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08/05/2020
Disney Surpasses 100 Million Paid SVOD Subs
Disney+ has 60.5mln subscribers as of Monday, Disney CEO Bob Chapek announced on the company’s 3Q20 earnings call.
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07/30/2020
ESPN, Turner Gear Up for NBA Return
The 2019-2020 NBA season is officially returning Thursday night in a double header on TNT, the league’s first regular season game since March.
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06/29/2020
Programming
ESPN will televise “NBA Countdown: NBA Schedule Release” Friday at 7pm. The one-hour show will reveal the game matchups and national TV schedule for the NBA seeding games. — SEC Network will showcase the
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06/05/2020
Sports Update
The NBA board approved a 22-team format to finish the season with a tentative start date of July 31.
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05/13/2020
Online Education
A coalition of Democrats, led by Ed Markey (D-MA), Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), introduced the Emergency Educational Connections Act, a companion bill to legislation introduced in the House aimed at making sure students in K-12 have adequate internet connectivity and devices during the pandemic.
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05/07/2020
Sinclair Details Mechanism for Sports Fee Refunds
Sinclair CEO Chris Ripley offered some answers on how the broadcaster approaches its sports rights and distribution agreements Wednesday during the company’s 1Q20 earnings call, noting that some sports rights agreements RSNs ink with professional sports teams and distributors carry a minimum game delivery obligation.