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TNT Sports Luis Silberwasser Reportedly Not Part of Combined Sports Group With Skydance Merger
"With the merger, Skydance now will have access touchpoints in nearly every major pro and college sports entity in the U.S., with the notable exception of the NBA."
YouTube Reportedly Aiming For More Sports Rights In Bulk Rather Than Events
"According to new reporting by CNBC's Alex Sherman, YouTube remains an interested buyer in live sports for almost all of the major U.S. sports leagues."
Netflix Executive Bela Bajaria Exchanges Texts With Bill Simmons During Live Episodes
"He does love the feedback. Sometimes I think I probably do it too much live."
Roger Goodell Sees NFL Games 100% Available On Broadcast Television “Continuing”
"100% of our games are available on broadcast television. I see that continuing. We want to make sure our games are available to our fans. I think that's been the magic of our success."
Buffalo Bills Quarterback Josh Allen Interested in Broadcasting Post-NFL Career
"I can't say for sure yes or for sure no right now. I do go back and forth on it. I'd have to put some more thought into it."
MLS Commissioner Don Garber: Sports Rights Will Continue To Grow On Streaming Platforms
"The experiment of a paid subscription didn't work. Do I think we're going there at some point in the future? Maybe five years, maybe 10 years? I agree with that, but we were early."
NFL Reportedly Begins Media Rights Negotiations With Paramount Skydance
"The current agreement averages about $2.1 billion per year for the Sunday afternoon slate of games, meaning a revised deal could push CBS’s annual commitment past $3 billion."
Chris Berman: NFL 10% Stake in ESPN Will Not Control Network Coverage of League
"If it did, I’d be really disappointed in the league as much as I am our place for agreeing. But that’s not the way it goes."
NBC Sports’ Mike Tirico: NFL Broadcasts Have Never Been Done Any Better Than Now
"I don’t think our business has ever been done any better, I really don’t. Top to bottom, so many good broadcasters, so many good games. It’s nice to be a part of it."
Roger Goodell Dismisses Notion Of Conflict Of Interest With NFL on FOX Analyst Tom Brady
"We get a lot of former players that are in [broadcast meetings] that are close to their former teams. I think our teams are pretty smart about saying, ‘I’m not sharing something with him"