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Inside the NBA will appear 25 times during the regular season, and game coverage will feature more headset interviews, specialty cameras, virtual shot charts As ESPN tips off its 25th
Tech types from broadcasters, streamers, leagues, vendors, and service providers attended the event devoted to contribution and distribution With the FCC poised to repurpose another swath of C-Band spectrum and
FIFA on Thursday effectively kicked off the latest round of skirmishes between the legacy U.S. TV networks and their streaming rivals, as global soccer’s governing body put the media rights to the 2030 World Cup on the block. FIFA’s invitation to tender officially starts the clock on a 30-day…
Parks Associates research finds that 39% of U.S. internet households watch live events or sports through an on-demand streaming service. The findings come from its study The New Live TV
Sweetwater’s Dolby Atmos mobile recording studio, built inside an Airstream travel trailer, will make two Nashville-area appearances as part of a nationwide tour. It will be at Middle Tennessee State
Alpha, a technology integration and solutions partner for broadcast and production, has launched a Media Modernization practice and The Lab, a customer-facing environment at its Eden Prairie headquarters for exploring,
FOX Sports and The New York Racing Association (NYRA) have announced a multi-year agreement between NYRA and 1/ST establishing FOX Sports as the television home of the Gulfstream Park Championship
NBC Sports will present every alpine World Cup and World Championship race under new media rights agreements with U.S. Ski & Snowboard and the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS).
Clear-Com is debuting the Mentrix Flex panel at NAB Show New York (Booth 739). Mentrix combines physical controls with a touchscreen interface in a compact form factor, aimed at broadcast,
U2 will perform at halftime of the NFL Thanksgiving Eve Game on Netflix, celebrating the band’s 50th anniversary. The game, the first NFL Thanksgiving football to start a night early,
NHL Network’s NHL Tonight will mark its 5,000th episode on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. ET. The milestone covers episodes since the show began broadcasting from NHL Network’s Secaucus,
MLB regional broadcast rights are currently worth $1.6bn, according to the latest Ampere estimates, accounting for 43% of the league’s total $3.7bn broadcast rights revenue. Rooted in linear cable, regional
The move is part of teams’ embrace of streaming due to upheaval in the regional-sports-network industry The Atlanta Hawks have inked a deal to make Amazon Prime Video the new
The Wildcats’ $875 million home blends an intimate 35,000-seat design with 32 million LED pixels, a dedicated in-venue control room, and an infrastructure built to evolve The piercing opening guitar
University of Washington Intercollegiate Athletics has brought its new Sundodger Studios production facility on air, with Grass Valley cameras and production switchers supporting four control rooms on an SMPTE ST
The lifelong Terps fan is making the most of his dream school, producing and directing broadcasts while gaining professional reps across the Washington, DC, sports scene The future of live
Australian sports streaming platform Kayo Sports (a subsidiary of Foxtel) has launched a multi-property broadcast campaign titled the "Mega Motorsport Weekend," delivering direct-to-consumer coverage across three global motorsport series: the Australian MotoGP finale at Phillip Island, the…
The following article "News: Hawks-Prime Video, MLB Network, ESPN and more" originally appeared on Sports Media Watch. The Atlanta Hawks ink a local streaming deal with Prime Video; MLB Network is canceling “Intentional Talk” after 16 years; and ESPN introduces an animated alternate broadcast for…
Qligent will introduce a new tiered approach to its Vision platform at NAB New York, making essential broadcast compliance monitoring software available free of charge while establishing a scalable path
NAB Show New York 2026 begins tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 21, at the Javits Center, bringing together leaders from broadcasting, sports, streaming, technology and the creator economy for two days focused
