On MLB Network, the channel will celebrate the All-Star Game with live and new original programming throughout All-Star Week, anchored by live coverage from Target Field in Minneapolis. Programming highlights include All-Star media day on Monday, July 14 at 1p as well as four hours of shows live from batting practice for the Gillette Home […]
DIRECTV is broadening its NFL horizons, adding a new channel to its NFL Sunday Ticket Max subscribers. The platform, dubbed DIRECTV Fantasy Zone, will air on DIRECTV channel 704, beside Red Zone Channel and be dedicated entirely to fantasy football with “timely game-to-game fantasy analysis and statistics powered by NFL.com Fantasy along with multiple, revolving […]
After scoring the second most-viewed men’s soccer match in the US of all time with the US/Belgium match at the World Cup (averaging 16,491,000 viewers and 9.8 household Nielsen rating last week), ESPN followed that up with rousing Quarterfinals over the weekend. The Netherlands/Costa Rica game became the second most-watched FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match […]
Facebook reports that there have been over 1 billion World Cup-related posts, comments, and likes via 220 million people on the platform. The company reports that its data editors have never measured an event sports or otherwise that has topped a billion interactions.
The US Men Soccer Team’s advancement into the Round of 16 left a mark on media platforms. The game crashed servers as millions of fans looked to tune in on digital channels. WatchESPN viewership for the first half of the USA-Germany match hit more than 1.4 million concurrent viewers and caused “limited issues due to […]
WWE and FOX Sports announced that Celebrating Champions: 2014 Special Olympics USA Games, a one-hour television event chronicling the 2014 USA Games, will air on FOX Sports 1 on Monday at 7p. The special is produced by WWE and will be hosted by Mike Hill and Molly McGrath of FOX Sports 1’s America’s Pregame. The […]
In the end, Tim Brando is heading to FOX Sports, stunning some pundits who thought he was destined for SEC Network. The veteran broadcaster is officially joining FOX Sports’ roster of college sports personalities and contributors where he will help cover college football and college basketball on FOX and FOX Sports 1 beginning this season. […]
Nickelodeon has its lineup for the first-ever Kids’ Choice Sports Awards, set to air live on July 17 at 8p. In addition to host Michael Strahan, country stars Florida Georgia Line will make their debut appearance on Nickelodeon for the show. Joining Strahan will be Marshawn Lynch (Seattle Seahawks), NBA MVP superstar Kevin Durant (Oklahoma […]
Univision Deportes hit another milestone, courtesy of the World Cup, as the Mexico/Croatia matchup on Monday delivered the most-viewed group stage in company history. Coverage of the matchup averaged 7.1 million Total Viewers and 3.9 million Adults 18-49, according to Nielsen, with 12.6 million viewers tuning in to all or part of the broadcast. Univision […]
The Breeders’ Cup is looking to add to the prestige factor, announcing the sites of the next three Breeders’ Cup World Championships which “represents a key element of the company’s long-term strategy to elevate the Breeders’ Cup stature as a preeminent luxury sports and entertainment event.” The announcement include the debut of the Breeders’ Cup […]
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