NEW YORK — More than a year ago, NBA commissioner Adam Silver first broached the idea of letting fans purchase just the final minutes of an individual game rather than outlay for its entirety or even a full season-long subscription to League Pass. The league tested that idea on Friday by offering the fourth quarter […]
Turner announced on Thursday its plans to launch a standalone premium sports domestic streaming video service set to debut in 2018, as the media conglomerate will have a home for its collection of UEFA matches after also announcing a three-year rights agreement with the governing body of European football starting in the 2018-19 season. Bleacher […]
Dave Finocchio isn’t buying some of Mark Zuckerberg’s comments from last month’s Facebook Q1 earnings call. Zuckerberg commented that securing sports rights wasn’t a “long-term goal,” but the Bleacher Report Founder and Chief Executive Officer said on the SportTechie Podcast that he took the remarks “at kind of face value.” “Oh, I think that all of the […]
For episode 15 of the SportTechie Podcast with Bram Weinstein, Bleacher Report Co-Founder, Dave Finocchio, joins Bram to discuss how B/R started and the ways they intend to remain at the forefront of the media technology in sports. Dave also discusses which tech he believes will grow to become part of the daily content creation across […]
On Wednesday, Turner and Snap, Inc. announced an expansion of its existing relationship, which now will include digital sports media company Bleacher Report receiving its own Snapchat Discover Channel in January. The Channel, which will officially launch on Jan. 4, 2017, will include a mixture of videos, images, animations and other creative graphics across the world of […]
