Paris Summer Olympics viewership rises, with Snoop Dogg creating buzz

Paris Summer Olympics viewership rises, with Snoop Dogg creating buzz

Snoop Dogg attends the Artistic Gymnastics Women’s Qualification on day two of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games at Bercy Arena in Paris on July 28, 2024. Arturo Holmes | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Millions of viewers in the U.S. are tuning into the Summer Olympics in Paris — and many of them are … Read more

Venu Sports has a tough marketing challenge to find an audience

Venu Sports has a tough marketing challenge to find an audience

Actor Jon Hamm playing Don Draper in Mad Men. Michael Yarish | AMC | AP Call Don Draper, Venu Sports may have a marketing problem The Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery jointly-owned streaming service said Thursday it will launch this fall at $42.99 per month. That’s much more expensive than Netflix, Max, Peacock or … Read more

Diamond Sports, Comcast reach a cable deal for Bally regional sports

Diamond Sports, Comcast reach a cable deal for Bally regional sports

A Bally Sports display is shown in the eighth inning of the game between the MLB’s Houston Astros and Minnesota Twins at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on April 9, 2023. David Berding | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Bally Sports regional channels are returning to Comcast cable TV customers. Diamond Sports — the … Read more

WNBA, media partners to reevaluate cost of rights after 2028 season

WNBA, media partners to reevaluate cost of rights after 2028 season

Connecticut Sun forward Brionna Jones (left) and Los Angeles Sparks forward Cameron Brink (22) fight for ball possession during a WNBA game between the Sparks and the Sun on June 18, 2024, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT. Anthony Nesmith | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images The WNBA’s new media rights deal includes a … Read more

Warner Bros. Discovery sues NBA over Amazon media rights

Warner Bros. Discovery sues NBA over Amazon media rights

Adam Silver at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 10, 2024 in Sun Valley, Idaho. David Grogan | CNBC Warner Bros. Discovery sued the National Basketball Association on Friday as it tries to maintain broadcast rights for a package of live games. “Given the NBA’s unjustified rejection of our matching of a third-party … Read more

Why deregulation may not unlock media deals for WBD, others

Why deregulation may not unlock media deals for WBD, others

David Zaslav at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 9, 2024 in Sun Valley, Idaho. David Grogan | CNBC Comcast Chief Executive Officer Brian Roberts had a not-so-subtle message this week for Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav: If you’re selling, I’m not buying. “Instead of engaging in a process to buy content … Read more

NBC Paris Olympics coverage could boost Peacock streaming

NBC Paris Olympics coverage could boost Peacock streaming

The Paris 2024 logo representing the Olympic Games is displayed near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on April 21, 2024, in anticipation of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. Chesnot | Getty Images The Paris Olympics will offer Comcast another chance to lift its streaming platform, Peacock, as it aims to not only … Read more

Wall Street sinks, Tesla slumps

Wall Street sinks, Tesla slumps

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on July 24, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they … Read more

Wall Street sinks, Ford slumps

Wall Street sinks, Ford slumps

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on July 24, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they … Read more

NBA picks Amazon for media rights over Warner Bros. Discovery

NBA picks Amazon for media rights over Warner Bros. Discovery

Luka Doncic #77 of the Dallas Mavericks shoots the ball against the Boston Celtics during Game 5 of the 2024 NBA Finals on June 17, 2024 at the TD Garden in Boston. Nathaniel S. Butler | National Basketball Association | Getty Images The National Basketball Association has told Warner Bros. Discovery it doesn’t intend to … Read more