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11.26.14 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, November 26, 2014, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.
The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association will see NBC Sports Group and Universal Sports Network offer record coverage of the 2014-15 U.S. ski and snowboarding season, anchored by the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships at Vail/Beaver Creek. The partnership will see 69 of hours of coverage this season across NBC, NBCSN, and Universal Sports, marking an all-time best and a 30% rise in televised coverage overall, with additional digital coverage on NBC Sports Live Extra, UniversalSports.com and the USSA’s slate of websites. Overall, NBC is planning 18 hours of USSA coverage this season, the most ever for the network, with NBCSN on deck for 29 hours and Universal Sports set for 22 hours of the 2014-15 USSA season, plus its global World Cup schedule.
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With news of Ferguson dominating TV news coverage on Monday, ESPN’s Monday Night Football game marked its lowest scores of the season with a 7.1 rating in overnight Nielsen numbers. That is off-pace by 22% from last year’s 9.1 pitting the 49ers and Redskins.
Meanwhile, BTN reports that Saturday marked the channel’s highest viewership in its history, with three football and two men’s basketball games adding to the record day. The channel’s noon games averaged a 3.0 HH score in the network’s metered markets, while the afternoon game featuring Maryland/Michigan scored a 2.0 rating. BTN will finish the regular season football game on Saturday with Minnesota/Wisconsin at 3:30p.
As we hit Thanksgiving weekend, mun2 offers the exclusive Spanish-language broadcast of the NFL’s Thanksgiving night game on Thursday. La NFL en mun2 pre-game show begins at 8p while Rene Giraldo handles play-by-play with commentator Edgar Lopez and sideline reporter Veronica Contreras. In addition to live action reporting, mun2 will air several custom segments showcasing the two teams, the NFL and the Thanksgiving tradition. This will mark the second of five NFL telecasts on the channel this season.
NASCAR announced that Jay Mohr, Lady Antebellum, Aloe Blacc and Lennon and Maisy Stella are all set to hit the stage this year at the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards show from the Wynn Las Vegas live on FOX Sports 1 on Dec. 5. Coverage begins at 9p on the channel, while Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will begin coverage at 8p. This marks Mohr’s second consecutive year as host while Blacc will kick off the musical entertainment for the night
CBS Sports Network offers up Hoops Confidential: Veterans Classic tonight at 9p. The program takes a behind-the-scenes look at the inaugural Veterans Classic at the Naval Academy and offer coverage as Michigan State, Tennessee and VCU get a glimpse of what life is like as a midshipman at the Naval Academy.
NBC Sports Group slated 20 Premier League matches in five days starting Saturday, highlighted by Southampton/Manchester City on Sunday at 8:30a. Arlo White calls the match, and is joined by Lee Dixon at St. Mary’s Stadium.
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AXS TV nabbed rights to a 13 episode series from Japan’s largest professional wrestling promotion, New Japan Pro Wrestling. The show launches Jan. 16 and will run on Friday nights at 9p ahead of the network’s weekly live MMA, Muay Thai, and kickboxing broadcasts. AXS TV’s NJPW episodes were produced by and purchased from TV Asahi Corporation.
HRTV offers live Thoroughbred racing action and equestrian premieres on Thanksgiving starting at 11:05a with live coverage of special holiday racing cards from Laurel Park, Aqueduct, Gulfstream Park West, Churchill Downs, Del Mar, Fair Grounds, and Golden Gate. That will be followed by a special seven-hour equestrian block featuring international events from Germany’s annual Aachen World Equestrian Festival, as well as a polo competition from the U.S. Polo Association.
CBS Sports debuts the one-hour Verne Lundquist documentary In Your Life on Saturday at 1:30p, celebrating his 50 years in broadcasting. The documentary follows Verne over the past year and relives some of the biggest calls of his career with interviews that include Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery, David Feherty and Scott Hamilton.
The Miami Heat locked in a deal with Sun Sports for a new long-term television rights agreement that will keep the station as the exclusive regional TV home for the three-time NBA World Champion franchise.
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Sony Corp. is pulling its sponsorship of the World Cup amid growing criticism of FIFA’s transparency process, according to multiple reports. Sony’s contract with the governing body was slated to expire at the end of the year, but the decision marks the second top-tier sponsor to make the decision in recent months. The deal had been worth $279 million over eight years, according to The Wall Street Journal, which writes that the company is also cutting costs which helped the decision, but “was also concerned about the possible negative implications of further associations with FIFA.”
Sting and Lenny Kravitz are confirmed to be heading to Dallas as performers for the College Football Playoff festivities, performing on Jan. 10 and 11, respectively, as part of a ticketed concert series called AT&T Playoff Playlist Live! at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.
Visit Florida is teaming with the Florida Gators and Florida State Seminoles to promote travel throughout the state in a deal brokered by IMG. In addition to the FSU/UF rivalry game on Nov. 29 in Tallahassee, Visit Florida will also sponsor “Share a Little Sunshine Showdown” matchups in basketball and all other Olympic sports.
The top five most mentioned players on Twitter during Week 12 of play (spanning Thursday 11/20 through Monday 11/24):
Odell Beckham, Jr. (@OBJ_3) with over 640,000 Tweets on Sunday night following his amazing grab
Eric Berry (@Stuntman1429)
Dez Bryant (@DezBryant)
Josh Gordon (@JOSH_GORDONXII)
Steve Smith (@89SteveSmith)
The top five most Tweeted games during and around live telecasts by number of Tweets, as measured by Nielsen Social (@NielsenSocial):
@dallascowboys vs. @Giants (NBC)
@KCChiefs vs. @RAIDERS (NFL Network)
@Lions vs. @Patriots (FOX)
@Browns vs. @Atlanta_Falcons (CBS)
@Ravens vs @Saints (ESPN)
CableFax reports that Japan announced its intent to broadcast 8K by the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The country’s broadcaster NHK is planning 8K trials starting in 2016 so it can move to full-scale service by the Games. NHK’s 8K UltraHD standard was approved by the International Telecom Union 2 years ago, according to the report.
Vimeo announced that Vuguru and Emmy-winning NASCAR Productions’ documentary NASCAR: FasTracked is now available on Vimeo on Demand. The film follows seventeen-year-old NASCAR driver Dylan Kwasniewski as he attempts to secure the K&N East championship back to back with his recent K&N Pro Series West Championship.
World Fishing Network named Jim Liberatore as President and Chief Executive Officer of the channel. In addition to his new duties, Liberatore will continue to serve as President and CEO of Outdoor Channel, where he is responsible for the overall strategic, operational and creative vision for the independent outdoor lifestyle cable network.
Like a buffet, there is sooo much to pick from. Thursday is highlighted by Eagles/Cowboys at 4:30p on FOX. Friday sees NBC open its coverage of the NHL season at 1p. Saturday, of course, features the Iron Bowl on ESPN at 7:45p. Sunday sees the Patriots/Packers on CBS at 4:25p.
ON THIS DAY in 1982: Howard Cosell calls his last fight.
In The Know: What college did Phil Simms graduate from? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: Only the second four correct answers from each time zone will be mentioned; and once you’ve been mentioned in any of the Cynopsis editions, you can’t be mentioned again that calendar week.)
Answer to Our Last Sports Trivia Question: During his Thanksgiving Day game coverage, what did John Madden traditionally award the player of the game? Answer: A turkey leg (although they also had Turducken as well). Kudos: Tina Ofori-Discovery Communications/NY; Erin B. Weissman-Promotions Marketing/NY; Ken Posner-ASSI/NY; Krissy Wrobel-Coyne PR/NY; Richard Sanders-Visit Panama City Beach/Panama City Beach; Larry Kahn-Golf Channel/Orlando; Jonathan Norman-Bespoke Sports & Entertainment/Charlotte; Chris Faulds-Bell Media Digital/Toronto; David F Baer-120 Sports/Chicago; Joe Lyons-Back Nine Productions, Inc./Dallas; Jim Hall-True Media/Columbia; Kevin Wicker-Kansas City Chiefs Radio Network/Mission; Greg Moloznik-GLM Media/Scottsdale; Matt Sautter-Imagine Communications/Denver; Doug Kelly-Foster Farms Bowl/South San Francisco; Brian Sullivan-KHQ-TV/Spokane; Robb Rothfarb-AdMore/Temecula; Neal Stevens-Stevens & Associates/Beverly Hills.
Later — Chris
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