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John Ourand May 17, 2024
Perhaps sports media executives shouldn’t be surprised that the NFL—which does whatever it wants because it can—went with Netflix for a pair of Christmas Day games. But that doesn’t mean that they aren’t pissed about it.
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John Ourand May 14, 2024
The streaming device slash platform, now in more than 80 million homes, makes its maiden voyage into Major League Baseball.
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John Ourand May 10, 2024
It looks like Netflix will wind up carrying the two NFL games scheduled for December 25, per a bevy of sources. It’s a first-of-its-kind deal, and almost certainly not the last.
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John Ourand May 6, 2024
I’ve got my hands on what Pitaro is getting, Jassy’s deal, and what Zaz and Roberts are putting on the table. Oh, and I’ve also got the skinny on that wild notion of breaking the third package into two, so that TNT and NBC would each get a cookie.


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John Ourand May 3, 2024
A Hail Mary from Amazon may save Dave Preschlack’s Diamond Sports from oblivion—and soften the blow of the Comcast “cliff path.”
caitlin clark
John Ourand April 29, 2024
The Sports Innovation Lab is staging a NewFront this week in order to help monetize (and infrastructure-ize) the massive growth in the women’s sports space.
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John Ourand April 25, 2024
News and notes on the latest chapter of the R.S.N. saga of our time (and all time).
Adam Silver
John Ourand April 22, 2024
As it turns out, the NBA did a whole lot more negotiating with ESPN and WBD during their exclusive rights window, which expires tonight, and now they appear closer than ever to a deal. As the clock strikes 12, the heat is on NBCU, Amazon, Netflix, and YouTube.


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John Ourand April 18, 2024
Shockingly, given its traditional insularity and promote-from-within culture, ESPN is looking externally to replace Norby Williamson. And I’ve got names that should be on the list…
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John Ourand April 16, 2024
Another setback looms for Diamond Sports as it heads into its latest bankruptcy court hearing: DirecTV and Comcast are going full-blown “cliff path.”
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