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2019 PROFESSIONAL BULL RIDERS SEASON IS OUT OF THE CHUTE
PBR at Madison Square Garden
Tomorrow
CBS – 12 PM ET
CBS SPORTS NETWORK – 7:30 PM ET
Sunday
CBS SPORTS NETWORK – 8 PM ET
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DECADE OF DOMINANCE!
FOX’s America’s Game of The Week is Television’s Most-Watched Show
in any daypart for a 10th Straight Year
Source: Nielsen L+SD ; 9/6/18-12/31/18 – P2+
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ON THE AIR
The Tiger Woods effect helped NBC’s Golf Group cap off a record year. NBC delivered its most-watched PGA TOUR season in 12 years (3.66 million viewers per minute), up 54% vs. comparable coverage in 2017 and +66% for Persons 25-54. Golf Channel’s live PGA TOUR coverage in 2018 was its most-watched ever, up 22% vs. 2017 with average viewers, up 29% with Persons 25-54. Across NBC Sports’ golf coverage, 77 million unique viewers watched Golf Channel or NBC in 2018, +4% vs. 2017. Golf Channel was the No. 1 single-sport network for six months of 2018, and ranked among the top-two for all of 2018. Golf Channel also set best year-ever marks for all key digital metrics in 2018, including minutes streamed, video starts, page views, and monthly unique visitors.
Following their successful 2018 Championship on New Year’s Eve at Madison Square Garden, the Professional Fighters League announced that five million fans globally tuned in via NBC Sports Network, Facebook Watch and other linear broadcast stations across the globe. To date, it was the largest event for the league in terms of viewership numbers.
The YES Network’s new original docu-series, Homegrown: The Bridge to Brooklyn, offering an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the Brooklyn Nets’ NBA G League affiliate Long Island Nets, will premiere on Saturday, January 5, at 9:00 pm ET. The format of The Bridge to Brooklyn is similar to that of YES’ Emmy Award-nominated docu-series Homegrown: Path to Pinstripes.
NBC Sports announced its new on-air talent team for Monster Energy Supercross, which kicks off the ’19 season this weekend in Anaheim. Ralph Sheheen (play-by-play) and Ricky Carmichael (booth analyst) are both making the switch from Fox Sports to NBC, which picked up Supercross and Monster Jam media rights from series owner Feld Entertainment this year. They will be joined by on-track analyst Daniel Blair and pit reporter Will Christien.
The NCAA FCS Football Championship featuring No. 3 Eastern Washington and defending champions No. 1 North Dakota State will air Saturday, Jan. 5, at noon ET on ESPN2 and be available via the ESPN App. Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb and Kris Budden will call the action. A Spanish-language presentation of the game airs on ESPN3 with Roger Valdivieso and Alex Pombo on the call.
FOX Sports play-by-play announcer Joe Buck, analyst Troy Aikman, reporter Erin Andrews and rules analyst Mike Pereira will lead FOX Sports’ NFL postseason coverage with exclusive broadcasts of NFC Wildcard, Divisional and Championship games. The lead team begins coverage on Saturday when the NFC East champion Dallas Cowboys host the Seattle Seahawks at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Host and play-by-play announcer Chris Myers joins the lead team, serving as an additional game reporter for the NFC Wild Card matchup.
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EXCITING NEWS!
Unveiling our newest endeavor, a new online hub centered on career opportunities: Cynopsis Jobs .
The destination will serve as a comprehensive job listing for anyone looking for new opportunities in the television, digital, sports, esports and kids’ media.
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SPONSORSHIP & PROMOTION
The PBR opens up its 26th season Friday at Madison Square Garden amid a slew of new partners and news. RidePass, PBR’s new western sports OTT, begins its second year by offering every PBR event in Australia, Brazil, and Canada live and on-demand. It will now be carried by FloSports, as part of a multiyear partnership for FloRodeo.com. More than 150 live events and over 500 hours of PBR and premier western sports live and on-demand RidePass content will be simulcast worldwide on FloRodeo.com, bringing FloSports subscribers an enhanced version of RidePass under the RidePass/Pro brand.
The PBR also announced Monster Energy, title partner for PBR at the Garden for a number of years, has renewed their commitment as the title partner of their premier tour PBR, Unleash the Beast. Ford Trucks renewed its longstanding PBR partnership as well in the U.S., and Jack Daniels and Wrangler, two 25-year sponsors, are returning to the sport.
Serena Williams will launch a year-long marketing campaign for social networking app Bumble, beginning with a message to be delivered during the Super Bowl across multiple platforms. In “The Ball is in Her Court,” Williams will “urge women to make the first move in all aspects of their lives.” Williams helped create the campaign, which was developed and produced entirely by women, and will serve as global adviser to the company.
Japanese coatings manufacturer Nippon Paint has signed a two-season deal to sponsor India’s new Pro Volleyball League. The League is the latest franchise-based competition to launch in India and will stage its inaugural campaign from February 2-22.
DIGITAL AND STREAMING
Just two weeks into the 2018-19 season, the National Lacrosse League’s deal with Bleacher Report Live as their official broadcast partner is seeing a positive return. Unique viewers are already up 120% from last season, when the deal was first launched, with fans watching an average of 43 minutes of live content. BR is also tweeting live content during NLL matches and is bolstering the partnership through promotion on Turner’s NBA games.
ESPN’s fifth College Football Playoff National Championship MegaCast will debut multiple new presentations complementing reoccurring viewing options, highlighting the network’s innovation and technology with 17 ways to watch No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 2 Clemson from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 7, at 8 p.m. ET.
ESPN will carry the traditional telecast with Monday Night Football Film Room, Field Pass, BlimpCast, and TechCast headlining the new offerings, and Command Center, Sounds of the Game, DataCenter, SkyCam, and Hometown Radio among the presentations returning this year. Overall, the 17 presentations will be available across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, ESPN Classic, SEC Network, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Goal Line, ESPN3, ESPN Radio and ESPN Deportes Radio. All presentations are available on ESPN App.
With the NASCAR season coming soon, opendorse recapped last year and looked ahead to who to follow in terms of social engagement for 2019. Kyle Busch led all drivers in engagements (3.9 million) and total video views, with now retired Danica Patrick coming in a close second. Busch and Patrick both sat near the top in nearly every category. The fastest growing driver to watch in social? Daniel Suarez, with just over 140,000 followers.
ESPORTS
Canadian tournament organizer SKL Esports has announced a partnership with telecommunications company SaskTel. The two companies are local to each other and will work together with the aim of growing esports’ presence in Saskatchewan, and Canada as a whole. SaskTel will sponsor all of the events that SKL Esports hosts in Saskatchewan throughout 2019.
ROSTER MOVES
Austin FC, the MLS expansion club owned by Precourt Sports Ventures, named former Columbia Crew President of Business Operations Andy Loughnane as President.
THE MAIN EVENT
Russia meets the United States in the World Junior Hockey Championships at 4 pm on NHL Network.
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March 6 | SVA Theatre – NYC
Incredible screenings, interesting panels & networking all in one afternoon
AGENDA
3:45 – 4:10PM Panel: Finding the Right Platform for Premium Short Form Video
4:10 – 4:20PM Networking Break
4:20 – 4:45PM Panel: What Advertisers Want from Short Form Video
4:45 – 6:15PM Awards Show + Video Screenings
6:15 – 7:15PM Closing Reception
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ON THIS DAY in 1984 Edmonton beats Minnesota 12-8 in the highest-scoring NHL game in the modern era.
In the Know: We have the College Football Championship game upon us Monday. Who won the first official championship, in 1999? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company and city.)
Answer to Our Last Sports Trivia Question: On this day the New York Yankees named a manager who ended up never winning a game at Yankee Stadium. The team played his seasons at Shea Stadium. Who was he? Answer: Bill Virdon Kudos to: Tom Odjakjian, The American Athletic Conference, Andrew Feingold. Fox News NY, Patrick Caulfield ESPN, Matt Marini, NFL/NFL Films, Phyllis McQuillan MSG Networks, Matt Meachem Gracenote, Carl Schellenberger VCA-NJ, Tom Moore, Kalt Productions, Rich Wolfe Lone Wolfe Press, Eric Newman, ENEW Films and David Westberg SAG•AFTRA Federal Credit Union
Later — Chris
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