Wednesday May 18, 2022 The XFL has a new home, inking a new, global multi-year agreement with The Walt Disney Company and ESPN, which includes exclusive broadcast rights for all gameday content, tentpole events and more, for its upcoming 2023 season through 2027. Each season, all 43 games (40 regular season games, two playoffs, one […]
Monday May 16, 2022 As upfront season hits overdrive today, FOX is set to make its pitch today at 4p in New York City, and offering a lineup to advertisers that will include the World Cup later this year in addition to its rich roster of sports stalwart that include the NFL and the Super […]
Friday May 20, 2022 The NFL revealed its 18-week, 272-game regular-season schedule for the upcoming season, which kicks off on Sept. 8 in Los Angeles with the league’s annual primetime kickoff game, as the Rams host the Bills at 8:20p on NBC. The network and Peacock will then feature a slate of Sunday Night Football […]
Thursday May 12, 2022 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports brief. ESL Gaming brought on Acer’s gaming brand, Predator, to serve as its official OEM partner for ESL One and DreamLeague. The new partnership kicks in with the ESL One Stockholm Major 2022, and will also cover Dota Pro […]
Wednesday May 11, 2022 Tom Brady is already poised to make history as a broadcaster, as the famed QB and FOX Sports announced that he will join the company to serve as its lead NFL analyst when he finally decides to retire from play. The New York Post reported that the seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback […]
Monday May 9, 2022 After the past week delivered new WNBA and NWSL seasons begin with great fanfare, Reagan Carey, with decades of experience at USA Hockey and with the NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers and NBA’s Atlanta hawks, assumed the helm as the new commissioner of the Premier Hockey Federation. The PHF has made some landmark […]
Friday May 6, 2022 Netflix and Formula 1 locked in a double for popular series, Formula 1: Drive To Survive, renewing the series for a fifth and sixth season on the platform. Season 4 of the breakout hit, drew the show’s biggest audience to date and broke into the weekly Top 10 in 56 countries. […]
Thursday May 5, 2022 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports brief. BITKRAFT Ventures, an investment platform for gaming and interactive media, announced that Dennis Wong and Ryan Wyatt will be joining the firm as venture partners. In their new positions, Dennis and Ryan will support BITKRAFT with dealflow and […]
Wednesday May 4, 2022 Round one of the 2022 NBA Playoffs became the most-watched on ESPN since 2014, according to Nielsen, with the eight games that ran on the network averaging 3,346,000 viewers, up 28% from 2021 and 69% from 2020. The slate now ranks as the third-most watched first-round of the NBA Playoffs on […]
Monday May 2, 2022 With NATAS events back on the calendar and running live, this year’s Sports Emmy Awards will honor trailblazing sports journalist Lesley Visser when the industry gather for its annual kudos celebration later this month, paying tribute to the only sportscaster – male or female – to have taken part in the […]
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