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Digital Sport Morning Briefing: Monday 11th December
The best of Monday’s articles to provide a filter of digital sport news and set you up for the week.
Digital Sport Morning Briefing: Friday 8th December
Welcome to our new daily series where I put together and share a list of articles I’ve been reading. Providing a filter for you so you can save time and
Amazon secures tennis in first major live sports deal outside of US
Amazon will be the ‘Prime’ destination for tennis fans from 2018 when the current deal with Sky comes to end according to The Guardian. In its first sports move outside
ESPN expected to layoff on-screen talent
Sports media giant ESPN will again go through a round of layoffs, this time cutting on-screen talent. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch reported Sunday that ESPN will have “significant cost-cutting” for the
Broadcasting changes promise NBA success
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is often praised for his ability to create change and bring basketball into the modern era. With his latest proposal, Silver hopes to make basketball even
Amazon is plotting the end of traditional sports broadcasting
In what could be the final nail in the coffin for declining traditional sports broadcasters, the The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that Amazon has been in talks
Digital Sport’s Weekly Wash-Up 4/11/16
ESPN Claims Reports of its Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated Last Friday, tv audience tracking firm Nielsen released data that indicated ESPN had lost 621,00 subscribers in the month of
Netflix rides earnings boost into possible ESPN deal
On the back of a quarterly earnings report on Monday that exceeded analyst expectations with sales that broke $2 billion (~£1.63B) for the first time, Netflix might have its sights
Game 7 of NBA Finals breaks record
U.S channels showing American football, baseball and basketball generate extremely high television audiences and are the origin of TV records. Sunday night, Game 7 of the NBA Finals between Cleveland Cavaliers and
When social media interaction goes wrong
Some brands, organisations and rights holders have successfully grasped the notion of using social media platforms to facilitate interaction between talent and fans. The ability for them to reach out directly to
