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EBay has reached a deal to sell its StubHub ticketing business to Geneva, Switzerland-headquartered Viagogo for $4.05 billion . EBay bought StubHub, which represented about 14% of its parent’s $2.6 billion in revenues during the third quarter, in 2007 for $310 million. The deal creates a ticket reselling giant in the sports and entertainment space spanning both sides of the Atlantic, as StubHub does most of its business in North America, while Viagogo provides similar services in the U.K. and Europe. Together, the companies will sell tickets across more than 70 countries, as they reach deeper into the $10 billion global resale market. The StubHub sale emanates from a broader review of eBay’s businesses, as the e-commmerce giant announced in March that it was initiating a strategic examination of its assets, following pressure from activist investors.
PROGRAMMING
FOX, as expected given the strong metered markets results, scored its top NFL and college football telecasts of the year last weekend. New England/Dallas averaged 29.5 million viewers on Nov. 24,.ranking it as the top NFL game of the season to date. The day before, Ohio State/Penn State drew over 9.4 million viewers, the network’s best college telecast and the sport’s second-most-watched game of the season.
ESPN’s Monday Night Football presentation of “The Jackson Five” averaged nearly 11.1 million viewers on ESPN and ESPN Deportes. Coverage of Baltimore’s 45-6 beat-down of the Los Angeles Rams – Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson threw five touchdown passes – helped ESPN win the night across broadcast and cable TV among viewers, as well as male and adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 demos.
Beth Mowins come on down. The first woman to call a nationally televised NFL game – she worked with analyst Rex Ryan on the Chargers/Broncos Monday Night Football opener in 2017 – is taking her talent to a new realm, as she becomes the first person to provide play-by-play for The Price is Right and its famous wheel, part of its showcase showdown. Mowins, who accepted host Drew Carey’s invitation, chronicled the action during the taping of college football-themed version of the game show that will air Nov. 27 at 11a, ahead of the sports’s conference rivalry weekend.
NBSCN on Nov. 27 at 10:30p will air NBC Sports Regional Networks’ documentary about mental health and sports, leading out from the national cable network’s Wednesday Night Hockey match between Philadelphia/Columbus. The documentary, produced in partnership with Religion of Sports, the Sports Emmy-winning media company founded by Tom Brady, Michael Strahan, and Gotham Chopra, focuses on the mental health issues of current and former pro and college athletes: Justice Winslow, Hayden Hurt, Brandon Marshall, Clint Malarchuk and Nathan Braaten.
The Grammy Award-winning, Atlanta-based Zac Brown Band will serve up a Thanksgiving version of its 2008 hit Chicken Fried, before NBC airs the Falcons hosting the New Orleans Saints on Nov. 28.
FOX Sports Films will tee off the documentary recapping Gary Woodland’s win at the 119th U.S. Open. Leading out from its Thanksgiving Day NFL game coverage of Bears/Lions, the film, 2019 U.S. Open: Woodland Peaks at Pebble Beach, is narrated by actor Andy Garcia. Produced by South District Films, the documentary recounts Woodland’s staving off a crowded field that included Brooks Koepka, who was chasing a record-tying third consecutive U.S. Open., to win his first major.
NBC starts its 12-game NHL schedule for the 2019-20 season with the Black Friday contest between Bruins/Rangers at 1p.
Flat Track and NBC Sports have driven a multi-year renewal . For the first time in the sports history, the Daytona TT and Buffalo Chi TT competitions will air on race day on NBCSN. Telecasts from all 18 events will feature extensive coverage of all racing classes. Flag-to-flag coverage of all competitions will be available for streaming on NBC Sports Gold’s TrackPass offering for a monthly fee of $1.99 or $10.99 annually. Free-to-air live streaming of on-track activity from practice until the start of the main events will continue to be available on AmericanFlatTrack.com, AFT’s mobile app and AFT’s official page on Facebook.
HBO Sports will premiere a special about arguably the two best football coaches of all-time , New England Patriots Bill Belichick and Alabama’s Nick Saban. Belichick & Saban: The Art of Coaching, airing Dec. 10 at 9p, examines their three-decades-long friendship via a multi-layered conversation about their history and coaching philosophies.
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STUCK.
A podcast, produced in partnership with Situation Interactive.
Episode 5 – Hello, Can Anybody Hear Me?
When Jasper was hired, management assured him that his ideas were invaluable and that their door was always open. A year of suggestions and business-as-usual later, he’s left wondering… “Are my best ideas just falling on deaf ears?” Tune in to hear tough love on how, when it comes to effecting change, it may not be about you.
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SPONSORSHIP & PROMOTION
Mass Mutual, the official life insurance and retirement planning partner of the NHL , on Nov. 27 will premiere the second creative installment of its Greater Than One campaign. The 30-second spot highlights the first NHL goals of Jake Guentzel, Jake DeBrusk, Warren Foegele, Anthony Mantha and Travis Dermott and the emotional responses and excitement from the people who helped get them there. First Goals is slated to run on NBC, NBC Sports Network, NHL Network, and NHL and MassMutual digital and social media channels.
Amazon Web Services has scored a deal with the Seattle Seahawks making it the cloud, machine learning and artificial intelligence provider of the NFL franchise. Financial terms were not disclosed. The NFL squad will not only move the vast majority of its infrastructure to AWS, but use it to drive analysis of footage to inform game strategy, improve operational efficiencies and accelerate decision-making around club performance.
DIGITAL, DATA & TECH
October was a strong month for ESPN Digital , which led the way in the sports category by reaching 101.1 unique visitors, 14 million more than second-ranked CBS Sports. The platform tallied 9.3 billion minutes of usage, 3.2 billion more than Yahoo!/NBC Sports. The ESPN and ESPN Fantasy app both recorded their best October audiences to date with 23.9 million, up 16% year-over-year, and a 7% gain to 10.4 million unique visitors, respectively
The NBA is teaming with content engagement platform GameOn on a new chatbot for Facebook Messenger. The chatbot sends fans in-game video highlights, news updates, game previews, scoring alerts, schedules, standings updates and GIFs. Users can access it via the NBA’s Facebook page or through the standalone Messenger app.
Poker Central is heading Down Under , with the bow of Australian Poker from Jan. 25-Feb 1 and Super High Roller Bowl Australia from Feb. 1-4. Both events, being held in conjunction with the World Poker Tour, will stream exclusively on PokerGO, Poker Central’s OTT streaming service, from The Star Gold Coast in Broadbeach, Queensland.
ESPN+ will drop the puck on 49 NHL games in December, with contests featuring all 31 clubs at least once. First out of streaming box: A Dec. 1 doubleheader of Stars/Wild and Canucks/Oilers at 3p and 10p, respectively.
ESPORTS
Global entertainment platform Fandom will offer a weekly Teamfight Tactics tournament during December in partnership with Riot Games and State Farm. Each event will feature 16 competitors in a battle for $2,000 in prizes and a chance to qualify for the State Farm Championship Finals on Dec. 21 for a grand prize of $5,000. Fandom Legends: Teamfight Tactics will stream live on Twitch from Fandom Studios in Culver City on Dec. 1, 5, 12 and 19 and the final two days later. “We look forward to growing our existing relationship with Riot Games in order to provide the Teamfight Tactics community with weekly tournaments,” said Sean Kiely, head of gaming and esports sales at Fandom, in a release. “In addition to hosting known top players, we are opening a path for new and upcoming talent to make a name for themselves online. We are particularly excited to welcome trusted brand State Farm as a partner and supporter of the Team Tactics community.”
INDUSTRY & ROSTER MOVES
NASCAR has elevated Frank Kelleher , a 16-year veteran with International Speedway Corp. to senior vice president and chief sales officer, with oversight for business strategy and revenue generation across the stock car sanctioning body and its 14 motorsport entertainment facilities.
Klay Thompson, sidelined with an ACL injury that will likely keep him out the entire 2019-20 NBA season, will work as a sideline reporter during the second quarter of NBC Sports Bay Area’s telecast of the Nov. 27 Warriors/Bulls game.
The Main Event
College basketball: No. 11 Oregon/No. 13 Seton Hall on ESPN2 at 9:30p.
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ON THIS DAY in 1966
The Redskins beat the Giants in the NFL’s highest scoring game, 72-41.
In the Know
Who presented the Detroit Lions with an overtime, Thanksgiving gift?
Answer to Our Last Sports Trivia Question
The Green Bay Packers have twice won three consecutive NFL championships. Which Canadian Football League team owns the mark for hoisting the most successive Grey Cups? Answer: The Edmonton Eskimos, five in a row from 1978-82. Kudos: Denis Barry-CBS Television Stations/NY; Michael Ritz-Northwestern Mutual/NY; James Stuart-NBC Sports/Stamford; Mark Lehman-Braves/Atlanta; Daniel Rioux-PUSH 22/Bingham Hills; John Kukla-KDFW/Dallas; Andy Pittman-TAMU/College Station; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA; David Westburg-SAG AFTRA Credit Union/Burbank
Later – Chris
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VICE PRESIDENT, MULTIPLATFORM SALES RESEARCH The CW Network NYC
The CW Network seeks a Vice President, Multiplatform Sales Research for their Media Sales & Planning department. Thought leader with in depth knowledge in Digital/Linear Research. Developing product & brand research for multiplatform
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VICE PRESIDENT, MULTIPLATFORM SALES RESEARCH >>
The CW Network/NYC: The CW Network seeks a Vice President, Multiplatform Sales Research for their Media Sales & Planning department. Thought leader with in depth knowledge in Digital/Linear Research. Developing product & brand research for multiplatform. Full info HERE (12/10)
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SR COORDINATOR, CONSUMER INSIGHTS & RESEARCH (TEMP) >>
NFL/NYC: Support design and execution of primary research relating to the NFL fan, brand, and marketing initiatives. 2+ yrs mkt research and consumer insights exp. Exp working with various syndicated data sources (MRI, EPoll, YouGov, Ace Metrix, etc.) Full info HERE (12/7)
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, MEDIA PARTNERSHIPS >>
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MGR, PAID SOCIAL MEDIA >> Lifetime & A&E/NYC: Responsible for developing and managing the paid social media strategy for Lifetime & A&E. Reporting into the Senior Manager, Paid Media, 3-5 years of paid social marketing experience, with a strong preference for specialization in entertainment marketing. Full info HERE (12/6)
TEACHING PROFESSOR, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT MNGMNT >> Drexel University’s Westphal College/PHL: 2 FT faculty positions avail to teach core EAM courses as well as courses related to their area of expertise. Min 5 yrs management/leadership experience in media, arts or entertainment. Full info HERE (12/6)
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A+E/NY: Draft & negotiate a wide range of tech transactions, inc SaaS, Paas, IaaS. Draft & negotiate data privacy & security provisions in vendor & partner transactions. YOU NEED: JD, min 5 yrs legal exp preferably within media or tech fields, exp negotiating both legal & business terms in complex transactions across technologies. Apply HERE (12/5)
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UP TV/NYC: Resp. for dev/implementing media proposals and working directly with Acct Execs. and Pricing & Planning. College deg. & 1+ yrs cable exp. in ad sales ind. Strong Microsoft Office & DealMaker skills a +. Good comm, interpersonal & organzt’l skills. Send Resume: HERE (12/5)
MARKETING DIRECTOR >>
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MARKETING & BRAND STRATEGY MGR >>
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SR PRODUCTION SYSTEM ENGINEER >> A + E Networks/Stamford CT: Support the Stamford production facility in addition to taking a lead role in projects when assigned by department managers. 5 years as a Post-Production engineer req’d. Full info HERE (12/4)
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MANAGER, AD SALES MARKETING >>
Crown Media Networks/NYC: Responsible for developing 360-degree advertiser-driven marketing programs while ensuring that our brand value proposition, network voice and programming priorities anchor every proposal. 3-5y rs exp Ad Sales Marketing or related field. Full info HERE (11/28)
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