If the NFL is considering expansion and adding more franchises, the league is going to look outside the United States for its next venture. Click here to read the story at cbssports.com. Discussion Questions:
The eroding economics of regional sports networks made little difference: Major League Baseball teams are still hot assets. Click here to read the story at Forbes.com. Discussion Questions:
CODA aside, Apple TV Plus has yet to really become synonymous with hit movies the way the company clearly wants it to. Click here to read the story at theverge.com. Discussion Questions:
When Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes upset the top-ranked and previously undefeated South Carolina Gamecocks in the second semifinal of the 2023 NCAA women’s basketball tournament on Friday night a lot of people watched. Also, Iowa’s Elite 8 victory over Louisville out-rated any NBA regular season game broadcast on Read more…
The 2023 World Baseball Classic was a rousing success on a host of levels including attendance, television viewership, and more. When looking inside the numbers, it wasn’t just in North America that the tournament excelled; it was worldwide. Click here to read the story at Forbes.com. Discussion Questions:
When the Chicago Bulls first came to Paris for a pair of exhibition games in the 1997 McDonald’s Championship, they were on top of the basketball world. Click here to read the story at espn.com. Discussion Questions:
Disney Advertising has sold out all available ad time for this year’s NHL All-Star Game and NHL All-Star Skills events, per details shared with Marketing Dive. Together, the events have drawn 12 unique sponsors and 34 unique advertisers. Click here to read the story at marketingdive.com. Discussion Questions:
YouTube won the big bidding war for NFL Sunday Ticket yesterday, beating out Apple, Amazon, and ESPN with a deal worth a reported $2 billion a year. NFL fans will now be able to get the out-of-market games package as part of the YouTube TV bundle or on its own in the Read more…
The decision to simulcast all five NBA Christmas Day games on ABC paid off in the ratings. Despite facing the first ever Christmas NFL tripleheader, the NBA’s five-game Christmas Day slate averaged 4.27 million viewers across ABC and ESPN, per Nielsen fast-nationals — up 5% from last year (4.08M), if Read more…
McDonald’s unveiled its largest global campaign to date timed to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, per details shared with Marketing Dive. Titled, “Wanna go to McDonald’s?,” the effort will launch across 75 markets at the same time. Click here to read the story at marketingdive.com. Discussion Questions: What is sponsorship? Read more…