Tag: NHL

"For major US pro sports teams, the combination will offer uniquely powerful future-proofing in a disrupted market."

"The company averaged 760,000 viewers across 54 games. That figure jumped 30% year over year."

"The Predators become the latest franchise to partner with Scripps, joining the Tampa Bay Lightning, Florida Panthers and Vegas Golden Knights."

"ESPN now has a decision to make. Lean all the way in and risk alienating part of its audience. Or show restraint—and protect the integrity of the platform that made this partnership valuable in the first place."

"With their current agreements dissolving, those organizations are now free to explore new local media rights deals beginning next season."

"Experimentation isn’t the problem. In fact, it’s necessary. Audiences evolve, consumption habits shift, and standing still is the fastest way to become irrelevant. But experimentation without intention? That’s when the square peg keeps getting jammed into the same round hole."

"Xfinity dropped the channels during game action, abruptly cutting off access for customers midgame."

"Unfortunately things didn’t go the way we all planned, but that’s life."

"Moving more sports behind paywalls would increase consumer costs, price some consumers out of watching, and keep others in the dark."

"Radio has that same opportunity right in front of it. It may not come from immediate competition, but from the willingness to say no more. There has never been a stronger argument for change than using the Big Data + Panel model as a catalyst for a better future—especially when it comes from the industry’s lone measurement provider."