Weekly Newsletter
April 03, 2020
Weekly Newsletter 04.03.20
Weekly articles that highlight recent trends, key announcements, and emerging themes across the sports, media, and entertainment industries.
SPORTS
- Media Networks Have Paid Billions For Sports They Won’t Receive This Year — But The Fighting For Refunds Hasn’t Started Yet
- European Soccer Teams Get Clarity And A Warning
- How The NFL’s New Labor Deal Came Together
TV
- Late-Night TV Is Back: No Studios, No Audiences, No Problems (Mostly)
- TV Pilots, A Big Employer In L.A., Are In Limbo. How The Coronavirus Could Change The Industry
- HGTV, TLC, Bravo And Others Say Their Reality TV Stockpile Can Outlast Coronavirus
FILM
- Will The Coronavirus Pandemic Wipe Out All Of Summer Blockbuster Season?
- The Impact Of COVID-19 On The Movie/Theater Industry
- In The Age Of Coronavirus, Even Movie Theaters Learn To Love Streaming
OTT
- New WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar On His Vision For The Future Of Media
- Hooq May Have Fallen But A Business Case For Southeast Asian Streamers Endures
- Quibi Is Risking It All On Mobile, Just As The World Grinds To A Halt
AUDIO
- To Bump Or Not To Bump? Music Biz Split On Waiting Out Pandemic For Album Releases
- Livestreams Are Moving To Hard Tickets To Replace Lost Touring Revenue
- Why Are Music Streams Down If Everyone’s Stuck At Home? Experts Weigh in
GAMING
- From Courts To Consoles: With Live Sports Canceled, Pro Athletes Join The Streaming Surge
- Amazon Pushes Into Making Video Games, Not Just Streaming Their Play
- Video Games Remain The Last Uncharted Frontier For Marketers, But Major Changes On The Horizon Could Open Up A Monster New Ad Medium
DIGITAL
- Some Celebrity Pandemic Content Is Actually Pretty Good
- It Took A Global Pandemic, But Facebook Live Is Back In Favor
- A Network Tries To Mash Up TV Style And YouTube’s Youth
In Case You Missed It…
- Spotify Is Bringing Its Kids App To The US, Canada, And France
- Spotify And Warner Music Announce A ‘Renewed Global Licensing Partnership’
- TikTok Now Has Short-Term Licensing Deals With The Major Labels
- YouTube Reportedly Working On TikTok Competitor Called Shorts
- YouTube Kids App Sees More Usage Than All Major Video Platforms’ — Including YouTube
- Snapchat Will Now Enable Developers To Integrate Snapchat Stories Into Their Apps Via Snap Kit
- Pokémon Go Revenue Spikes As Game Continues To Adjust For COVID-19
- Epic Games Reveals New Mobile Game Spyjinx In Collaboration With J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Games
- Twitch Breaks 3B Total Hours Watched In A Single Quarter For The First Time
- NFL Gets Fox Sports Deal For Madden Esports Tournament
- NBA Lands ESPN Broadcast Deal For Players-Only 2K Tournament
- Comcast And Fox Corp. Set Broad New Carriage Agreement
- Spectrum’s SportsNet LA & DirecTV Finally Strike Deal, Ending Dodgers Blackouts
- NBC, CBS To Broadcast Extra NFL Wild-Card Games After Owners Approve Expanded Playoffs
- DAZN To Withhold Rights Fees For Canceled Content
- Coronavirus Could Reduce TV Ad Spending For NBA, MLB And NHL By $1 Billion
- Wimbledon Canceled For First Time Since World War II
- 'Black Widow,' 'Mulan' Land New 2020 Release Dates, 'Jungle Cruise' Delayed A Year
- 'Minions: Rise Of Gru' Lands New Summer 2021 Release; 'Sing 2,' 'Wicked' Delayed
- ‘Morbius,’ ‘Ghostbusters’ Sequel And More Sony Movies Pushed Back To 2021
- Films That Were Set For SXSW Will Appear Exclusively On Amazon Prime Video
- Amazon Prime Video’s Apple Apps Now Let You Buy Or Rent Movies And TV Shows, Bypassing App Store’s ‘Tax’
- T-Mobile And Sprint Complete Merger, Paving Way For A Dish Wireless Network
- T-Mobile Giving Quibi Free For One Year To Unlimited Wireless Family-Plan Customers
- HBO Will Stream 500 Hours Of Free Programming, Including Full Seasons Of ‘Veep,’ ‘The Sopranos,’ ‘Silicon Valley’
Executive Moves
- WarnerMedia Sets Ex-Hulu Boss & Amazon Exec Jason Kilar As CEO
- Legere Is Out As T-Mobile CEO As Sprint Merger Officially Closes
- Rashida Jones To Lead Dayside Programming At MSNBC
- SideCar Content Accelerator Names Evan Shames VP Development
- Fox News Media Names Joe Dorrego CFO, COO
- MGM Bolsters Film Group With New Execs Elishia Holmes, Johnny Pariseau
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