Venu may not ever launch. It’s rare for a new business venture to be facing a lawsuit and a push for a congressional investigation before it actually begins operations and have the justice department on its tail. The Justice Department is going to be reviewing the plans for the joint venture to make sure it…
The proposed collaborative sports offering from Disney, Fox Corp, and Warner Brother Discovery has a name. It will be called Venu Sports. Good. Now we won’t see people call it Spulu anymore. The name checks the boxes. It is four letters long, ends in a vowel and is a nonsense word (even though its obviously…
The rumored arrangement between the NFL and Netflix is official. The streamer will host two NFL games this Christmas and at least one December 25 matchup in 2025 and 2026. The deal, whose specifics were not announced will be the service’s first chance at an NFL game. The specifics of how it will work have…
Has Warner Brothers Discovery announced plans to sell of TNT and TruTV? No. It has not been discussed. At least not openly. But I think there is good reason to expect it. Why? Because the two networks are going to be functionally useless if WBD loses the NBA contract to Comcast. And according to NBA…
Not only has Amazon been investing in live sports streaming it will also be expanding its original sports documentaries as well. Today, Prime Video greenlit four new sports documentaries, including a four-part documentary on NASCAR icon Dale Earnhardt Sr.; a four-part series chronicling the history of the Madden video game franchise; an anthology series about…
