MCN Newswire: Sports Streaming Picks Up the Pace; Mayweather-McGregor on Track to Set PPV Record; YouTube TV Hits 12 New Markets

Multichannel Newswire   Sept. 5, 2017     Today's Top Stories       Cover Story: Sports Streaming Picks Up the Pace With the future in mind, programmers scramble to build OTT packages READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: 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.   Mayweather-McGregor Fight Challenges PPV Buy Record Showtime says fight generated numbers in 'mid-to-high' 4 million range READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: While Showtime officials said the Aug. 26 fight's PPV numbers are preliminary, Mayweather-McGregor is positioned to knock out the PPV record of 4.6 million buys and the more than $450 million in PPV revenue generated by Mayweather's 2015 fight with Manny Pacquiao.   YouTube TV Debuts in a Dozen More Markets Denver, Cleveland, Kansas City, San Diego, Milwaukee part of launch list READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: With the expansion, the virtual MVPD, which launched in April, is available in nearly 40 large and mid-sized markets.   More Top Stories       OTT Players Could Change Television's Sports Game Comcast Starts to Test YouTube App on X1 Set-Tops Charter Commits $1.35M to Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts fuboTV Adds Pac-12 Network to Base Package FITE TV to Stream UFC Pay-Per-View Events Syfy Renews 'Killjoys,' Cancels 'Dark Matter' Digital Media Consumption Hits 'Peak App' Roku IPO Seeks to Raise Up to $100M NCTA Seeks FCC 'Guardrails' on Sinclair-Tribune Rush Hour in D.C.: Five Takeaways From the Title II Comments more headlines »   Videos/Blogs/Extras       MCN Hot Spot: FX's 'American Horror Story: Cult' Premieres Today MCN Hot Spot: Disney Junior's 'Vampirina' Premieres Oct. 1 MCN Hot Spot: AMC's 'The Walking Dead' Season 8 Premieres Oct. 22 The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner: DirecTV Now Cloud DVR Trial Lets Subs Store 100 Hours of Shows MCN Online Extra, Sept. 4 Issue: The Sports Issue; Apple Preps for 4K Content   Events     News Technology Summit September 26-27, 2017 | Atlanta Airport Marriott, GA Learn More Streaming Technology Leadership Summit October 16-17, 2017 | The Stewart Hotel, NYC Learn More NYC Television Week October 16-19, 2017 | NYC Learn More B&C Hall Of Fame October 16 | Grand Hyatt Hotel, NYC Learn More VR 2020 Summit October 17 | The Stewart Hotel, NYC Learn More Advanced Advertising October 18 | Sheraton Times Square, NYC Learn More NextTV Summit New York City October 18 | Sheraton Times Square, NYC Learn More Hispanic Television Summit October 19 | Sheraton Times Square, NYC Learn More TV Data Summit October 19 | Sheraton Times Square, NYC Learn More more events »   Jobs     Sr. Director, Product Management, Advertising / Alternate Content Platform Comcast – Denver, CO   Video Specialist Central Intelligence Agency – Washington, DC, United States   General Sales Manager WPSD-TV – Paducah, KY, United States   Leadership Giving Officer Free Speech TV – Denver, CO, United States   more jobs » News Blogs Events Images Tech   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2017 NewBay Media, LLC

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