CYNOPSISSPORTS 07.27.16 Good morning. It’s Wednesday July 27, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. An end of an era is in store for ESPN’s NFL coverage this season with reports that stalwart Tom Jackson will leave the company. First broken by the New York Daily News and since confirmed by multiple […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 07.26.16 Good morning. It’s Tuesday July 26, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. Another day, another deal for Twitter, which announced that the platform will now live stream weekly out-of-market games from MLB and the NHL via a new partnership with MLBAM. Meanwhile, 120 Sports will also produce an exclusive, […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 07.25.16 Good morning. It’s Monday July 25, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. Twitter continued its blaze of sports video partnerships, announcing a digital media rights partnership with Campus Insiders that will include live streaming of more than 300 college sports events. The deal follows other recent partnerships for Twitter […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 07.22.16 Good morning. It’s Friday July 22, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. It’s official. ESPN and the ACC formally unveiled the launch of the ACC Network at the conference’s annual Football Kickoff media event in Charlotte. Backed by a 20-year partnership, the platform will run through at least 2036 […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 07.21.16 Good morning. It’s Thursday July 21, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. FIBA is taking its presence to the next level with the launch of FIBA Americas TV, a new channel offering international basketball play to the US and Latin America for the first time on its own dedicated […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 07.20.16 Good morning. It’s Wednesday July 20, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. The NBA is doubling down on Twitter, announcing plans for an expanded content partnership that will bring original live programming and more video to the platform as well as Vine and Periscope. Details will see the league, […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 07.19.16 Good morning. It’s Tuesday July 19, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. Gow Media is shedding the Yahoo Sport Radio label for its slate of affiliated radio station and had now locked in a deal with Vox Media to launch SB Nation Radio. The two companies will now collaborate […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 07.18.16 Good morning. It’s Monday July 18, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. Last month saw Glenn Adamo, VP NFL Media Operations, NFL Films & Broadcasting, end his long run with the league to launch Ivanhoe Media & Entertainment, dubbed as an independent consulting business focused on all aspects of […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 07.15.16 Good morning. It’s Friday July 15, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. A big day for Pac-12 Networks, which announced an agreement with Twitter to serve as its premier streaming partner for Pac-12 Plus, a broadband network of live events produced by the conference’s 12 universities. At least 150 […]
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM UNIVISION WHERE WERE YOU THE DAY THE SPORTS WORLD CHANGED? WE WERE BUSY MAKING HISTORY. In June, Univision Deportes Network beat every other sports cable network in the country. Source: Nielsen, NPM, NPM-H, 5/30/16-6/26/16, Mon-Sun 8-11pm, A18-49, Live data, UDN vs. 14 competitive sports cable networks including ESPN, ESPN2, FOX Sports […]