CYNOPSISSPORTS 07.29.14 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, July 29, 2014, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. In a move of the “two great tastes that taste great together” variety, FOX Sports Digital and Sporting News Media announced a cross-platform content, distribution, and media partnership designed to bolster each company’s “ability to offer the […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 07.28.14 Good morning. It’s Monday, July 28, 2014, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. It’s been the summer of the Warrior, with NBC/Esquire Network’s sports entertainment franchise American Ninja Warrior continuing to cement itself as a summer staple from A. Smith & Co. The series recently got another renewal from NBC, […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 07.25.14 Good morning. It’s Friday, July 25, 2014, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. The SEC Network overcame another hurdle, with ESPN locking in a carriage agreement for the upcoming channel with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. The chnannel will be available to fans and followers of the Southeastern […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 07.24.14 Good morning. It’s Thursday, July 24, 2014, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. ESPN is revving up for its final go-around with NASCAR with coverage of the 17 remaining Sprint Cup races of the 2014 season, beginning with the Brickyard 400 on Sunday. Dale Earnhardt Jr. will serve as the […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 07.23.14 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, July 23, 2014, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. NBC Sports unveiled its broadcast slate for the upcoming NHL regular season, coming off of the most-watched NHL regular season ever on NBC and NBCSN. This season, the company will offer 103 regular-season games featuring 14 contests […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 07.22.14 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, July 22, 2014, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. CBS Sports and the Professional Bull Riders entered a long-term agreement to keep CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network as the exclusive television home of the PBR on broadcast and cable. The partnership between the two companies […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 07.21.14 Good morning. It’s Monday, July 21, 2014, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. What a month for the Sports Illustrated moniker. Amid a month of launches, relaunches and brand evolution, the company not only unleashed a slate of ambitious digital projects in recent weeks, it also nailed a record day […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 07.18.14 Good morning. It’s Friday, July 18, 2014, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. Sinclair Broadcast Group is getting in the sports game, announcing the launch of the American Sports Network, “a collegiate sports initiative to be broadcast on a number of Sinclair’s broadcast television stations.” The company has already struck […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 07.17.14 Good morning. It’s Thursday, July 17, 2014, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. With a heavy dash of Derek Jeter playing his final All-Star Game, the Summer Classic proved to be a boon for FOX, generating a 7.0 fast-national household rating, with an average audience of 11.34 million. That marks […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 07.16.14 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, July 16, 2014, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. A month before the launch of SEC Network, ESPN and the SEC are now rolling-out digital elements of the channel with the unveiling of a revamped SECsports.com and SECNetwork.com. The two organizations also revealed plans for SEC […]