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07/28/2026
Operators Warm Up to ESPN Unlimited
About 150 of NCTC’s roughly 700 member companies have signed on to offer ESPN Unlimited to their traditional video subscribers—a modest but growing start as the direct-to-consumer product approaches its one-year anniversary, according to Disney’s top distribution executive.
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07/01/2026
Effros: $256.68 Billion
What’s this column’s title all about? $256.68 Billion? Well, it has nothing to do with money flowing in and out of some pockets. It’s the total amount of money currently committed for major sports distribution rights!
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06/10/2026
Football Was Never Really Free
There was plenty of talk at Wednesday’s House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on sports content moving behind a paywall instead of on broadcast.
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06/08/2026
House Judiciary Report Rips NFL
Ahead of Wednesday’s hearing on the Sports Broadcasting Act, House Judiciary released an interim staff report that finds the NFL has stretched an antitrust exemption from the legislation beyond its original intent. It especially goes after Sunday Ticket.
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06/02/2026
Profitable Peacock
During an investor conference Tuesday, NBCUniversal Media Group Chairman Matt Strauss confirmed Peacock will reach profitability in 2Q26.
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06/02/2026
Congress Wants to Hear from NFL Commissioner
The government’s scrutiny of the NFL and the state of sports broadcasting escalated this week.