Courtesy of Live Nation Entertainment: Today, Ticketmaster and the National Football League announced a multi-year extension of their long-standing partnership. As part of the new agreement, Ticketmaster will provide the NFL with the first open architecture, fully digital ticketing system in sports. Ticketmaster will continue to power the official NFL resale marketplace, the NFL Ticket […]
Courtesy of Venues Today: NFL’s Secondary Ticketing Market May Move Beyond Ticketmaster Ticketmaster’s contract with the NFL ends in 2017. Ticketmaster has a hold—at least officially—on National Football League (NFL) ticketing, both the primary and secondary markets. But signs point to a shifting of the landscape in the NFL’s secondary ticketing market with the five-year […]
Courtesy of the New York Times: Amazon customers will soon be able to watch live football games as part of the retailer’s growing online video service. The National Football League has reached an agreement with Amazon to allow Amazon Prime customers to stream 10 “Thursday Night Football” games in the coming season, N.F.L. and Amazon […]
Courtesy of Bloomberg: The New York Mets, back in the playoffs after last year’s surprising run to the World Series, have already notched a big victory this season: outdrawing their crosstown rival New York Yankees on TV for the first time. SNY, cable home of the Mets, finished the regular season as baseball’s most-watched regional […]
Courtesy of Bloomberg: Less than a month after Facebook Inc. confirmed its interest in live-streaming the National Football League next season, the social media giant has withdrawn from the bidding for Thursday games, according to a person with knowledge of the discussions. While a deal to stream the most-watched American sport on the most-popular social […]
Courtesy of Variety: Verizon, Amazon seen as other two leading candidates for over-the-top football package Is Facebook ready for some football? The social-media colossus is entering the scrum for global live-streaming rights to a selection of the National Football League’s 2016-17 games, anchored by next season’s “Thursday Night Football” matchups, according to three people familiar with Facebook’s plans. Recode […]
