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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…

UPDATED: Coming off one of its wildest seasons in years, the NHL’s 2023-24 schedule kicks off tonight with an intriguing opening-night tripleheader on ESPN. Check out some key dates and matchups for the league’s 107th season — including a night when all 32 NHL teams will be in action — below. ESPN…

EXCLUSIVE: In addition to streaming on Disney+, all 11 live-action Star Wars movies will now also be available on Disney’s linear networks — including broadcast (ABC) and cable (FX nets, Freeform) — starting this month. The arrangement stems from Disney renegotiating the existing domestic licensing…

TNT is playing the long game with its NHL studio team, inking multiyear contract extensions for Wayne Gretzky, Paul Bissonnette, Anson Carter and Henrik Lundqvist weeks before the 2023-24 season faces off. The Warner Bros Discovery-owned network also said today that veteran broadcaster and 13-year…

Making good on years of promises by the corporate overseers of Turner Sports, Warner Bros. Discovery is adding a live sports tier to Max. The streaming add-on, which will carry the Bleacher Report brand now that the Turner name has faded away, will launch October 5 at $10 a month. No charge will be…

It’s a tough time for live sports. Both the NBA Finals and the Stanley Cup Finals ended this week with historically low viewership across each five-game series. On Tuesday night, the Vegas Golden Knights took home the Stanley Cup in Game 5 of the NHL Finals, winning a fourth match against the…

Given the anxious vibes in the entertainment business of late, the NBA and NHL playoffs have been a welcome throwback to happier times. Strong live tune-in for Disney’s ABC and ESPN and Warner Bros Discovery’s TNT has kept advertisers happy and bolstered the companies’ assertions about sports at last…

The Miami Heat finally claimed victory over the Boston Celtics during Game 7 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals on Monday, setting a record for TNT in the process. Their 103-84 victory became the network’s most-watched NBA Eastern Conference Finals Game ever with 11.9M people tuning in. That ekes…

After waving their sports flags proudly last week at their upfronts pitches to ad buyers, Disney and Warner Bros Discovery are confronting a head-scratching situation with the NBA and NHL playoffs. The conference finals in both basketball and hockey — broadcast by WBD’s TNT and Disney’s ESPN and ABC…

The Lazarus Project, a British drama series starring I May Destroy You's Paapa Essiedu, doesn't launch until next month on TNT. But the Warner Bros. Discovery network has already picked up the second season. It comes after Sky, which launched the series, renewed it for a second season last year…

TNT is launching a second night of professional wrestling with AEW: Collision, a live, two-hour, in-ring show, which will debut June 17 and air Saturdays. The announcement was made Wednesday by Kathleen Finch, Chairman and Chief Content Officer, US Networks Group, Warner Bros. Discovery, during the…

Victor Wembanyama, the best NBA prospect since at least LeBron James, will likely play for the San Antonio Spurs. The team won the NBA’s closely-watched draft lottery tonight and will, unless something bizarre happens, draft the 7’3″ Frenchman next month. The news instantly vaults the lowly the San…