CYNOPSISSPORTS 01.14.15 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, January 14, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. The inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship saw its debut game boost ESPN to the largest audience in cable history, according to Nielsen. Monday’s telecast averaged 33,395,000 viewers with an 18.2 US household rating, setting new records […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 01.13.15 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, January 13, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. ESPN and Tennis Channel are serving up the Australian Open starting this weekend. ESPN’s coverage begins Sunday at 7p, with over 100 live hours on deck on TV and WatchESPN and 800 hours slated from a record […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 01.12.15 Good morning. It’s Monday, January 12, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. As Golf Channel prepares to hit 20 years on Jan. 17, the network is hitting 2015 on a four-year ratings run, and has drawn the most-affluent audience in all of television for both total day and primetime […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 01.09.15 Good morning. It’s Friday, January 9, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. The first-ever College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T will see ESPN deliver a CFP Megacast with over a dozen ways to follow the big game across its platforms. In addition to the traditional telecast on […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 01.08.15 Good morning. It’s Thursday, January 8, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. MLS opened the books to season 20, announcing its 2015 schedule which marks the first of an eight-year television and media rights partnership with ESPN, FOX Sports and Univision. The new season will offer a record amount […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 01.07.15 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, January 7, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. George Pyne, former President of Sports & Entertainment at IMG Worldwide, offered a peek into the next step of his career, announcing the launch of Bruin Sports Capital as well as the conclusion of a $250 million […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 01.06.15 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, January 6, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. FOX’s NFC Wild Card matchup on Sunday reeled in 42.3 million viewers to the network, making it the second most-watched NFC Wild Card game ever. On the local front, the contest scored a 43.6 in Dallas and […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 01.05.15 Good morning. It’s Monday, January 5, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. The NFL opened its postseason on a high, as the Ravens win on NBC ranked as the second most-watched Saturday AFC Wild Card game in the past 20 seasons. The win over the Steelers averaged 28.0 million […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 12.23.14 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, December 23, 2014, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. The UFC has some new digs. The MMA powerhouse stuck a multi-year deal with Canada’s TSN, RDS, and Fight Network for Canadian media rights to UFC global events. The agreement will see Bell Media’s TSN and RDS […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 12.22.14 Good morning. It’s Monday, December 22, 2014, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. Amid the sports talk radio wars, Yahoo! Sports Radio has continued to shake up the ranks, adding heavyweights to its executive roster as well as to the microphone, most recently announcing the additions of Anthony Pepe, Matt […]