Last month, beIN Media Group launched an ad-supported streaming service in the US designed to flank its linear services, beIN SPORTS and beIN SPORTS en Español, which count 14.8 million and 12.6 million subscribers, respectively. Cynopsis Sports asked Roy Meyeringh, vice president of business development and affiliate sales for beIN SPORTS in the U.S. and […]
Lots of ratings news to catch up on. Let’s work backwards. Saturday’s big college football games saw FOX Sports pick up its best-ever rating for is Big Noon Kickoff, as Ohio State’s win over Michigan handed FOX with a 7.5 metered market score to rank as the top event of the day and the network’s […]
EBay has reached a deal to sell its StubHub ticketing business to Geneva, Switzerland-headquartered Viagogo for $4.05 billion. EBay bought StubHub, which represented about 14% of its parent’s $2.6 billion in revenues during the third quarter, in 2007 for $310 million. The deal creates a ticket reselling giant in the sports and entertainment space spanning […]
FOX, as expected given the strong metered markets results, scored its top NFL and college football telecasts of the year last weekend. New England/Dallas averaged 29.5 million viewers on Nov. 24,.ranking it as the top NFL game of the season to date. The day before, Ohio State/Penn State drew over 9.4 million viewers, the network’s […]
With reports in mid-month indicating that it had sold about 80% of the in-game inventory in Super Bowl LIV, FOX Sports ad sales team, led by executive vice president Seth Winter, has finished the job. The company has sold all of the ads within the Feb. 2 title game from Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, […]
On the latest edition of HBO’s Real Sports, Bryant Gumbel reports about Huwe Burton, a Bronx native who was wrongfully incarcerated for 30 years. Burton, who was exonerated this past January, fulfilled his dream of completing the New York City Marathon earlier this month. Other stories on the show’s 272nd edition, which premieres Nov 26 […]
The NBA is mulling major schedule revisions to both its regular and post-seasons. According to an ESPN report citing league sources, the NBA is looking to shave off a minimum four games from its current regular-season total of 82 contests, which would be partially replaced by a post-Thanksgiving, in-season tournament involving all 30 teams. A […]
Last week, cinema advertising firm Screenvision Media unveiled a new division taking aim at opportunities within the sports venue universe. The company, which serves 2,000 theaters across 15,000 screens around the country, caught up with Eric Krasnoo, senior vice president of business development, to discuss the game plan for Screenvision Sports. Krasnoo on the origins […]
Derek Jeter’s first-person forum for athletes has a new owner. Minute Media has acquired The Players’ Tribune, which Jeter launched in 2014, following his retirement from the New York Yankees. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to be consummated by year-end. The Players’ Tribune joins Minute Media’s stable that includes […]
It’s only been 23 days since the Washington Nationals won the World Series by topping the Houston Astros in Game 7, but for those with a baseball Jones, there is some welcome news: ESPN will provide tripleheader coverage on March 26, Opening Day for the 2020 MLB season. The defending champions will meet the New […]
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