then, he spent 12 years reporting on the media industry in the U.S. and Europe, reporting for International Cable magazine and serving as editor for such outlets as Cable World and CableFAX Daily. His journalism career started in 1990 as a reporter for a Washington Post-owned weekly newspaper based in Montgomery County, Md.

Counting Comcast: 18 platforms to authenticate

Journal - 11/02/2015

My BS detector went off last week when I was interviewing Matt Strauss, Comcast’s executive vice president and general manager of video services. When I asked Strauss about the problems with password sharing, he prefaced his comments by noting that Comcast authenticates 18 platforms. Eighteen? I could...

Feeney departs after 18 years with DirecTV

Journal - 11/02/2015

Reagan Feeney has left DirecTV after nearly two decades with the satellite operator. ...

Executives passionate in defense of the TV business

Journal - 11/02/2015

The overall mood last...

Aaron Taylor, ESPN's Top Marketing Exec Leaving after 17 Years

Morning Buzz - 10/29/2015

ESPN’s top marketing exec is leaving the company. Aaron Taylor , the company’s Senior VP/Marketing, told his staff yesterday that he is stepping down after nearly 17 years, citing a desire to try something new. Taylor’s departure comes days after ESPN laid off around 300 people in a...

T-Mobile To Sponsor World Series Streaming On Fox Sports Go

Morning Buzz - 10/27/2015

Fox Sports signed T-Mobile as the presenting sponsor for its live stream of the World Series on Fox Sports Go. The deal, which is the first presenting sponsorship Fox’ streaming product has sold for an MLB postseason, will feature either a 30-second pre-roll ad or a 15-second one if...

Time Warner Cable Sports President David Rone Leaving Company

Closing Bell - 10/26/2015

Time Warner Cable Sports President David Rone , who oversaw the Dodgers and Lakers RSNs, is leaving the company. TWC will not replace Rone when he leaves his post, which he has held for four-and-a-half years, at the end of the month. His direct reports, including GM ...

Bills-Jaguars Game Earns Close To 34 Million Live Streams Via Yahoo

Morning Buzz - 10/26/2015

Yahoo logged 15.2 million unique viewers and 33.6 million streams for Sunday’s Bills-Jaguars game in London, a number that NFL execs believe will make it the most streamed sporting event in U.S. history. The league says more than 460 million total minutes of video were consumed. The 33.6 million...

Networks ho-hum about password sharing … so far

Journal - 10/26/2015

University of Maryland students Jon Banister and Gabe Weintraub are typical young adults in at least one respect — they both use several different user names and passwords to watch video online. They pay for none of them. The 22-year-old Banister, a senior journalism...

‘We’re still talking about’ Bills-Jaguars

Journal - 10/26/2015

There was a huge amount of buzz around last weekend’s Bills-Jaguars game if you worked in the sports industry. It was the first time an NFL regular-season game was streamed exclusively, with Yahoo spending around $15 million for the rights. Outside of my circle of sports media nerds,...

The moves that forced ESPN’s cuts

Journal - 10/26/2015

As the names of the roughly 300 laid-off ESPN employees leaked though the sports industry at the end of last week, many longtime executives reacted with a sense of disbelief. These weren’t household names like Bill Simmons or Keith Olbermann, who...

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