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.

ESPN To Increase K-Zone's On-Screen Presence During MLB Broadcasts This Season

Daily - 04/01/2015

ESPN will have its on-screen K-Zone technology up and running for most pitches this MLB season, said ESPN Senior Coordinating Producer for MLB Phil Orlins. The technology is an on-screen box that stays over the strike zone when a batter is at the plate, showing viewers if a pitch...

D-League returns to ESPN channels for first time since 2003

Journal - 03/30/2015

ESPN has signed a deal to carry as many as 19 NBA Development League playoff games for each of the league’s next two postseasons, the first time the D-League has been carried by the network in more than a decade. The revenue-sharing deal is a “bridge” deal that...

Tablets will make debut in MLB dugouts

Journal - 03/30/2015

TECHNOLOGY Tablets will make debut in MLB dugouts Bob Bowman, MLB’s president of business and media, outlined plans to put tablets in the dugout for the first time this season, calling it part of new Commissioner Rob Manfred’s technological push. ...

Horowitz considers job at Fox Sports

Journal - 03/30/2015

Editor’s note: This story is revised from the print edition. Fox Sports wants to hire Jamie Horowitz, a creative and controversial executive who has had stints at ESPN and NBC, to oversee all of its studio programming. ...

For Mets milestone, SNY gets graphic

Journal - 03/30/2015

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ESPN’s Snapchat deal explodes in a good way

Journal - 03/30/2015

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Dick Ebersol To Be Honored With SBJ/SBD Lifetime Achievement Award

Daily - 03/23/2015

In '09, two years before he would step away from the business, NBCUniversal’s DICK EBERSOL went on stage to accept an honor at the Sports Emmy Awards in N.Y. Waiting for him on stage were six commissioners representing the biggest sports leagues in the country: the NFL, NBA,...

Steinfeld, Bornstein create youth lacrosse tournament inspired by Little League World Series

Journal - 03/23/2015

A group of veteran sports executives, including former NFL executive Steve Bornstein and “Body by Jake’s” Jake Steinfeld, are launching a national youth lacrosse tournament that is patterned after the Little League World Series. The Warrior World Series of Youth Lacrosse presented by The Coca-Cola Company will be...

Will Cowherd be the new Maher?

Journal - 03/23/2015

RADIO The new Maher? ...

Univision to produce weekly shows as part of new NBA deal

Journal - 03/23/2015

The NBA signed a multiyear deal with Univision as part of a partnership that the league hopes will help it attract more Hispanic fans. The deal, expected to be announced this week, does not include live rights but instead has Univision producing two weekly, Spanish-language NBA shows, one...

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