Cynopsis: Esports

01/14/16: ESPN makes trades for baseball season; Spieth gets a refresher; A reunion for Bleacher Report

ESPN makes trades for baseball season

CYNOPSISSPORTS 01.14.16 Good morning. It’s Thursday January 14, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  ESPN is giving an overhaul to its Sunday Night Baseball crew, announcing that the upcoming MLB season will see Dan Shulman joined by newly-named analysts Jessica Mendoza and Aaron Boon in the broadcast booth, along with returning […]

01/13/16: ESPN’s Megacast numbers; CBS books its Super Bowl tech; Marriott checks into NBA’s Global Games

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CYNOPSISSPORTS 01.13.16 Good morning. It’s Wednesday January 13, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  Alabama’s championship win saw ESPN’s Megacast coverage on Monday deliver an average of 26,182,000 viewers to its various networks, according to Nielsen. That is off-pace from last year’s record-shattering debut CFP Championship game, which topped 34 million, […]

01/12/16: Univision makes a play for UEFA; Wild Card games continue to huddle audiences; NFL Network makes history

CYNOPSISSPORTS 01.12.16 Good morning. It’s Tuesday January 12, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  Univision Deportes snatched up the UEFA package to become the sole US Spanish-language broadcast rights holder stateside, lining up all UEFA national team competitions from 2018 to 2022 in the deal, including the UEFA EURO 2020, UEFA […]

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01/08/16: FOX upgrades MLS prospects; T-Mobile bets on Vegas; Commissioners call for fantasy regulation

ESPN's MLS goals

CYNOPSISSPORTS 01.08.16 Good morning. It’s Friday January 8, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  FOX Sports debuted its 2016 Major League Soccer regular season slate of games and will shift four MLS matches off cable to the its broadcast network this season. The slate spans March through October with 34 games […]

01/07/16: NBC Sports’ Regional Topper; ESPN’s CFP Megacast; MLB makes a play for China

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CYNOPSISSPORTS 01.07.16 Good morning. It’s Thursday January 7, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  Big hire for NBC Sports Group, nabbing former ESPN exec David Preschlack to serve as President, NBC Sports Regional Networks, and NBC Sports Group Platform and Content Strategy. He’ll begin Feb. 1 and will be charged with […]

01/06/16: FOX’s fall fortunes on the rise, Cities: LA or bust, Panasonic’s Rio ventures

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CYNOPSISSPORTS 01.06.16 Good morning. It’s Wednesday January 6, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  The NFL continues to pay dividends for FOX Sports. The company is announcing that, with the conclusion of the 2015 NFL regular season, it scored an average 12.0/25 household rating/share for the lineup of games, with 20.7 […]

01/05/16: Networks get their NFL assignments; NBA/State Farm remain neighbors; UFC gets a new media partner

CYNOPSISSPORTS 01.05.16 Good morning. It’s Tuesday January 5, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  The NFL confirmed its postseason broadcast plans with Wild Card Weekend opening the books on Saturday with Chiefs/Houston on an ESPN/ABC simulcast at 4:35p, followed by Steelers/Bengals on CBS at 8:15p. Sunday’s action will then see Seahawks/Vikings […]

01/04/16: Turner Sports’ CES ticket; Super Bowl ads pick up high-profile directors; Activision brings in a new player

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CYNOPSISSPORTS 01.04.16 Happy New Year! It’s Monday, January 4, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. A mighty thank you to Michael McCarthy for stepping in while I was away. The opening of the New Year brings the traditional harbinger of brighter things to come with the annual CES gathering in Las […]

12/23/15: Fox Sports promotes John Smoltz to lead MLB analyst; ESPN plans five Christmas Day NBA games; MSG signs Dunkin’ Donuts as sponsor

John Smoltz

CYNOPSISSPORTS 12.23.15 Good morning. It’s Wednesday December 23, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  Fox Sports surprised the sports media world by breaking up its three-person Major League Baseball broadcast booth and naming John Smoltz lead game analyst for the 2016 season. The former World Series champion and Cy Young winner […]

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