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Oath/Yahoo Sports GM On The Evolution Of Sports Consumption

On this episode of the SportTechie Podcast with Bram Weinstein, Oath/Yahoo Sports general manager Geoff Reiss examines how his company and others are engaging fans via live sports on mobile and OTT platforms. Plus, hear Geoff’s take on legalized sports betting and the moves into sports made by Amazon, Facebook and Twitter. That and much […]

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NFL Inks Multi-Year Deal With Verizon To Expand Live Streaming

The National Football League announced a multi-year deal with Verizon Communications on Monday to live stream in-market and national games, including playoff games and the Super Bowl, across Verizon’s digital and mobile media properties to users in the U.S. The deal is worth more than $2 billion, ESPN, Reuters and the Wall Street Journal reported. […]

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Dish Network Sues Univision Over Liga MX On Facebook Live

Dish Network has filed lawsuit against Univision over the Spanish-language channel’s plan to livestream Mexican professional soccer games, in English, on Facebook Live. The news site Cablefax wrote that it had seen a heavily redacted version of the complaint, which was filed in New York’s Southern District federal court earlier this month; the crux of […]

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