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Jordan Rodgers, the winner of ‘The Bachelorette,' is joining ESPN's SEC Network
Jordan Rodgers, the younger brother of Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the recent winner of ABC's "The Bachelorette", has joined ESPN's SEC Network to cover college football this...
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Why you won't see many highlights from the Rio Olympics on ESPN
The Rio Olympics officially kick off on Friday night with the games hitting full stride on Saturday. But don't expect to see many Olympic highlights during the fortnight on ESPN, the self-proclaimed...
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We finally know what the cable-free ESPN streaming service is going to look like
We've been hearing for awhile that Disney is readying an ESPN a la carte offering that doesn't require a cable subscription.On Disney's earnings call Tuesday, CEO Bob Iger sketched out what it will...
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ESPN beefs up online coverage amid massive subscriber losses
ESPN has been bleeding subscribers over the last three years. So, in a bid to stem the losses, the sports network is beefing up its coverage online.It announced on Thursday that it is launching...
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ESPN is going to air a 28-hour fantasy football marathon during the Olympics
With NBC owning the exclusive broadcast rights in the US to the Summer Olympics, ESPN is limited the amount of coverage they can dedicate to the world's premiere sporting event. It turns out they are...
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Bleacher Report's CEO explained why ESPN is in trouble
ESPN built a dominance in sports media by dictating what everyone was talking about.Throughout the 90s and into the 2000s, ESPN ruled the storylines, Bleacher Report CEO Dave Finocchio told Business...
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ESPN's digital boss has strong words for people who think ESPN is in decline...
The dominant media narrative in recent months around ESPN has been this: ESPN is losing cable subscribers, slowly but surely.There has been a variety of theories as to why, posited by industry insiders...
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ESPN announcer Mack Brown left game in fourth quarter because he didn't want...
A bizarre situation unfolded on Friday night during ESPN2's broadcast of the BYU-Toledo college-football game in Provo, Utah, when color commentator Mack Brown announced early in the fourth quarter...
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These are the TV channels getting crushed by people ditching their expensive...
Cable TV companies could lose nearly $1 billion to people cutting the cord over the next year, but some channels will be hit harder than others.Earlier this year, analysts at Barclays argued that...
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ESPN's Dan Le Batard said he would be suspended if he talked about the Donald...
The biggest news story to come out over the weekend was the leaked tape of Donald Trump making lewd comments about women to Billy Bush. On Monday, ESPN's Dan Le Batard said he wanted to discuss the...
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Here's how Disney and Viacom are fighing to rope in cord-cutters
Pay-TV companies have been responding to cord-cutters the best they can.While many customers are still ditching their video packages, others are simply opting for smaller and less expensive bundles of...
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Fox Sports has reportedly poached yet another ESPN personality — NBA insider...
NBA insider Chris Broussard will leave ESPN for Fox Sports 1 in time for the start of the NBA season, Sporting Nation's Michael McCarthy reported on Friday. Broussard has been at ESPN since 2004, and...
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ESPN spends more money on content than any other network and it is not even...
ESPN is expected to spend $7.3 billion on content to fill its airwaves in 2016, according to projections by SNL Kagan and Boston Consulting Group (via CNBC).That total is 46% more than Netflix, the...
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Nielsen is finally taking its ratings outside the home
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Digital Media Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Nielsen announced that it will begin to measure out-of-home TV...
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Why Comcast's strong Universal theme park attendance numbers could be good...
Cable giant Comcast posted strong quarterly results on Wednesday morning, and it may be a good sign for upcoming reports out of Disney and SeaWorld Entertainment when they step up with fresh financials...
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DraftKings and FanDuel may be reaching merger deal
Fantasy-sports companies DraftKings and FanDuel may be nearing a deal to merge, ESPN reported Friday.The potential agreement between the companies, which were both valued at over $1 bilion in 2015, was...
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ESPN's business model is in trouble (DIS)
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Digital Media Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.ESPN lost 621,000 cable subscribers in October, the most subscribers...
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ESPN aired a brilliant new commercial just moments after the Cubs won their...
The Chicago Cubs are World Series champions for the first time in 108 years after beating the Cleveland Indians in a thrilling Game 7 on Wednesday.Almost immediately after the game, ESPN released a new...
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Mark Cuban predicted the NFL's ratings free-fall years ago — and his theory...
NFL ratings are in free-fall this season, and no one can figure out precisely why.Here's the damage, according to Nielsen: "Monday Night Football" ratings are down 20%, "Sunday Night Football" is down...
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ESPN is on pace to lose more than 3 million subscribers in 2016
The number of homes with ESPN has dropped below 89 million for the first time in more that a decade, according to Nielsen estimates (via Sports TV Ratings) as the Worldwide Leader in Sports continues...
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