The creators of John Wick never expected to have a franchise. The first film was designed to be the directorial debut of stunt and second unit directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch. But audiences loved Keanu Reeves’ titular assassin... Read More
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The NFL season kicks off with a Thursday Night Football game between the reigning Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs and the rising Detroit Lions. Super Bowl 58 in Las Vegas will be broadcast on CBS. However, Nickelodeon will also broadcast the... Read More
Peacock’s new “enhanced viewing experience” is called “Premier League Data Zone,” and will be launched Sunday, April 8 during the Arsenal-Liverpool match. The feed will have its own dedicated world feed commentary team, and supplement the... Read More
Per CNBC, NBCUniversal execs have talked to the league about their interest, and the company is seeking playoff games in a potential deal. Peacock could also air regular season games. The NBA has encouraged companies to simulcast all... Read More
MLB Sunday Leadoff is an American presentation of Major League Baseball games produced by NBC Sports for the NBCUniversal-owned streaming service Peacock. One game each season is simulcast on NBC. It is NBC... Read More
By Danny Thompson As the television deals are coming to a close in the near future, let’s take a look at some of the potential partners that are not currently partners for the next NBA television contract. Amazon – The mega... Read More
By Danny Thompson Last week’s news of the highly coveted National Football League Sunday Ticket moving over to Google’s YouTube TV for Two Billion Dollars annually sent shockwaves through the sporting media streaming landscape. By leaving... Read More
The Big Ten Conference announced today that it has reached distribution agreements with CBS, FOX, NBC and NBCUniversal’s Peacock. The breadth of new partners, in addition to Big Ten Network (BTN) and FS1, will place conference football,... Read More
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell discusses the ongoing bids for NFL media rights, why the NFL could switch to a streaming service, and what the switch could do to linear television ratings and ad dollars. Apple, Disney and Amazon have made bids... Read More
NBC Sports executive producer Sam Flood realizes that game telecasts without announcers have been attempted a couple times, mostly without success. He is hoping the July 3 game between the Kansas City Royals and Detroit Tigers on Peacock will reverse... Read More
During its quarterly earnings report, where it revealed its first drop in global subscribers in a decade, Netflix said it is exploring plans that include ads for a lower price. Although Co-CEO Reed Hastings said an ad-supported plan is... Read More
The Super Bowl is known as the greatest show on turf. It is the pinnacle of the US sporting calendar and the ultimate goal of every NFL, college and high school football player. However, it transcends sport alone. The Super Bowl has carved out a... Read More
NBC Sports’ presentation of Super Bowl LVI this Sunday, Feb. 13 kicks off with a comprehensive five-hour Super Bowl LVI Pregame Show beginning at 1 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock. In the hours leading up to the game, NBC Sports’ Super... Read More
With the ushering in of the new year came the demise of several cable networks, which ceased operations by January 1. NBC Sports pulled the plug on its national sports network NBCSN, nearly a decade after being rebranded from the former Versus... Read More
Seeking to boost its Peacock streaming service, Comcast’s NBCUniversal unit is looking at moving most of its content from Hulu to an exclusive position on Peacock, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The Journal report says... Read More