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Parks: Streaming finds favor in American sports households

As streaming platforms gobble up live sports rights, more fans are adding sports-inclusive streaming apps and channels into their media diets.

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Antenna: NFL already fueling new streaming sign-ups

Peacock, Paramount Plus, ESPN and Fox One collectively reported a 11.2 percent increase in sign-ups during the start of football season.

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ESPN to raise streaming prices in September

The cost of ESPN Unlimited will rise to $32 per month for all streaming-only sports fans by mid-September.

The ESPN app will offer its ESPN Unlimited subscribers access to live games from CW Sports in August. (Courtesy image)

CW Sports to stream live on ESPN App starting August 4

The launch will see the debut of "WWE NXT" from the CW Network on the ESPN app, with a two-hour program running that week.

The mascot of ESPN's streaming app. (Courtesy photo)

YouTube TV rolls out support for ESPN Unlimited

Subscribers can link their YouTube TV and ESPN accounts through the Sports section of YouTube TV settings.

Stanley Cup games to stream on ESPN app during DIRECTV-Scripps dispute

A prolonged blackout involving Scripps will not affect DIRECTV subscribers’ ability to watch Stanley Cup games, provided they stream them online.

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NFL Network goes dark on Comcast’s Xfinity TV

The carriage dispute is the first involving NFL Network and its sister channel NFL RedZone since both were acquired by ESPN earlier this year.

Fans of the San Francisco 49ers football team hold a sign with the logo of the CW Network during an event at Candlestick Park in 2009.

CW Network strikes content distribution pacts with ESPN, Roku

The CW Network will offer its shows through The Roku Channel and live sports through ESPN Unlimited this year.

A sound technician with ESPN helps produce a telecast of a football game. (Photo by Maize & Blue Nation via Wikimedia Commons, Graphic by The Desk)

ESPN layoffs connected to Disney’s YouTube TV dispute, report says

A multi-week programming dispute between the Walt Disney Company and Google-owned streaming service YouTube TV is still having an impact, months after the carriage dispute was settled.

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Hub: Sports fans still frustrated by broadcast, streaming TV deals

Fragmented media rights deals force viewers to navigate multiple apps and subscriptions to follow a single sport or team.

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Report: NBA considers streaming hub for local games

The NBA is exploring a centralized streaming package for locally televised games, holding talks with YouTube TV, Prime Video, ESPN and DAZN.

Basketball superstar Caitlin Clark participates in a game between the MN Lynx vs Indiana Fever at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on July 14th, 2024.

ESPN to debut women’s sports block on Sundays

ESPN will air WNBA and NWSL games on Sunday in prime-time as part of a new women's sports block that replaces MLB games.

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