A newly-launched nonprofit is seeking to solve a dilemma faced by the many sports fans weighing whether to cut the cable cord: it’s offering to stream local broadcast stations in high definition to users’ smartphones for free. That includes the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. Locast.org, founded by longtime communications attorney and Sports Fans Coalition chairman […]
NBCUniversal has acquired the rights to stream Sunday Night Football games to smartphones, expanding upon a previous deal that included tablets, desktops and connected TVs but previously excluded the primary mobile device consumers use to connect to the internet. Beginning with the 2018 season, NBC Sports will stream the games across all platforms through NBC’s […]
The upcoming ESPN+ direct-to-consumer streaming service will bring a “Netflix-like aggregation” of sports shows, documentaries and live events when the subscription service launches in early 2018, according to ESPN President John Skipper. Skipper, who closed out Sports Video Group’s two-day summit in New York City with a keynote discussion that spotlighted the ways ESPN is […]
Amazon has secured live and on-demand distribution rights to stream ATP World Tour events in the U.K. and Ireland for five years starting in 2019. Amazon Prime subscribers will have access to 37 ATP World Tour events on Prime Video from 2019 to 2023, including all ATP World Tour Masters 1000s, 12 of each of […]
Despite doomsday reports of people snipping the cable cord, a new study shows sports fans are still turning to traditional live TV to watch games and that younger demographics are using mobile phones as a way to complement — rather than replace — the TV viewing experience. In a poll of 1,000 American adults conducted […]
