Adrian Wojnarowski is getting his own Vertical. The NBA reporter is working with Yahoo Sports to launch a new basketball site dubbed The Vertical in early 2016, “bringing together an elite group of NBA journalists, insiders and experts to create the internet’s hub of basketball information and storytelling.” Names taking part on the site include […]
The Masters is shaking up its broadcast philosophy, as Canada’s CTV, TSN, and RDS agreed to a new media rights package with Augusta National Golf Club to become the exclusive Canadian broadcasters of the famed tournament. The move ousts Global from the broadcast package beginning with the 80th edition of the Tournament in April 2016, […]
A new year of PBR will see CBS Sports platforms serve up a full plate of content. Coverage in 2016 will see CBS deliver 14 events to fans on the broadcast channel, including all of the PBR majors beginning Jan. 16 from Madison Square Garden. Meanwhile, CBS Sports Network is set to offer more than […]
With an eye toward the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, TiVo Research and RealityMine locked in a partnership with NBCUniversal to mine “comprehensive single-sourced cross-platform measurement” throughout the Summer Games, spanning Aug. 5-21. The alliance will create an in-depth analysis of how viewers (who opt in) consume NBCUniversal’s Olympic content across multiple devices including TV, mobile […]
NBC Sports Group also reupped with Breeders’ Cup for a three-year renewal of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series, which was originally inked last year. The deal sees 16 of top Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series races in the US each year through 2018. 2016 will see the “Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series: Win and You’re In, presented […]
With recent news that Activision Blizzard, EA and Turner Sports were all making big moves into the eSports game, eyeballing an estimated 335 million eSports fans around the world by 2017, industry leader ESL has been making its own maneuvers to bolster its North American presence. The world’s biggest video game events company not only […]
It was a mixed day for daily fantasy sports staples DraftKings and FanDuel on Friday after a New York state judge sided with the state’s Attorney General, and ruled that the sites were illegal under New York’s gambling laws, effectively ending access in the state for players. However, hours later, the doors were reopened after […]
Another big player is beefing up the eSports frontline, with Electronic Arts announcing that Peter Moore will become Executive Vice President and Chief Competition Officer for Electronic Arts, spearheading the company’s new eSports-driven EA Competitive Gaming Division, designed to “enable global eSports competitions in our biggest franchises including FIFA, Madden NFL, Battlefield and more.” The […]
The SEC on CBS continued to deliver for the network, as CBS announced that the college football package ranked as the highest-rated slate on television for the seventh consecutive year. National coverage of the conference drew a national household rating/share of 3.4/8, according to Nielsen. Highlights included the season’s highest-rated and most-watched college football game-to-date […]
The 2015 college football season cleared the uprights for FOX Sports, which posted ratings increases for the sports this year, topped by last weekend’s Big Ten Championship Game. The Michigan State win drew 9.8 million viewers to the channel with a 5.7/11 household rating/share. Combined with the rest of the channel’s games this year, the […]
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