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In a major boon to Los Angeles area cord cutters, Spectrum SportsNet and the Los Angeles Lakers today announced the launch of what’s being called Spectrum SportsNet+, a direct-to-consumer streaming subscription service that will deliver a 24/7 feed of Spectrum SportsNet programming, including live Lakers…

Former ESPN President John Skipper, who led the effort to secure the current NBA rights deal, says incumbents Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery have no choice but to re-up with the league. “These are existential rights for ESPN,” he said during an episode of Pablo Torre Finds Out, a podcast…

As it grew into a tech behemoth over its first two decades, Amazon was regarded as a sleeping giant in the digital advertising business, largely ceding the market to the duopoly of Facebook and Google. It is now very much awake, and CEO Andy Jassy believes it has “barely scraped the surface” of the…

David Beckham’s production outfit has made an access-all-areas Amazon Prime Video feature doc about Ronnie O’Sullivan, the greatest snooker player alive today. Ronnie O’Sullivan: The Edge of Everything will drop on Prime Video on November 23 and in select cinemas the following day. O’Sullivan…

The NBA roared back onto the airwaves Wednesday night giving ESPN its most-watched opening night in 11 years. With an average audience of 2.8M across the first two games of the season, ESPN saw 80% growth over the viewership for last year’s opening night (around 1.5M), according to Nielsen. It also…

Amazon reported third-quarter results well ahead of Wall Street forecasts, with total revenue at $143.1 billion and earnings per share of 94 cents. The revenue number, up 13% from the same period a year ago, soared past analysts’ consensus estimate of $133.4 billion. Analysts had expected EPS of 55…

It’s Michael Imperioli with the steal, as the NBA has enlisted the actor from The Sopranos to hype the league’s first in-season tournament, which begins Nov. 3. The in-season tournament – borrowed from similar ones in European soccer – is intended to create excitement in the least-exciting part of…

Giant tech and media investor Silver Lake, which is Endeavor's largest shareholder, said it plans to propose taking the company private after Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel announced it is evaluating “strategic alternatives.” "Silver Lake is committed to strategies that deliver value for all shareholders…

UFC has struck a multiyear marketing partnership with Anheuser-Busch, with the brewer set to become the exclusive official beer partner of the mixed martial arts powerhouse starting in January. "With this sponsorship, in the U.S., Bud Light will bring easy enjoyment to 21+ fans with 360-degree…

CBS takes the crown for Week 7 of the NFL regular season, with a little help from the Kansas City Chiefs. The NFL on CBS late national window hosted the team’s defeat of the Los Angeles Chargers in a majority of markets, averaging 24.38M viewers. Not only was it the most-watched NFL game this week…

Fox is the big winner for Week 8 of College Football. The network’s broadcast of Saturday’s Ohio State vs. Penn State matchup drew 9.96M viewers, which is Fox’s seventh most-watched regular season College Football game in history. It’s also now the third most-watched game of the season, as well as…

Peyton Manning, LeBron James and Michelle and Barack Obama are looking to team up with Netflix for an NBA docuseries modeled after Quarterback. Manning’s Omaha Productions and James’s SpringHill Company are in talks to partner up with the Obamas’ Higher Ground Production and the NBA for the series…