Netflix eyes Formula 1 TV rights deal after Drive to Survive success Sport Business Netflix could soon advance their Formula 1 offering beyond Drive to Survive with the streaming giant plotting a move for live TV rights. Having dipped their toe into live boxing, showing Mike Tyson’s bout with Jake Paul, and Christmas Day NFL, the streaming service appears to be interested in the US rights for Formula 1. [...]
Over 1m tune in for Tiger Woods hybrid golf show TGL Sport Business Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s debut TGL broadcast peaked at 1.1m viewers in the USA this week. The digital brainchild – in which top golfers team up and compete across both a simulator and a recreated green – kicked off this week and had an average audience of 910,000 across the two-hour show. Reports suggest [...]
Disney hikes prices of its streaming services as profit booms Media Disney beat expectations in its third quarter revenue and earnings, swinging back from heavy losses as it hiked its streaming services prices. Pre-tax profit soared to $3.1bn (£2.4bn) in the third quarter, up from losses of $134m (£105m) the previous year. The company’s streaming business turned profitable for the first time, buoyed by the success [...]