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A fourth ESL Pro League title lifts Vitality to prize-money summit

Vitality prize money now leads Counter-Strike’s all-time rankings after a 3-0 ESL Pro League final win over MOUZ, with a listed total of $13,886,593.

Cal Opens On-Campus Twitch Studio for Student-Athletes Through StreamU

StreamU, the college athletics livestreaming network from TheLinkU and Twitch, has opened its first on-campus content studio at UC Berkeley. Cal student-athletes have a dedicated space to produce streams for

NFL Executive Hans Schroeder on Streaming Fatigue, the 18th Game and 2029 Media Rights

NFL Executive Hans Schroeder discusses streaming fatigue, the 18th game, and more.

Behind the Mic: Andrew McCutchen Joins SiriusXM for MLB Post Season; Eddie Olczyk Returns to Chicago

Behind The Mic provides a roundup of recent news regarding on-air talent, including new deals, departures, and assignments compiled from press releases and reports around the industry. In this week’s

Mobile TV Group Goes Full-Stack With the MTVG Production Platform, Mountain Media Center

The longtime production-facilities provider also continues to roll out new mobile units at its Colorado-based facilities For most of the company’s history, when people thought of Mobile TV Group, they

All 32 Teams, One Night: ESPN’s NHL Frozen Frenzy Returns for Fourth Season

Every NHL team. Five hours of nonstop hockey. ESPN’s Frozen Frenzy is back The busiest night of the NHL season returns tonight with ESPN’s NHL Frozen Frenzy taking center ice

Spalk Expands NBA and NFL Multilingual Commentary Partnerships

Spalk has announced expanded multilingual commentary partnerships with the NBA and NFL. For the NBA, Spalk will provide remote broadcasts in Greek, Portuguese, Turkish, Japanese, Thai, Indonesian, and Korean for

St. Louis Blues and Gray Media To Simulcast 10 Blue Note+ Games on First Alert ABC

The St. Louis Blues and Gray Media have announced a multi-year partnership to simulcast 10 Blue Note+ telecasts over-the-air on First Alert ABC (Channel 32) in St. Louis and 10

NAB NY 2026: IPC to Exhibit One Connect Intercom Platform

IPC will exhibit at NAB Show New York 2026 for the first time, as a featured vendor partner in Dale Pro Audio’s Booth 761 (Javits Center, October 21-22). Visitors will

SVG Digital Engagement Forum 2026 Hits NYC on December 15; HBS’ Director of Digital Johannes Franken to Keynote

The SVG Digital Engagement Forum returns to New York City on Dec. 15 at the New York Hilton Midtown, bringing together leaders from across sports media to explore how live

Op-Ed: Beyond the Newsroom — Why the Story Object Model Is Sports Media’s Next Big Economic Shift

In a fundamental change, one expensive act of content creation could become many inexpensive acts of distribution and monetization The Story Object Model (SOM) has emerged from the newsroom world,

Just Women’s Sports Acquires Victra Sports, Launches App and Sport-Specific Channels

Just Women’s Sports (JWS) has announced three developments: the acquisition of Victra Sports, a women’s sports technology company; the launch of the JWS mobile app on the Apple App Store

Turning Any Smartphone Into an Athlete Performance Lab

Infront Productions Announces New Management Structure

Infront has established a new management structure for Infront Productions. Amikam Kranz, Senior Vice President Media, Betting, Technology and Production, assumes overall responsibility for the business. Blair Wood heads the

LTN and Sony Integrate Ci Media Cloud with LTN Schedule Playout

LTN has announced an integration between LTN Schedule Playout and Sony’s Ci Media Cloud platform, connecting cloud-based media management with linear playout in a bi-directional workflow. The integration is already

Zixi and TAG Video Systems Extend Integration for SCTE-35 Verification and Content Matching

Zixi and TAG Video Systems have announced an extended integration enabling the Zixi Platform to leverage TAG’s Content Matching technology for SCTE-35 marker verification and redundant feed monitoring. SCTE-35 markers

NAB NY 2026: Globecast to Demonstrate Media Orchestration and C-Band Transition Solutions

Globecast will exhibit at NAB Show New York (Javits Center, October 21-22), demonstrating its Content Exchange platform and MooM (Media Orchestration and Operations Management Platform), previewed at IBC2026. MooM extends

#GALSNGEAR’s Tequity Talk Podcast Returns for Third Season

#GALSNGEAR has released Season 3 of its Tequity Talk podcast, with new episodes dropping every Tuesday through December 15. Hosted and executive produced by #GALSNGEAR founder Amy DeLouise, the series

SVG Sit-Down: Sportel Executive Director Marine Picoulet on What to Expect in Monaco This Month

Sportel 2026 is set to be held in Monaco in less than two weeks (beginning October 19 and Sportel Executive Director Marine Picoulet shared her thoughts on why the 2026

Don’t Love Your Sports Apps? With AI, Fans Are Building Their Own

Jordan Lyall was sitting on his couch on a recent Saturday, trying to keep up with approximately 1 bajillion college football games across nearly that many streaming services, when he had an idea. Lyall pulled out his phone and began composing a message for Claude, the AI app from Anthropic. I want…