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...
Economies of Scope in Entertainment, Media, and Sports
First,
a quick economics lesson. Economies of
scope refers to when businesses implement a strategy of diversification of services,
assets, or products offered through entry and growth...
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 competition.
The deals...
Professional Sports Leagues Content Distribution Models: Local vs. Regional vs. National
Why
does the National Football League use a national television distribution model? Why does Major League Baseball mostly use a local
and regional television distribution model...
Tech, Data, and You
Data and analytics pervades
nearly aspect of our lives, especially in sports and media and more often now
in entertainment.
The NHL
now has smart pucks that...
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...
An Apple a Day Keeps the Competitors Away
Have you ever noticed that the Apple logo looks like the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the...
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 seasons, postseason...
NCAA enters the free market
April 29, 2020 will forever mark the day in the history of entertainment, media, and sports when “The NCAA’s highest governing body unprecedented...
Industry Innovations in Entertainment, Media, and Sports
Having been invited to attend a “Start Up Boot Camp” to participate
as a judge and mentor, from that experience several new companies’ ideas and...
