Nuggets, Avalanche launch streaming service Altitude+

Nuggets, Avalanche launch streaming service Altitude+

Nikola Jokic, #15 of the Denver Nuggets, shoots the ball against Bones Hyland, #5, and Norman Powell, #24, of the Los Angeles Clippers during the second half of a preseason game at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on October 19, 2023. Kevork Djansezian | Getty Images Local fans of the NBA’s Denver Nuggets and the … Read more

DirecTV, Disney reach deal to end blackout in time for college football

DirecTV, Disney reach deal to end blackout in time for college football

A Clemson Tigers helmet on the field of last season’s College Football Playoff National Championship Game. Clemson is among the NCAA Division I major conference programs to recently have football players test positive for Covid-19, adding more uncertainty to the planned start of college football season. Alika Jenner | Getty Images DirecTV and Disney have … Read more

Edgar Bronfman’s Paramount bid could keep Shari Redstone involved

Edgar Bronfman’s Paramount bid could keep Shari Redstone involved

Edgar Bronfman, Jr. Cameron Costa | CNBC Edgar Bronfman Jr.’s offer for a controlling stake in Paramount Global could keep Shari Redstone close to the company, if his bid is successful. Bronfman is open to having Redstone, currently non-executive chairman at Paramount, remain involved with the company if the Paramount special committee accepts his consortium’s … Read more

Paramount-Skydance ‘go shop’ period extended to review Bronfman offer

Edgar Bronfman’s Paramount bid could keep Shari Redstone involved

Edgar Bronfman, Jr. Cameron Costa | CNBC The future of Paramount Global is still uncertain. Paramount’s special committee on Wednesday said it would extend by 15 days an agreed-upon “go shop” period of its merger agreement with Skydance as it reviews a competing offer from Edgar Bronfman Jr. Bronfman initially offered $4.3 billion for Shari … Read more

Judge temporarily blocks sports streaming service Venu, ruling in favor of Fubo TV on antitrust concerns

Judge temporarily blocks sports streaming service Venu, ruling in favor of Fubo TV on antitrust concerns

A detail view of a broadcast camera is seen with the NFL crest and ESPN Monday Night Football logo on it during a game between the Chicago Bears and the Minnesota Vikings at Soldier Field in Chicago on Dec. 20, 2021. Icon Sportswire | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images A U.S. judge temporarily blocked media … 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

Bally Sports regional networks go dark for Comcast cable customers

Bally Sports regional networks go dark for Comcast cable customers

A Bally Sports display is shown in the eighth inning of the game between the Houston Astros and Minnesota Twins at Target Field on April 9, 2023 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Astros defeated the Twins 5-1. David Berding | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Comcast customers lost access to Bally Sports’ regional networks a … Read more

FuboTV sues Disney, Fox, Warner Bros. over sports joint venture

FuboTV sues Disney, Fox, Warner Bros. over sports joint venture

Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images Sports streaming platform FuboTV is suing Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery over their recently announced joint venture, citing what the company calls “extreme suppression of competition in the U.S. sports-focused streaming market,” according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by CNBC. The joint venture, announced earlier … Read more

New sports streaming platform: What to know

New sports streaming platform: What to know

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) during the NBA game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers on January 07, 2024, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA. Jevone Moore | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images The U.S. media world was rushing — panicking? — Wednesday to try to figure out … Read more