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NFL’s $4.7B Loss in “Sunday Ticket” Trial Overturned
In a stunning twist, a federal judge has overturned a $4.7 billion verdict against the National Football League, whose broadcast model was found in a jury trial to have violated antitrust laws. U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez granted the NFL’s bid to void the verdict, finding that some of the testimony from experts who testified […]
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Roku Picks Up ‘Good Morning Football’ as NFL Readies Relaunch of Show
NFL fans will soon be able to wake up once again with a cup of coffee and hours of football talk … and they will be able to stream it too. The league has set a launch date for the rebooted version of Good Morning Football, the NFL Network morning show. Good Morning Football will […]
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Could Skydance-Paramount Deal Trigger New NFL Talks With CBS? Roger Goodell Doesn’t Dismiss It
Could Skydance’s $8 billion takeover of Paramount Global trigger a renegotiation between the NFL and CBS? NFL commissioner Roger Goodell did not dismiss the possibility when asked about it Thursday morning. Speaking to CNBC at Allen & Co.’s conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, Goodell was asked about the deal, which will see David Ellison’s studio […]
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NFL Cheerleader Pay: How Much Do ‘America’s Sweethearts’ and Other Teams Actually Make?
“I would say I’m making like a Chick-fil-A worker that works full time,” former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Katherine Puryear tells viewers during the first episode of Netflix’s latest docuseries hit America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. The former professional cheerleader, a commentator throughout the series, offered the explanation after being asked point-blank how much she made […]
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TKO Invests In NFL, RedBird Joint Venture As It Inks Sunday Ticket Deal
TKO Group Holdings, the parent company of UFC and the WWE, which is controlled by Endeavor, has made a strategic investment in EverPass Media as the media platform gains the ability to stream NFL’s Sunday Ticket games for commercial businesses. The platform, which distributes live sports and other entertainment content to businesses, is backed by […]
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NFL Star Christian McCaffrey Marries Olivia Culpo
Christian McCaffrey and Olivia Culpo took advantage of the NFL offseason to tie the knot. The couple got married Saturday during a wedding ceremony in Watch Hill, Rhode Island, with Vogue announcing the news and sharing exclusive images of her gown. NFL star McCaffrey and former Miss Universe winner Culpo, who is from Rhode Island, […]
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NFL Ordered to Pay $4.7B After Losing ‘Sunday Ticket’ Trial
The National Football League has been hit with a roughly $4.7 billion verdict after a jury found that its broadcast model violates antitrust laws. A Los Angeles jury on Thursday agreed with fans who claimed they overpaid for NFL Sunday Ticket. The decision, which was reached after less than a full day of deliberations, could […]
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Hallmark, NFL Team for Kansas City Chiefs-Themed Christmas Movie
The NFL is expanding its media horizons yet again, teaming up with Hallmark to produce a holiday movie that has football as a backdrop. The film, which also counts Skydance Sports among its producers, is called Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story (and no, it’s not not about that Chiefs love story). The movie stars […]
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NFL Flag Football Championships to Run on ABC, Disney+ and Disney Channel
The NFL’s flag football championships will be getting prime TV and streaming real estate under its new deal with The Walt Disney Co. Back in February, ESPN inked a five-year deal for the rights to NFL Flag, and the league now says that the championship games will get distribution that would make other professional sports […]
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Is NFL ‘Sunday Ticket’ Overpriced? The Answer May Shape the Future of Sports Rights
Consumers suing the NFL opened a trial on Thursday that’ll decide whether the league’s broadcast model violates antitrust laws by highlighting a stark contrast between it and the other four professional sports leagues: Viewers who want to watch games that aren’t broadcast locally must purchase Sunday Ticket. This means that Kansas City Chiefs fans living […]
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‘Tracker,’ ‘Bluey’ and a Big Scripted Deficit: Hidden Numbers of the 2023-24 TV Season
It was the season of TV that wasn’t actually a full season for a host of shows. It was a season when an Australian blue heeler became the biggest thing in streaming, when women’s sports (basketball in particular) took a big leap, when Jon Stewart got back behind a desk, and when the NFL ruled […]
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Travis Kelce on Harrison Butker’s Graduation Speech: “Can’t Say I Agree With the Majority of It”
Travis Kelce is giving his thoughts on Harrison Butker’s controversial graduation speech. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end addressed the criticism the Chiefs kicker has received for his speech in which he made remarks directed towards women, suggesting they should embrace being a “homemaker.” He also condemned abortion, euthanasia, IVF, surrogacy and the LGBTQ community. […]
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