CBS Sports revealed its broadcast pairings for the network’s 55th year of broadcasting the NFL. In addition to Jim Nantz, Phil Simms and Tracy Wolfson toplining The NFL on CBS, with the full slate of Thursday Night Football games on CBS and the NFL Network, along with selected Sunday games, Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts […]
After Game 1’s AC issues, ABC scored a cool 15 million viewers for Game 2 of the NBA Finals. The channel saw the Heat’s win over the Spurs deliver an average of 15,006,000 viewers to the network, according to Nielsen, averaging an 8.9 rating household score. That rating is up 5% over Game 2 a […]
FOX Sports partnered up with Omnigon to create MatchTrax, a “second-screen data visualization tool” designed for soccer matches. The platform debuts this week, ahead of the World Cup, offering fans live commentary, statistics, social media engagement, and more. Starting June 12, the mobile and desktop experience will enable fans to experience every single pass, shot, […]
A nice weekend for NBC Sports Group, which hit some new highs for its “Championship Saturday” anchored by the Belmont Stakes and Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals, according to fast national data from Nielsen. California Chrome’s failed bid for the Triple Crown saw an average of 20.6 million viewers tuning in, marking the […]
Just days before the World Cup, some of FIFA’s biggest sponsors are calling on the organization to thoroughly investigate allegations of corruption on Qatar’s successful bid to host the 2022 tournament, according to multiple reports. Sony stated that football’s international governing body must ensure it abides by “its principles of integrity, ethics and fair play,” […]
Game 1 of the 2014 Stanley Cup Final between the Rangers and Kings averaged 4.777 million viewers, which makes it NBC’s second-most watched Stanley Cup Final Game 1 ever and the second-most watched Game 1 overall since 1999, according to Nielsen. The game drew a 3.0 household rating, off-pace from last year’s thriller, but up […]
Broadcasters revealed plans for the 2014 US Open Championship, with NBC Sports Group slotting more than 75 hours of combined live coverage. Golf Channel on NBC has programmed 19 live hours of the tournament from June 12-15, as well as 57 live hours of news, analysis and highlights on Golf Channel, the most in channel […]
Facebook Live is taking center court for the 2014 NBA Finals, which will offer the most extensive use of the platform ever. For the first time, fans will be able to ask players questions during practice media availability and NBA Facebook Live will offer 30-minute shows available on www.facebooklive.com and www.facebook.com/nba. In addition, there will […]
For one year, the Super Bowl will ditch Roman numerals. The league announced that the 50th edition of the game will be dubbed Super Bowl 50 in lieu of Super Bowl L. The game is set to take place in February 2016 in Santa Clara, California. The league will then go back to its traditional […]
With history on the line, NBC Sports is doubling the number of hours dedicated to California Chrome’s run at the 146th Belmont Stakes this week. Coverage will see highlights that include: live coverage of every Saturday race in NBC/NBCSN telecast windows; California Chrome: The Unlikely Champion, a special 30-minute documentary narrated by Bob Costas; three […]
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