TNT Sports SVP: Bleacher Report ‘critical’ to company’s strategy post-WBD split
"The fact that it is so darn critical to our overarching sports strategy is probably the thing that people underestimate."
"The fact that it is so darn critical to our overarching sports strategy is probably the thing that people underestimate."
"WBD was engaged in tough negotiations with the NBA and hoped it would secure the NBA rights, but, ultimately, the NBA chose competing offers."
An expanded NCAA Tournament field hinges on booze sponsorships?
"We'll see if anything materializes."
"Get up. Get out of here..."
"We’ve got five races here to get this right."
"In order to keep pace with their US counterparts, British broadcasters sought increased access from the Premier League..."
"The channel's new strategy is going to be more focused on live games and less on big studio shows..."
"We were unable to agree on a path forward..."
The club has featured in three of the seven most-watched matches thus far.
Excluding the COVID-impacted Stanley Cup Finals of 2020 and 2021, it was the least-watched Cup Final since 2007.
TNT won tennis fans over with their French Open coverage for an event that had plenty of skeptics going into the major championship.
Saturday's game was the least-watched Stanley Cup Final Game 5 since 1994.
"Can we plz get over the fact the biggest pop star in the world went to a hockey game and - gasp! - we showed her!?"
"I mean, Boosh called you old the other night, Eddie. Now it's Jackie."
"I’m not sure whether...there will be a different expectation from ESPN and ABC fans or watchers than maybe what people are seeing late at night on TNT."
Don't expect TNT Sports to be a bidder for additional sports rights anytime soon...
Carlos Alcaraz's thrilling win finished up 8% versus last year's final on NBC.
The problem for TNT Sports is that it does not air many championship events or premier packages for the biggest sports.
"What would you have said the day you were drafted if I told you that 41 years to the day later, you would work your 1,000th national broadcast in the United States and Canada?"
"Will you stop? It's a ridiculous issue."
The company will reportedly split its legacy assets from its streaming and studio divisions.