MCN News: Stories From The Sports Issue

Multichannel Newswire    Sept. 8, 2017     THE SPORTS ISSUE       Cover Story | Sports Streaming Picks Up the Pace Networks are increasingly finding that subscription digital sports services can showcase a huge roster of niche content and international sports, providing additional revenue to help offset the high cost of rights while giving younger cord-cutting fans an opportunity to access content not typically offered on linear sports channels. Read the story by MCN programming editor R. Thomas Umstead, plus the following articles from the Sept. 4 issue. Finance | OTT Players Could Change Television's Sports Game  But analysts differ on whether hefty rights-fee hikes will survive NFL | Engineering a Monday Night Comeback  ESPN's Burke Magnus looks to drive an NFL ratings revival this season Platforms | Fox Sports Kicks Off 4K Gridiron Action For now, will produce one college football game per week for DirecTV PPV | Record in Sight for Mayweather-McGregor Despite hiccups, promoters say megafight could eclipse Mayweather-Pacquiao Boxing | HBO Still Bullish on Alvarez-Golovkin Network expects blockbuster bout on Sept. 16 Gaming | TV Tries to Crack eSports No big hits yet, but potential revenue is keeping nets in the game Gaming | eSports Gets a 'Monumental' Push Washington-based sports network revs up over-the-top competition Through the Wire | Fox Staff Found Shelter in The Woodland Engineering hub kept RSNs running as Harvey lingered MORE SPORTS COVERAGE » News Blogs Events Images Tech   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2017 NewBay Media, LLC

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