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John Ourand August 9, 2024
Comcast executives are thrilled about the value that the NBA can offer NBC’s primetime lineup and Peacock’s growth and retention rates. But making the deal profitable will require some strategery at the affiliate and distributor level—and the fun is about to begin.
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John Ourand August 6, 2024
News and notes on the NFL’s CBS deal, Venu’s nine-year tour, and NBA rights with MoffettNathanson’s Michael Nathanson and Robert Fishman.
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John Ourand August 2, 2024
News and notes and a little dish on NBC’s effective micro-innovations broadcasting this year’s games in France. “It’s a complex piece of work,” Mark Lazarus told me.
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John Ourand July 29, 2024
A prelude to the epic carriage fee showdown between Comcast and an NBA-less TNT.


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John Ourand July 26, 2024
The inside story of testy dealmaking and re-trading: the missed signals, the Spulu trigger, the Zaz-Silberwasser good-cop-bad-cop routine, and all the slights that now point to a litigious endgame.
david zaslav
John Ourand July 23, 2024
Unsurprisingly, Warner Bros Discovery C.E.O. David Zaslav has had his lawyers and dealmakers attempt to match Amazon’s $1.8 billion ‘C’ package bid for NBA rights—even if the league appears eager to jettison cable for streaming.
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John Ourand July 19, 2024
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred expounds on the pitch-clock, the multiplatform problem, and the challenge of getting Gen Z to love the game.
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John Ourand July 15, 2024
Warner Bros. Discovery is dead serious about matching Amazon’s $1.8 Billion NBA rights “C” package. But it will have to pull it off without YouTube TV, despite the latter’s courtship.


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John Ourand July 12, 2024
News and notes on the Diamond Sports crying rooms.
jeff shell
John Ourand July 9, 2024
CBS Sports executives are optimistic about the new Ellison-RedBird deal for Paramount. Not only is the endless deal process finally over, but president Jeff Shell “has a history of using sports content as a way to drive the core business,” as one person put it.
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