How Roger Goodell Gets 30 Cents Of Your Cable Bill
You probably didn’t know you were paying National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell 30 cents a year. This assumes, of course, that Goodell’s $30 million annual salary comes directly from the...
View ArticleBroadcast TV Is Not The Future For Sports
The news this week that TBS would take over broadcasting the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament semifinals in 2014 and 2015 and the championship game in 2016 should be a sign to anyone who still believes...
View ArticleSo You Want To Launch A New Sports Network…
Is it possible to launch a new national sports network that could compete with ESPN? Fox will give it a go this August with Fox Sports 1, but Fox is a gigantic media company that already has tons of...
View ArticleHow Media Consolidation Could Stop Intel From Making OnCue A TV Service...
A tech giant like Intel, which has a $17 billion cash stockpile and a few big ideas, should be able to make a giant splash in the television business. Then you remember who they have to deal with just...
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