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Rival WNBA fans have had some common ground this season. Within their Reddit community, more than 100 fans have discussed the league’s updated app, tallying faults like being logged out repeatedly and game streams jumping back to the beginning or to live instead of skipping a few seconds in either…
The following article "News: NFL, SEC, MLB and more" originally appeared on Sports Media Watch. NFL manager/scheduling planning analytics Max St. John discusses the league’s Sunday afternoon slate; SEC commissioner Greg Sankey believes that its media rights are “undervalued” relative to what the…
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, the NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals closed
Company webinar RF Over Fiber discusses the expanding use of wireless comms in a time of constrained spectrum NBA and NHL finals in June. The MLB All-Star Game right around
NBA on NBC was an integral part to live sports production in the 1990s, and, when the league made these media rights available, NBC Sports saw an opportunity to reunite
Game Creek Video Columbia and Celtic, NEP Supershooter 8 will house onsite productions all season long As the final national broadcaster to begin coverage of the WNBA season, CBS Sports
With 22 games this season, the production team looks forward to tweaking and enhancing the coverage After 8,660 days off the air, the WNBA returned to NBC yesterday with a
The following article "The Needle: Is the NBA ready for Prime’s Game 7?" originally appeared on Sports Media Watch. On the latest edition of "The Needle," a look at the stakes and expectations for the first streaming-exclusive NBA Game 7. Visit Sports Media Watch for more sports media news and…
Ratings Roundup is a rundown of recent rating news and is derived from press releases and reports around the industry. In this week’s edition, the most-watched college softball regular season
The CW Network and ESPN have announced a sublicense broadcast agreement for The CW to televise ACC football and men’s and women’s college basketball games through the 2030-31 season. The
Across the NFL, NBA and MLB, athletes are implementing advanced recovery protocols, spanning everything from hyperbaric oxygen therapy to five-in-one wellness machines.
The following article "News: March Madness expansion, Russell Wilson, Nexstar and more" originally appeared on Sports Media Watch. The NCAA basketball tournaments are officially expanding to 76 teams; Russell Wilson is mulling between playing football and starting career in television; and Nexstar…
Ratings Roundup is a rundown of recent rating news and is derived from press releases and reports around the industry. In this week’s edition, NBC and Peacock deliver the most-watched
Young broadcaster will deploy 11-camera complement on large chunk of games, ‘At the Line’ scorebug feature for tracking free-throw success The W may be returning for its 30th-anniversary season, but
Native 1080p HDR productions will rely on a mix of remote workflows from Bristol and Los Angeles Despite another prosperous WNBA season in 2025, there was no guarantee that there
On the 550th Sporticast episode, hosts Eben Novy-Williams and Jacob Feldman are joined by colleague Lev Akabas to discuss a number of current sports business topics, including the backlash to Duke’s new basketball streaming deal with Amazon. The Blue Devils announced last week a new multiyear…
The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Bell Media today announced a multiyear agreement to broadcast and stream WNBA games in Canada beginning with the upcoming 2026 season. As part
Ratings Roundup is a rundown of recent rating news and is derived from press releases and reports around the industry. In this week’s edition, more than 13 million people tuned
Amazon and Duke University have announced a multiyear agreement for Prime Video to present exclusive coverage of three Duke Blue Devils men’s basketball neutral-site games per season. The agreement marks
Panel discussions, networking, and a facility tour will take place in the renovated space of the three-time NBA Champion Miami Heat Your summer of SVG is ending in the warm
