ESPN locked in its lineup of faces for college football season. Tweaks are set to include Rece Davis joining ESPN College GameDay built by The Home Depot this fall, taking over for long-time host Chris Fowler starting Sept. 5, and joining Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and David Pollack. Meanwhile, John Saunders continues to […]
Free agent Bill Simmons opted for HBO as his next television stop, with the channel announcing that the pair entered into an exclusive multi-year, multi-platform agreement that will include a new weekly series coming next year. HBO will serve as Simmons’ sole television home, leaving his digital services up for grabs. The agreement launches in […]
LeBron James’ empire is getting bigger, with the NBA star and his company, SpringHill Entertainment, partnering with Warner Bros. Entertainment for “an unprecedented agreement spanning all areas of content creation” and plans for projects in television, film and original digital content. “Connecting with my fans and telling meaningful stories have always been my passion. In […]
Jordan Spieth’s quest for a majors sweep helped propel ESPN’s coverage of The Open to double-digit increases this year. Overall, the tournament scored a 1.4 household rating, according to Nielsen, up 27% over 2014 with 1,940,000 viewers, up 29%. Monday’s final round coverage peaked from 1:30-1:45p with a 3.7 rating and 5,294,000 viewers as Zach […]
FOX Sports went public with its plans to double down on its NFL pregame programming this season, announcing that FOX NFL Kickoff will now jump to the broadcast channel after two seasons on FOX Sports 1. The series will air at 11a and lead in to FOX NFL Sunday. “With interest and demand for NFL […]
ESPN is shoring up its coverage for the upcoming 2015 Special Olympics World Games, which gets underway this week. Programming will include a live broadcast of the three-hour Opening Ceremony, which will be hosted by Robin Roberts, Lindsay Czarniak and Kevin Negandhi. Throughout the event, coverage will span ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN Deportes as well […]
FIFA formalized plans for President Blatter’s departure, announcing that the upcoming extraordinary Congress will take place in Zurich on Feb. 26 2016 when a new FIFA boss will be elected. In addition, reform topics proposed include enhanced centralized integrity checks for Executive Committee members, the introduction of term limits, higher standards of governance at all […]
The emergence of Rentrak Sports, which launched officially last week, will look to create a new player in the industry, leveraging the company’s array of TV measurement data, consumer data, and branded entertainment metrics to serve rising sports sponsorship trends that saw $20 billion spent in the US alone in 2014. With numbers at a […]
As FIFA reconvenes in Zurich to ponder its future, two of the organizations top sponsors are pushing for reform. Reuters reports that Coca-Cola and McDonald’s “both made it clear that they are deeply unhappy with the way FIFA is governed and want major change.” Coca-Cola urged FIFA to support the creation of an independent body […]
ESPN is going to have another hole to fill after announcing that Colin Cowherd was exiting his run with the company. Cowherd hosts ESPN Radio’s The Herd with Colin Cowherd from 10a-1p from Monday-Friday (simulcast on ESPNU) in addition to hosting Colin’s New Football Show on ESPN2. With multiple reports, broken by The Big Lead, […]
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