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What YouTube TV’s stand-off with NBCU reveals about phase 2 of D2C disruption

Tim Mulligan

29 Sep 2021

SVOD

d2c

YouTube TV

YouTube TV’s stand-off with NBCU is approaching decision-making time, as tomorrow, September 30th, is the cut-off point for the streaming platform to meet the distribution terms of NBCU. If no agreement is reached, then YouTube TV subscribers will lose access to a wide range of NBCU channels, from regional sports networks to NBC, SyFy, USA, and Bravo, among others.

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Why the sports broadcast model is now under threat

Alistair Taylor

6 Nov 2020

Sinclair Broadcast Group

Sinclair

sports broadcast

The Sinclair Broadcast Group reported its Q3 2020 results earlier this week, which highlighted the detrimental impact sporting investments had on its balance sheet. A 37% year-on-year (YoY) increase in consolidated revenue (to $1.

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Has The SVOD Killer Arrived?

Tim Mulligan

14 Nov 2017

hulu

Online video

Philo

In 2014 ESPN had 95 million subscribers and its $10.8 billion in revenues accounted for 25.7% of Walt Disney Co’s $40.2 billion revenue. In 2015, ESPN lost three million subscribers and this 3% decline in subscriptions and the historic operating margins of 40-45% for cable and satellite, underpinned by ESPN’s trophy-like exclusivity on premium live sports events, were suddenly at risk.

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YouTube Flicks The On Switch With YouTube TV

Tim Mulligan

2 Mar 2017

ESPN+

Fox

Online video

Tuesday, February 28th could be looked back on as the day when everything changed for the pay TV industry in the US. This was the day when one of the tech majors decided to announce to the world that it was getting into streaming pay-TV in a big way.

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