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John Ourand June 4, 2024
The R.S.N. hellscape, once the province of smaller markets, is now about to jump the shark.
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John Ourand May 30, 2024
As the clock ticks on the NBA rights deals, and matching rights definitions are reimagined, a new consensus is emerging: WBD probably shouldn’t bid on a package that it really can no longer afford.
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John Ourand & Julia Alexander May 27, 2024
Streaming analyst Julia Alexander joins John for a brutally honest conversation about the state of streaming in its sports rights era, and why Amazon, not Netflix, is going after the biggest deals.
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John Ourand May 23, 2024
As team valuations skyrocket, I sat down with D.C. sports magnate Ted Leonsis to get his candid take on why Cuban sold the Mavs, the future of R.S.N..s, and how Ballmer changed the game.


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John Ourand May 20, 2024
New CBS Sports C.E.O. David Berson rips a page from McManus playbook, predicts more of the (lucrative) same, and says “Nothing to see here” about Esiason and Simms as Paramount’s deal-or-no-deal drama continues.
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John Ourand May 17, 2024
Perhaps sports media executives shouldn’t be surprised that the NFL—which does whatever it wants because it can—went with Netflix for a pair of Christmas Day games. But that doesn’t mean that they aren’t pissed about it.
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John Ourand May 14, 2024
The streaming device slash platform, now in more than 80 million homes, makes its maiden voyage into Major League Baseball.
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John Ourand May 10, 2024
It looks like Netflix will wind up carrying the two NFL games scheduled for December 25, per a bevy of sources. It’s a first-of-its-kind deal, and almost certainly not the last.


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John Ourand May 6, 2024
I’ve got my hands on what Pitaro is getting, Jassy’s deal, and what Zaz and Roberts are putting on the table. Oh, and I’ve also got the skinny on that wild notion of breaking the third package into two, so that TNT and NBC would each get a cookie.
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John Ourand May 3, 2024
A Hail Mary from Amazon may save Dave Preschlack’s Diamond Sports from oblivion—and soften the blow of the Comcast “cliff path.”
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