Aereo Chief On Expansion Plans -- Movies And News Content Key
Aereo is a very interesting company to watch
Mark Cuban, this is my AMA : IAmA
There’s some good stuff in Cuban’s AMA.
Manchester City Said Near Becoming Owner of MLS Queens Team - Bloomberg
Interesting news as the Abu Dhabi-based ownership group of Man City moves close to ownership of the 2nd (or 1st based on your viewpoint) NYC MLS team.
Some interesting questions:
- If the team is known as NYCFC, does “City” (Man City, NY City, etc.) become the over-arching brand for the global operations/promotion of the Manchester City group?
- Does the group move young MCFC prospects to NYCFC on loan? How would highly paid loaned players count against the MLS salary cap? Can there be loaned Designated Players?
- Does Beckham get in bed with Man City despite his allegiance to ManU?
- Do current MCFC sponsors move to NYCFC?
Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz has his privately held AEG on the block for $7 billion, sources tell Billboard.biz. The massive sports and entertainment firm has “multiple suitors.” Anschutz Company has retained as financial advisors Blackstone Advisory Partners, which recently managed the auction of the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to the news release.
Updated: Anschutz Company In Talks to Sell AEG | Billboard.biz
This could be not only the biggest sports business story but the biggest sports story (in general) of the year.
BeIN Sport has reportedly paid Comcast to be carried to the cable company’s 22 million television subscribers, rather than being paid by Comcast, the way ESPN and Fox are. BeIN Sport also paid well above market rates for the rights to the United States World Cup qualifiers.
Al Jazeera Bets Heavily on Soccer on U.S. TV - NYTimes.com
Pretty stunning news that beIN is paying Comcast for carriage.
