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Speedvision is making a comeback. The cable TV channel for car enthusiasts that first launched in 1995 — and eventually turned into Speed Channel and then became FS1 — launched last fall as a free, ad-supported streaming channel and, now, has inked its biggest distribution deal to date.

The way television networks handle these types of situations has not changed much in the past five decades. During the Monday night game when Damar Hamlin collapsed, ESPN producers followed rule No. 1 when it comes to dealing with injured players on the field.

It appears likely that Sunday Ticket will move exclusively to a streaming service in 2023, as several sources have described Apple and Amazon as the front-runners to get the NFL’s out-of-market package. Disney has not ended its negotiations for the package, which it would run on ESPN+, though the amount that Disney has told the NFL it will pay is said to be well below the amount Apple and Amazon have discussed.

H​ockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky was sitting in an Atlanta conference room last Wednesday when Basketball Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas poked his head into the room to say hello. Their meeting, just hours before Baseball Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez and the rest of Turner’s MLB studio team of former all-stars entered the building for that night’s wild-card playoff game, offered a window into what Turner Sports President Lenny Daniels called the busiest stretch in the company’s history.

By most accounts, the NFL’s process to come up with new media rights deals started nearly two years ago, the summer of 2019, when Commissioner Roger Goodell held an off-site meeting for the deal team at a Manhattan hotel just down the street from the league’s offices. For NFL employees, the next 20 months were marked by early mornings, late nights and an unshakable camaraderie that resulted in $110 billion worth of deals that were announced earlier this month.