Distribution agreements between media companies such as Disney and digital pay-TV platforms such as YouTube TV can grant pay-TV subscribers access to the media company's full suite of broadcast and cable networks and can make the media company's direct-to-consumer streaming service available to those subscribers at no additional cost.
November 15, 2025
high
structural
Describes a common structure that can be included in carriage and distribution deals between content owners and digital pay-TV services.
Distribution deals can include embedding selected live and on-demand programming from a content provider's streaming product into a pay-TV platform's app and placing specific networks into genre-specific channel packages.
November 15, 2025
high
process
Common commercial terms available to negotiate in carriage agreements between streaming/content providers and pay-TV platforms.
According to 2025 Nielsen and Axios research, the MLB's 2025 regular season registered double-digit viewership increases across national broadcasters ESPN, Fox Sports, TNT Sports, and MLB Network.
January 01, 2025
high
temporal
Measured year-over-year viewership performance for MLB national broadcasts in 2025.
The Walt Disney Company owns television networks including ABC and ESPN.
high
corporate-ownership
Describes ownership of specific broadcast and cable networks.
The Walt Disney Company owns multiple television networks including ESPN, ABC, National Geographic, FX, Freeform, SEC Network, and ACC Network.
high
temporal
Identifies a media company's portfolio of networks used across broadcast and streaming distribution.