With the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 just 30 days away, FOX Sports debuted its “All Eyes on Us” spot, taking fans I”nside a heart-pounding, midfield moment with the defending World Champion, U.S. Women’s National Team.” Alex Morgan, Mallory Pugh, Megan Rapinoe, Carli Lloyd, Tobin Heath , Crystal Dunn, Julie Ertz and Becky Sauerbrunn take […]
Univision Deportes gets a rebrand
Univision Deportes is getting a rebrand, with Univision announcing the evolution of its multi-platform sports brand and cable network into ‘TUDN’. Under the TUDN brand, “Univision will continue to deliver more live soccer than any other U.S. media company while offering a richer and more engaging experience through new world-class programming, all-star talent and enhanced […]
NCAA serves up Tennis Channel deal
Tennis Channel and the USTA, in conjunction with the NCAA, locked in a three-year partnership that makes the network the exclusive television home of the NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Tennis National Championships. The agreement begins with this year’s events, to be held at the USTA National Campus in Orlando from May 16-25. During […]
XFL’s media lineup
The XFL welcomed its new media homes on Monday, announcing multi-year agreements with ESPN and FOX Sports to televise XFL games beginning with the inaugural 2020 season. XFL games will air weekly on broadcast TV (ABC and FOX) complemented by games on cable (ESPN, ESPN2, FS1 and FS2), featuring back-to-back games starting Saturday afternoons at […]
CAA goes with the Flo
The Colonial Athletic Association scored a new partner, announcing a deal with FloSports for a four-year, seven-figure annual partnership designed to provide live and on-demand coverage for the league’s 22 sponsored sports, highlighted by extensive coverage of the conference’s football and basketball programs. The CAA now becomes the first college conference to select a streaming […]
Sinclair lands FOX RSNs
Sinclair Broadcast Group said on Friday that the company emerged as the victor to buy 21 former FOX regional sports networks from Walt Disney Co in a deal valued at $10.6 billion. Reuters reports that Chris Ripley, Sinclair’s chief executive, said that the company was well positioned to manage the networks. “This is a very […]
Derby drama drives NBC
NBC Sports reports that its coverage of the 145th Kentucky Derby on NBC followed immediately by the primetime Columbus Blue Jackets-Boston Bruins Stanley Cup Playoff Game 5 on Saturday notched multiple overnight rating records, according to data provided by Nielsen. Country House’s victory in the “Run for the Roses” delivered a 10.9/25 overnight rating – […]
Red Bull’s 3×3 gameplan
USA Basketball cemented a multiyear partnership with Red Bull North America to build “an elite pathway for men’s and women’s players who have a goal of competing at the highest levels of 3×3 basketball.” As part of the partnership, Red Bull will host more than 20 qualifying tournaments across the country under the newly-created Red […]
NBCSN’s big month
NBCSN saw its most-watched April of all-time last month, anchored by the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, a full slate of Premier League matches, and two INDYCAR races. Tallying its top marks in both primetime and Total Day, according to Nielsen and Adobe Analytics, as the network saw viewership grow 29% in primetime compared to April […]
MLB’s UK bases
Major League Baseball continued it string of partnership announcements, reaching new multi-year rights agreements with UK broadcasters BT Sport – which extends its current agreement to show regular season and postseason games including the pay-tv rights to broadcast Mitel & MLB Present London Series in the UK – while the BBC has acquired the rights […]
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