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The Cleveland Cavaliers and DAZN have announced a multi-year partnership making DAZN the exclusive streaming destination for Cavaliers basketball beginning with the 2026-27 NBA season. As part of the agreement,
Sportradar has expanded its partnership with Polymarket, extending its sports data, streaming and integrity services to the prediction market platform across more than 20 leagues and competitions. The expanded US agreement adds properties including the Bundesliga, Euroleague Basketball, Chinese…
The following article "Game of DAZNs: Pacers latest team to join streamer" originally appeared on Sports Media Watch. Another NBA team is officially moving to DAZN. The Indiana Pacers have reached an exclusive media rights deal with DAZN, it was announced Thursday, becoming the second NBA team…
Ratings Roundup is a rundown of recent ratings news and is derived from press releases and reports around the industry. In this week’s edition, CBS’ final round of the FedEx
Pacers Sports and Entertainment has announced a partnership with DAZN, making it the exclusive streaming home of Indiana Pacers basketball. A team-branded streaming service will launch in early September on
The first season under the NBA’s blockbuster media rights package proved to be a lollapalooza for the league’s distribution partners, as coverage of the 2025-26 campaign generated a record $2.11 billion in advertising revenue. According to a new report issued by Guideline, which captures actual…
Season tips off Oct. 20 and runs through April 11; Christmas Day, NBA Cup, All-Star in Phoenix, and Prime Video’s first exclusive Eastern Conference Finals anchor the calendar The NBA
Cox Media Group (CMG) has announced multi-year local broadcast rights agreements with the Orlando Magic and Charlotte Hornets, beginning with the 2026-27 NBA season. CMG will air Orlando Magic games
The New York Knicks will have a new local streaming home as they defend their NBA title. So will the New York Yankees, Brooklyn Nets, New York Rangers, New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders and Buffalo Sabres. And if DAZN gets its way, those seven teams will just be the start. A day after announcing
Global sports streaming platform DAZN has entered a landmark agreement to become the exclusive digital home for MSG Networks and YES Network during the 2026-27 NBA, NHL, and MLB seasons.
ESPN and the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) have signed a multi-year media rights agreement covering basketball championships and select football and basketball regular-season games through the 2030-31 academic year. The
More than 20 cameras, extensive player and coach audio, and a REMCO production model will power coverage of the league’s showcase For an event designed to showcase personality as much
The following article "Duke-Michigan neutral-site game reportedly called off" originally appeared on Sports Media Watch. The neutral site college basketball game between Duke and Michigan scheduled for late December is now called off, according to a report by Matt Norlander of CBS Sports. The…
TikTok, the NBA, and the WNBA have announced a multi-year global content partnership covering highlights distribution, creator access to marquee events, live-game discovery through TikTok GamePlan, and advertiser opportunities through
Gray Media and the Atlanta Hawks have announced a broadcast partnership that will bring all non-nationally televised Atlanta Hawks regular season games to WANF (Atlanta News First) and Peachtree Sports
ESPN and the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) have announced a multi-year media rights agreement covering SWAC football and basketball through the 2030-31 academic year. Separately, ESPN Events and the SWAC
NBA commissioner Adam Silver told a scrum of reporters in Las Vegas that he expects the league’s local streaming hub will be up and running by the time the 2027-28 season rolls around, with temporary arrangements in the works for the teams that had their existing in-market deals disrupted by the…
CP Communications delivered RF video and audio support for TNT’s “Inside the NBA” at the 2026 NBA Finals, providing main show coverage in San Antonio and early setup support in
All Women’s Sports Network (AWSN) and 3XBA (3×3 Basketball Association) have announced live television coverage of the annual 3XBA tournament on Friday, June 26 and Saturday, June 27 from Spokane,
ESPN has announced its coverage plans for the 30th anniversary of the WNBA’s inaugural game as the New York Liberty visit the Los Angeles Sparks on Sunday, June 21, at
