Cynopsis: Esports

07/29/14: FOX Sports, Sporting News form digital tag team; ESPN goes long in Canton; CBS Sports broadens its PGA TOUR ties

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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 […]

07/28/14: Kent Weed lays out the secrets to success to American Ninja Warrior, sports entertainment; UFC’s The Ultimate Fighter marks a first; Piracy finds a treasure in The World Cup

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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, […]

07/25/14: The SEC Network has another notch on its belt; The USSA partners up; Pac-12 Networks go global

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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 […]

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07/24/14: ESPN revs up for one last NASCAR Sprint Cup run; NBA TV nabs a win with the NBA Summer League; NBC takes the Premier League to the theater

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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 […]

07/23/14: NBC unveils NHL slate, who gets the spotlight?; FOX Sports lines up college broadcasters; Universal Sports continues its Track and Field run

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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 […]

07/22/14: CBS Sports continues its ride with PBR; Johnny Manziel makes his mark on jersey sales; Facebook hits the NBA for sports role

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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 […]

07/21/14: Sports Illustrated’s Jim DeLorenzo on the importance of digital evolution; ESPYS, Kid’s Choice Awards are Summer Swans;; IOC prepares for Olympics channel

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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 […]

07/18/14: Sinclair deals for American Sports Network; FOX Sports makes plans for Holly Sonders; NBC, Yahoo deepen their fantasy

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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 […]

07/17/14: Jeter, Trout a hit for FOX’s ASG coverage; NBC kicks off coverage plans for Premier League; NBA Digital’s Christina Miller is playing a new Toon

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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 […]

07/16/14: ESPN, SEC launch a digital blitz; NASCAR tags its contenders; June is ESPN Digital’s hottest month

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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 […]

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