FOX is on the verge of acquiring the European Championship rights in the United States for the 2024 and 2028 competitions, according to Sports Business Journal. Currently, ESPN broadcasts the quadrennial event. In fact, ESPN broadcasted each Euros since 2008. Therefore, for ESPN, the rights package is something of a commodity. Moreover, the acquisition of […]

Diversity is fluid. It is one of those things that is hard to define. But, simultaneously, you know when it exists. Soccer, like so many other sports, developed a stereotype for including only white men. That's no slight of the sport. It is merely a reflection of society and its progressive nature only over the […]

Carriage disputes between cable/satellite providers and TV broadcasters seem to happen all the time. Generally, we associate those with Regional Sports Networks and the ability to watch local sports teams. However, the most recent dispute involves a streaming service and a major television broadcaster. This most recent disagreement involves YouTube TV and NBCUniversal. The two […]

Watching Brazil against Argentina in the semi-final of the Olympic games this morning, I felt like I was in a timewarp back to the late 1980's. That's because NBC, in their infinite stupidity, are breaking for TV commercials in the middle of the game. And just as it routinely happened in the late 1980's (including […]