In 2018, esports and traditional sports will continue to intersect, internet companies will double down on media rights, alternate realities will test how consumers watch sports and athletes train, and player-tracking data will be visualized in the NFL and NBA. If 2017 was the year that leagues started tracking player data, streaming companies started investing […]
The Golden State Warriors tip off against the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday in a rematch between the two teams only four days after they played an overtime thriller. Fans at the Oracle Arena will be cheering on Kevin Durant, but those tuning in at home will get an interesting experience of their own. At […]
Two days after NBCUniversal announced that it will expand its streaming rights for Sunday Night Football to mobile phones, ESPN announced Wednesday that is has done the same thing for Monday Night Football. The Disney-owned sports network has long had the digital rights to stream Monday games across most platforms and mobile devices, including tablets, […]
While leagues and broadcasters doubled down on digital streaming this year, the vast majority of sports fans continued to pay for cable television. But their loyalty to cable may be waning as fans discover alternative ways to watch live sporting events. In a poll of consumer viewing habits taken this October by PwC, 81 percent of […]
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 […]
