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WNBA Viewership Up Double Digits Halfway Through 2026 Season
"League-wide viewership has risen 12% year over year, averaging 742,000 viewers per game across all partners. More than 73 million people have watched WNBA games this season, a record at the All-Star break."
Prime Video Reportedly Ending NBCUniversal Thursday Night Football Production Arrangement
"NBC Sports has produced Thursday Night Football for Prime Video for several seasons."
NHL Creating Local Broadcast Production Setup With At Least Four Clubs Beginning Next Season
"Our main goal right now is to maintain as much flexibility as we can so that as the market matures and we start to understand what the future really holds, then we can react very quickly."
Netflix’ MLB Home Run Derby Viewership Reportedly Smallest In 23 Years
"According to reporting by Sports Business Journal, Netflix's July 13 Derby broadcast averaged 5.3 million viewers.. That's the lowest total since 2003, when ESPN drew 5.2 million for the event."
YouTube Reportedly The Leading Platform For NBA Local Broadcast Hub As Early As 2027-2028 Season
"We’ll cobble together a series of solutions for this season, but I feel good that we’ll have something on a national basis for the following year."
James Brown Not Ready To Retire From CBS Sports ‘The NFL Today’
"When it’s my time to go, I don’t want people looking over, as the proverbial story is, to see all that talent that was unused in the grave."
NBC Reportedly Discussing Acquiring FIFA World Cup 2030 Rights For Both English, Spanish
"FOX Sports currently holds the English-language U.S. World Cup rights, and like Telemundo, is entering the final year of its deal."
FOX Sports Launches 24/7 Stream On YouTube For FIFA World Cup
"The continuous digital feed will feature studio programming, match previews, condensed highlights, and watch parties."
Pat McAfee ‘State of Sports’ Special Reportedly Draws 278,000 Viewers In ESPN Primetime Window
"The program, titled State of Sports, aired May 27 and featured McAfee conducting commissioner-level interviews. On ESPN alone, the two-hour special drew just 278,000 viewers."
Marty Smith Joining TNT Sports NASCAR Coverage
"The specific terms of Smith's TNT deal have not been disclosed officially by the network."