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Women’s sports viewership in the U.S. reached 28.6 billion minutes in the first half of 2026 (January–June), up 18% over the same period in 2025, according to Nielsen. Advertising spend
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…
Having spent decades focused on audio and video enhancements for music and film audiences, Dolby has in recent years turned its attention to sports, building back-end technology for streaming providers to offer fans more personalized ways of watching games. The Seattle Seahawks will become the…
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
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 Pro Football Hall of Fame
The ESPN app has 12 out-of-market preseason broadcasts.
NESN has partnered with WSBK-TV38 to broadcast Boston Red Sox games on August 17 and 18 over the air, extending the reach of the 24th annual WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon
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
NBC Sports is producing the Twins–Phillies game alongside the streamer, which is deploying drones, Wirecam, UmpCam, Dirt Cams, large-format cameras, RF-heavy specialty complement Four years after Major League Baseball last
Miami HEAT, Florida Panthers, Orlando Magic, University of Miami join leading vendors for a day of gameday-production talk in South Florida The 2026 SVG Venues & Teams Summit convened Wednesday
Three days of skateboarding competitions, live music, and other programming will be streamed in native 9:16 format The live production behind the Rockstar Energy Open, this week returning to Portland,
Vivaro deployed Appear’s X20 Platform to process and transport live video during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, supporting broadcasters and streaming platforms in Canada, the U.S., Portugal, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador,
Apple is reportedly exploring screenless wearable concepts just weeks after Garmin launched Cirqa, suggesting the Whoop-style approach to passive health and fitness tracking is becoming a bigger priority for the industry’s largest players
With host broadcaster, France Télévisions, Gravity Media worked on this year’s Tour de France as technical services supplier. On the relationship between Gravity Media and France Télévisions on the Tour
Live spectacles ranging from the Super Bowl and FIFA World Cup to the Oscars and Grammys command enormous global audiences — and in a media landscape more fragmented and fiercely
The inaugural MoonPay X Games League Summer Season reached 18.3 million unique live viewers across three stops on ABC and ESPN, a 78.5% increase compared to the 2025 Summer Season.
Disney+, ESPN, and Formula E have announced a multi-year deal bringing all Formula E races to Disney+ and ESPN+ in the U.S. and to Disney+ in most international markets, beginning
The Pac-12 has announced that home Olympic sports broadcasts throughout the fall season will be available free on the conference’s YouTube channel at youtube.com/pac12. Coverage includes women’s soccer, men’s soccer,
Gravity Media is providing host broadcast operations for the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2026, supporting ESL FACEIT Group (EFG) in delivering the tournament to global audiences. The event, held in
A pair of LANTIME IMS M2000 PTP Grandmasters deliver resilient timing infrastructure for Kaseya Center Miami HEAT home games at Kaseya Center rely on production systems operating in perfect synchronization.
