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NFL Week 1 Betting Preview, How To Watch, Betting Lines And Picks
Sunday, September 11, 2022 - 12:20pm | 1451The 2022 NFL season officially kicked off Thursday night with a marquee matchup of the Buffalo Bills visiting the Los Angeles Rams. The Bills beat the defending Super Bowl champions 31-10, covering the -2 spread and surprising lots of bettors who backed the underdog home Rams. Here’s a...
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Want To Stream Saturday Night Live, Law & Order? You'll Soon Have To Switch From Hulu To This Platform
Thursday, August 25, 2022 - 1:06pm | 640One of the leading broadcast networks is pulling the plug on sending its shows over to streaming platform Hulu and instead favoring its own streaming platform. Here’s the latest and what fans of NBC shows should know. What Happened: Beginning Sep. 19, 2022, shows that air on NBC and Bravo...
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NFL Continues To Dominate TV Ratings: 4 Stocks To Watch Ahead Of Playoffs, Super Bowl LVI
Wednesday, January 12, 2022 - 6:20pm | 987The National Football League had strong viewership figures for the 2021-2022 season. This could set up several media companies for strong quarterly earnings reports and lead to higher advertising rates for the upcoming NFL Playoffs. What Happened: NBC, a unit of Comcast Corp (NASDAQ: CMCSA), saw a...
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As NFL Plays On During Coronavirus Pandemic, Strong Ad Rates Put Broadcasters In Spotlight
Thursday, September 10, 2020 - 5:30pm | 704The NFL season kicks off Thursday night and is bringing strong advertising rates for its broadcast and streaming partners. The Players: NBC, a Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) company, will air Sunday Night Football games and also has the rights to the Sept. 10 NFL Kickoff game. Fox, a 21st...
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Victory For Redskins? High Court Rules That Offensive Trademarks Are Free Speech
Monday, June 19, 2017 - 3:33pm | 643A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows trademarks to be as offensive as they want to be is good news for the Washington Redskins, which some people consider the epitome of repulsive team names. The high court Monday ruled unanimously that a law prohibiting the government from registering...
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The Election May Have Solved The NFL's Ratings Problems
Monday, November 14, 2016 - 1:15pm | 361It’s no secret that TV ratings have been on the decline in recent years. However, the ratings struggle for the NFL has caught sports fans and investors by surprise this year. Heading into this past weekend, Monday Night Football ratings were down 24 percent this year, Sunday Night...
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NFL Ad Sales Are 'Pacing Strongly Ahead'
Wednesday, September 7, 2016 - 10:25am | 402According to Sports Business Daily, the National Football League (NFL) appears to be having no problems with selling ads during its games and is attracting record-high prices. Sports Business Daily noted all cable networks that broadcast NFL regular season games are saying they have sold more ads...
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NBC Lays Out Plans For Live TV, Late-Night And Long-Term Success
Thursday, January 14, 2016 - 10:44am | 475Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and NBC’s day at the annual winter edition of the Television Critics Association can easily be summed up with one sentiment – “we are number one.” Given how many years NBC was essentially the industry’s running joke it is hard to...
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NFL Expands, Under Armour Falls: Sports Business Wrap For The Week Of April 21
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 9:14am | 783Top Stories Meb Keflezighi Wins Boston Marathon An American runner won the Boston Marathon for the first time in 27 years, when Keflezighi crossed the finish line after 26.2 miles at 2 hours, 8 minutes and 37 seconds - a personal record. The field included 35,755 runners, the largest in the...