Six Nations Behind a Paywall: Can Rugby Afford to Bench Free-To-Air?
Six Nations organisers are reportedly considering awarding the exclusive distribution rights for its annual competition to pay-TV operator Sky, in an unprecedented £300 ($384) million deal. Organisers...
View ArticleOlympics Postponement: The Sports Media Landscape of COVID-19
The global COVID-19 pandemic is increasing pressure on the viability of emerging and legacy media business models, and is already having an unprecedented impact on the sports industry. An...
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The Show Must Go On – NFL Throws Screen Pass at COVID-19 with NFL Draft
The NFL’s commissioner Roger Goodell announced to all 32 teams in a memo on March 26th that the NFL draft will go ahead as scheduled from the 23rd to 25th of April, despite growing pressures resulting...
View ArticleSelf-Isolation: DAZN Concedes to COVID-19
Sports streaming insurgent DAZN has announced last week it plans to inform rights holders of its intent to defer its payments of rights fees for any content not yet delivered (i.e. postponed /...
View ArticleForget Virtual – UFC and NRL going Remote
With fans currently starved of sports entertainment during lockdown, rights holders are jumping out of the gate to be the first to put on live sports to serve any form of quick fix to see a jump in...
View ArticlePlay for the World – EA Aims to Fill Void via FIFA Stay and Play Cup
In 2003, FIFA updated its primary logo to include the words ‘For the Game. For the World.’ Fast forward 17 years and governments around the world are instructing their citizens to stay inside. Now it...
View ArticleThe Battle Down Under
With COVID-19 exposing the vulnerability of pureplay sport streaming services, the importance of building out a robust and downturn-proof offering is fundamental to the viability of these currently...
View Article‘You’re Not Singing Anymore’ – English Premier League Set to Lose Over $1...
The English Premier League (EPL) is faced with the very real possibility that it will have to play out the entirety of the 2020/2021 soccer season behind closed doors, starving teams of more than $1...
View ArticleBundesliga Offers Reality Check for What to Expect of Sport Post-COVID-19
Football (via the Bundesliga) finally returned to screens last weekend, not only serving starved sports fans with content during lockdown, but more importantly demonstrated what we can expect live...
View ArticleMove Over Mickey, The NBA is Set to Become Disney World’s Star Attraction
COVID-19 forced sports leagues to think outside the box for restarting live sports. The UFC wanted to rent a private island, the NRL to ferry players to and from games, and the WWE performed to empty...
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