ESPN’s Newest Premium Apps Are For Insiders Only
While other publishers brag about surpassing single-copy sales on the iPad or look for ways to manage subscriptions outside of iTunes, ESPN… Read more »
ESPN Names Sony’s Hair To Head EMEA Ops
ESPN (NYSE: DIS) is hiring Sony (NYSE: SNE) Pictures Television exec Ross Hair to replace Lynne Frank as its MD for Europe, Middle East and… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09.07.10
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» Twitter app developers have seen a 50 percent cut in early-stage investment over the past year — though it’s not clear if that… Read more »
TV Everywhere Plays Important Role In New Disney-Time Warner Cable Deal
Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and the Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) stepped to the precipice of blackout Armageddon — and wisely took a giant… Read more »
Updated: CBSSports.com Expands U.S. Open Streaming; USTA Will Show It All
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Tennis fans should be able to get their fill of the 2010 U.S. Open with or without a TV, even if the weather is good. For the past two years… Read more »
Soccer’s Premier League Gets ESPN Mobile Apps, U.S. Web Streams
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With the world’s richest soccer league, England’s Premier League, kicking off this weekend, mobile and online are set to play a bigger part… Read more »
Disney’s Iger: Getting Aggressive On ‘Premium’ DVD Rental Window, Pricing
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With this morning’s announcement of an estimated $1 billion streaming movie deal between Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Epix in the minds of analy… Read more »
Toy Story 3, Split Second Propel Disney’s Interactive Revs
In what was an already strong Q2, Disney’s interactive segment serves as the cherry on top, rising 74 percent to $197 million over last year… Read more »
ESPN Adds VOD Rights To Old Premier League Matches
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ESPN (NYSE: DIS) says it has received a renewed multi-year license from England’s Premier League to soccer matches from the league’s vaults,… Read more »
Stats: How ESPN’s World Cup Traffic Is Shaping Up
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With the World Cup final coming Sunday, ESPN (NYSE: DIS) provided us with an update on how much traffic its digital properties have generate… Read more »
New ESPN-ACC 12-Year Deal Includes ESPN3 Simulcasts, Live Games On Mobile
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How does ESPN (NYSE: DIS) keep its growing empire fed? With deals like the exclusive 12-year pact with the ACC announced today. In exchange… Read more »
Industry Moves: Telegraph Mobile, BBC.com Promotions; ESPN Down Under
– Telegraph: Seasoned newspaper exec Mark Challinor is being named Telegraph Media Group’s first mobile director, reporting to Steve McLaug… Read more »
Microsoft To Add ESPN Content To Xbox Live
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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), which had much success bringing Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) to Xbox Live, and then following that up with link-ups with Las… Read more »
ESPN Upfront: Free ESPN Local, Geo Apps, Social Games Deal With Playdom
ESPN (NYSE: DIS), which has already notched more than six million downloads for its free ScoreCenter app, continues to expand its digital pr… Read more »
Industry Moves: ESPN’s Gleeson, AskJeeves Europe, Financial Times
– AskJeeves: The search engine has added Google’s northern and central European marketing analyst Francine Rump as its European operations… Read more »
Online Video Monetization Firm FreeWheel Gets $16.8 Million From Disney’s Steamboat, Others
FreeWheel has added $16.8 million in strategic funding from several top investors. The online video monetization startup says its fourth rou… Read more »
Industry Moves: ESPN EMEA, TradeDoubler, FT Weekend
– ESPN: A blow for the sportscaster’s European ambitions – Lynne Frank, who, as EMEA MD, oversaw the acquisitions of Soccernet, Cricinfo an… Read more »
ESPN Plans Slow Expansion For SweetSpot Baseball Blog Network
With the 2010 baseball season just underway, ESPN (NYSE: DIS) is expanding the number of individual teams covered on SweetSpot, the baseball… Read more »
ESPN Takes Premier League Mobile Highlights From BSkyB
First it ate in to Sky’s Premier League lockdown by winning a chunk of live linear rights. Now it’s taken from Sky the mobile highlights rig… Read more »
ESPN360 Makes Way For ESPN3 But Biz Model Stays The Same
ESPN3.com debuts Sunday night with the Yankees-Red Sox season opener and lots of enhancements but whatever the name it’s still available in… Read more »
ESPN Begins Cross Media Research Program Ahead Of Summer’s World Cup Coverage
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ESPN (NYSE: DIS) is following a number of industry efforts to improve audience measurement that began last year with its own collective rese… Read more »
@ Media Summit: The Medium Isn’t The Message; The Brand Is
One of the favorite sports of most media conferences these days involves trotting out Wired editor Chris Anderson’s “freemium” idea — which… Read more »
ESPN’s Skipper On Olympics: ‘We Believe In Live’; Walsh: NBC’s ‘Not Dumb’
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It’s no secret that Disney (NYSE: DIS) would like to get another crack at the Olympics and plans to bid for rights to the 2014 and 2016 game… Read more »
Would Disney Yank ABC’s Signal? Iger: ‘We’re Pretty Resolute’
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Fox and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) narrowly averted retrans Armageddon on New Years Eve. Will Disney (NYSE: DIS) and ABC manage the same feat d… Read more »
@ Media Dealmakers Summit: Disney’s Kevin Mayer: Ultimately Hulu Should Be Hybrid
At the tres civilized Pierre in Manhattan this morning where the 8th Annual Media Dealmakers Summit kicked off with Disney’s Kevin Mayer. A… Read more »
Interview: ESPN Digital VP On Online Sports Rights
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ESPN (NYSE: DIS) may have entered the UK market by buying up defunct Setanta’s English and Scottish football TV rights – but it’s treating o… Read more »
ESPN Follows UK Portal With Mobile Sites, Racing-Live Revamp
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Next stop in ESPN’s European odyssey – new mobile versions of two of its sites. Rugby site ESPNScrum.com and motorsports site ESPNF1.com get… Read more »
ESPN Purchases Virtual Technology Provider Vistas Unlimited
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ESPN (NYSE: DIS) has acquired Vistas Unlimited, Inc., which will help it go even more virtual on both the programming and advertising fronts… Read more »
Microsoft, Disney In Talks To Bring ESPN To Xbox Live
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Microsoft’s Xbox Live internet service, which recently lost one of its trump cards when rivals Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Nintendo matched its par… Read more »
ESPN Mobile Thrives Despite No Ties To Ad Networks Or Android
ESPN’s mobile efforts had a stand-out year in 2009. Its ESPN (NYSE: DIS) ScoreCenter was downloaded more than 4.5 million times and was rank… Read more »
ESPN Mobile’s 2009 Performance By The Numbers
It’s been just over three years since *ESPN* officially pulled the plug on Mobile ESPN (NYSE: DIS), its MVNO (service shut down on Dec 31, 2… Read more »
ESPN to Launch 3D Network in 2010
With the television industry buzzing over the possibilities of bringing 3D HD pictures to the living room as it heads to the Consumer Electr… Read more »
ESPN Launches Local Site in Los Angeles
ESPN (NYSE: DIS) has launched the latest in growing network of local Web sites, this time in Los Angeles. ESPNLosAngeles.com presents exclus… Read more »
FLO TV Adds Disney And ABC To The Line-Up
Qualcomm’s FLO TV continues to add new content to its mobile broadcast TV network, this time roping in ABC Television Network and the Disney… Read more »
ESPN’s Bodenheimer Thinks Big For Local Sites; Actions? Not So Fast
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ESPN (NYSE: DIS) is getting ready to launch two new local sites for a total of five across the country that could serve as the starting poin… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: 7Digital-Tradebit; Grabmytable.com Launches; ESPN Rugby VOD Clips
– 7Digital: The mp3 retailer is adding its tracks to a new music initiative from US online marketplace Tradebit. Some five million DRM-free… Read more »
ESPN.com’s Bill Simmons Gets A Twitter Time Out, Sort Of
Part of the joy of following Bill Simmons on Twitter is the feeling that he doesn’t hold back — that, plus not only he can be snarky as all… Read more »
Comcast Expands Online Local Sports Teams To Compete With ESPN
While local media outlets slash sports staffs and travel, national players are coming after fans, ad dollars — and each other. ESPN (NYSE:… Read more »
Disney Interactive Still In Investment Phase (I.E. In The Red)
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Higher subscription revenue from virtual kids world Club Penguin and lower marketing costs for Disney Online weren’t enough to offset increa… Read more »
ESPN Readies Local Dallas Site; Outsources Boston Ad Sales To Kraft Sports Group
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ESPN (NYSE: DIS) is launching its third city sports news site in Dallas on Monday as it seeks to tries to solidify its presence in major mar… Read more »
