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After more than 90 hours of live World Series of Poker Main Event coverage on ESPN+, Omaha Productions is now in the Final Table this week with a tighter stage,
Live production in the cloud is a growing trend across the industry, and Major League Baseball has been one of the leagues at the forefront in exploring the technology workflow
ESPN has reached a media rights agreement with the Women’s Pro Baseball League (WPBL), making ESPN the national streaming home of the league’s 2026 season in the United States and
CP Communications provided RF audio, RF video, communications, RF coordination, and private cellular and 5G broadcast support for MLB All-Star Week in Philadelphia. The team supported the T-Mobile 5G Batting
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.
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, Argentina’s Semifinal knockout of England drives
MLB’s Texas Rangers announced Wednesday that the team would be switching its direct-to-consumer streaming partner, moving midseason from Victory+ to Bzzr effective immediately. According to the team’s past trademark request filings, it has been preparing to work with Bzzr for more than a year. “It…
The following article "Netflix brings the Home Run Derby into its streaming era" originally appeared on Sports Media Watch. As the crowd at Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park cheered the home stars — and booed everyone else — during Monday’s Home Run Derby, Major League Baseball was embarking on a…
Fox’s primetime TV turnout for the 2026 MLB All-Star Game was not directly assisted by its afternoon World Cup semifinals broadcast, given the time gap between events, but the network still managed to deliver its largest audience for the baseball showcase in eight years. According to Nielsen Big…
J.K. Simmons said it best in his narration during Tuesday night’s tribute to baseball and its connection to American society: Nostalgia is missing something that’s gone, but baseball never left.
It has been three years since the launch of Space City Home Network, the regional sports network based in Houston and serving as home to the MLB Astros and the
One of the Washington Nationals’ top prospects has agreed to sell a percentage of his future baseball earnings to a startup called Agentiq, the latest company seeking to build a platform for public investment in professional athletes. Ronny Cruz, an infielder with the High-A Wilmington Blue Rocks…
By Tuesday night, the production and operations crew will have been involved in a total of nine live event productions Every year, MLB Network looks forward to MLB All-Star, one
The longtime industry veteran will work alongside Director Matt Gangl during the 96th Midsummer Classic Baseball fans have come to love broadcasts of MLB on FOX, but not many know
The American Association of Professional Baseball (AAPB) is significantly expanding its television footprint through a new broadcast partnership with FanDuel Sports Network, adding the league to the regional sports network’s
Additional compound space in Lot Q in Philadelphia allows construction of shared cable bridges for reliable connectivity From the first pitch at tonight’s 96th MLB All-Star Game in Philadelphia’s Citizens
Ten lav mics and IFB kits will be on hand. The new Game Creek Ovation offers an expanded FOX Sports audio team room to stretch out The hits just keep
As MLB’s All-Star Game festivities arrive at Citizens Bank Park this week, Ross Video technology is at the center of the in-venue production workflow for the seventh consecutive All-Star Week.
New competition format allows extra room for cinematic storytelling It’s quite appropriate that the MLB All-Star festivities are being hosted in Philadelphia: on Monday night, the birthplace of the United
Since the 2017 MLB All-Star Game in Miami’s loanDepot Park, he has been a part of shaping the league’s broadcast efforts Live sports media rights are in a state of
