Renegotiating the Dodgers’ TV deal: How Spectrum can reach more viewers and make more...
Ironically, or maybe un-ironically, Spectrum (formerly Time Warner Cable, now owned by Charter Communications), is the Los Angeles Dodgers’ exclusive game content distributor via Sports Net LA. Spectrum finds itself in...
Dollars and Cents: Comcast and Disney battle for industry dominance
Comcast, an American company, is now majority owner of Sky, the pan-European entertainment, media and sports company headquartered in London.
To put the above sale...
The Driver of Success
Recently when reading that the Creative Artists Agency (“CAA”) closed $5 billion in deals just for sports, it came to mind the principles behind...
Netting the Foul Ball Problem
Has
the game of baseball changed over the past 100+ years? Sure, there have been minor changes to the designated
hitter, the length of...
Moneymakers: Netflix, Hollywood Stars, Brands, & Sports Leagues
Netflix hopes to sell more content in Europe and the discussion is between whether the streamer will disrupt and work with existing...
Will Anyone Catch Netflix?
Netflix-Paramount. Apple-A24. Amazon-NFL. AT&T-Time Warner. NBCUniversal-Comcast-Sky. Disney-21st Century FOX. Nexstar-Tribune. All of these deals were done for one purpose: to compete with the...
Production Today: Getting your Film or Television Series to Market
With news that Major League Baseball is giving streaming rights to each of the individual 30 franchises, which is a full topic...
‘Go West, Young Man [And Expand the MLB Postseason]’
Years ago, as Lewis and Clark explored North America, treading across the continent from the Established East to the Wild West, it did so...
Regulating the Dealmakers
This author has written previously on the differences between agents and attorneys. The first article was entitled “Ethical and Practical Implications and...
Sports Real Estate: It’s all in the Development
There was a time when professional sports franchises shared baseball and football fields in one stadium, not built as a true home to either...
