Austin Karp is a Managing Editor/Digital at ABC15 Arizona. He specializes in sports, sports business, and sports broadcasting, with a focus on the broadcasting industry and various sports disciplines. Austin's insights and analyses have been featured in notable publications such as RealGM and Sports Business Journal.
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Austin Karp's coverage is heavily focused on sports, specifically in the realm of sports broadcasting and audience analysis. He frequently cites data to support his reporting, indicating a preference for fact-based pitches supported by relevant statistics or research findings.
Given his focus on national (United States) content, Austin may be particularly interested in receiving pitches related to major US sports leagues such as NFL, NASCAR, MLB, and college sports. Pitches offering insights into changing viewership trends or significant events within these domains are likely to resonate with him.
As he covers event analysis extensively and relies significantly on cited data for his articles, providing unique perspectives backed by robust statistical evidence could enhance the appeal of any pitch directed towards him.
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By: Austin Karp
Fox’s connection to NYRA, which started in 2016, is not just as a media partner (a deal that now goes through 2030). The partnership extended in 2021 to bring on Fox as an equity partner in the NYRA Bets wagering platform – a stake that was allowed to go as high as 49.9%
By: Austin Karp
DAZN will become the exclusive digital home of the MSG and Yes networks this fall, in a breakthrough announcement Wednesday that is a likely precursor to deals with seven more NBA teams in the coming days and weeks and puts the Yankees and Knicks on the London-based platform next season.
By: Austin Karp
Sunday’s PGA Tour telecast averaged 3.71 million viewers, up 100% from 2025. CBS is now averaging 3.5 million viewers for its PGA Tour telecasts to date, which is the network’s best figure at this point in the season since 2006.
By: Austin Karp
The 2026 All-Star Game was up 44% from last year. The event has drawn over 2 million viewers in each of the last three years after not having drawn over 1 million since 2005
By: Austin Karp
Fans with an ESPN Unlimited plan on the app will now have access to 19 NFL Network preseason games, subject to out-of-market restrictions. That access will also include the seven NFL regular-season games on the channel, including five games in the NFL International Series
By: Austin Karp
DirecTV and EverPass have a new multiyear deal that will keep DirecTV for Business distributing NFL Sunday Ticket to bars, restaurants, hotels, casinos and other commercial establishments in the U.S.
Also: Omaha Productions ready to ante up for World Series of Poker on ESPN, how MLB broadcasters view the future of the World Series on TV and a look at Hall of Fame game viewership as the NFL preseason starts.
By: Austin Karp
The NFL preseason gets started Thursday night. It’s Panthers-Cardinals on NBC in the Hall of Fame Game, which is usually a matchup relegated to a small percentage of a regional window on a Sunday afternoon.
By: Austin Karp
This is Omaha’s first year with the WSOP production as it moved back to ESPN. Gati noted the company has had two weeks to figure out all the stories and angles for the nine finalists, but nothing is ever guaranteed.
By: Austin Karp
For Mike Repole, a longtime thoroughbred owner (as well as the money behind the UFL and St. John’s basketball), the “unity, alignment and collaboration” that came from all parties involved with the Thoroughbred Championship Series was a long time coming.
