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ESPN has announced ESPN Fan House, a fan engagement hub powered by Flowcode, launching in August ahead of the 2026 college football season. Publicis Sports will be the first agency
The Women in Sports Filmmaking Experienceship is an immersive professional-development program created to identify, support, and elevate experienced cinematographers and production professionals who have a demonstrated commitment to women in
The Athletic has announced that PGA TOUR highlights will be integrated into its golf coverage beginning with the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday. PGA TOUR footage joins the NFL, NBA,
The College Football Playoff, ESPN, and TNT Sports have announced kick times and broadcast assignments for the 2026-27 CFP. This is the first year of ESPN’s new expanded package, which
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…
Major rights-holders rolled out their 2026 college football slates today, offering a first look at marquee windows, kickoff partners, and conference distribution heading into the fall. Below is a network-by-network
In advance of this year’s Sports Emmy Awards, SVG is taking a deep dive into the six production-technologies nominated for this year’s George Wensel Technical Achievement Award. Live sports production
NFL streaming defense, Netflix expansion, 18-game push, Nashville Super Bowl, and Bears stadium drama.
The league remains steadfast in its overall media approach.
The following article "NFL believes it is meeting viewers where they are with streaming deals" originally appeared on Sports Media Watch. The NFL sees Netflix not as a platform it is trying to drive viewers to join, but one where its audience already resides. Asked by this writer about the added…
The morning after releasing its overstuffed 2026-27 schedule, the NFL on Friday reiterated that its traditional TV partners remain integral to the league’s increasingly atomized distribution scheme. Speaking with reporters on a Zoom call, NFL exec VP of media distribution Hans Schroeder declared…
The NFL’s broadcast partners released their 2026 regular season schedules yestereday and — as expected — the slate is loaded. CBS’s schedule includes more than 100 regular-season games with the
Netflix has announced an expanded NFL schedule for 2026 and beyond under a four-year partnership extension with the NFL through the 2029-30 season. Each season, Netflix will stream a Week
ESPN has announced plans to transform Santa Monica Beach into a broadcast hub during Super Bowl LXI week, February 8–14, 2027. Known as ESPN Beach, the Santa Monica broadcast center
The streaming giant significantly increased its presence with the league.
The NFL’s annual awards show is moving to streaming.
For the first time, Spanish-speaking fans in the U.S. will have two separate telecasts of the Super Bowl to choose from, as ESPN and TelevisaUnivision have agreed to produce independent
Fox, NBC, and CBS each gained additional national broadcast windows.
NBC Sports has announced the acquisition of an additional NFL regular-season Week 17 game to air Saturday, January 2, 2027, at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock. The game
Across the NFL, NBA and MLB, athletes are implementing advanced recovery protocols, spanning everything from hyperbaric oxygen therapy to five-in-one wellness machines.
