ELEAGUE and Electronic Arts are teaming up, announcing plans to launch multiple competitive EA SPORTS FIFA 19 events this year and making ELEAGUE the first North American tournament partner to host a EA SPORTS FIFA 19 Global Series FUT Champions Cup. The partnership will kick off with the ELEAGUE FUT Champions Cup February, one of […]
Following the news of the addition of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 to its lineup, Cynopsis caught up with Wim Stocks, CEO and general manager of World Gaming, to discuss the news and the state of the company. Stocks on 2019 objectives: The great momentum we had for both WorldGaming Network and Collegiate Starleague […]
USA renewed Suits for a ninth and final season, set for summer 2019. The second half of season eight launched last night. “Suits has played an instrumental role in our network’s DNA for nearly a decade,” said Chris McCumber, President, USA Network and SyFy. That DNA won’t disappear altogether – a Suits spin-off, Pearson, is […]
WE tv added 10 more episodes to season two of Love After Lockup, for a total of 24. The show was the fastest-growing new cable reality series in 2018, said the net. Seven episodes into the second season, Lockup delivered a series high of more than 1.3 million total viewers in Live+3, double the season […]
ESPN iced a deal with Aspen Snowmass to continue to host X Games Aspen through 2024 in a five-year deal. Aspen has been home to the winter edition of X Games since 2002 and by the end of the new accord, the X Games will have been in Aspen Snowmass for 23 consecutive years. ESPN’s […]
Johnny Miller will call his final broadcast next Saturday (Feb. 2) during NBC Sports’ live third round coverage of the Waste Management Phoenix Open, following nearly 30 years spent as the network’s lead golf analyst. The broadcast will celebrate Miller’s three decades in the 18th tower through special tributes and reflections during third round coverage […]
25 Words or Less, hosted and produced by Meredith Vieira, has been sold in 75% of the country in advance of its debut this fall. Launching on the FOX Television Stations, the half-hour game show was sold into 125 markets including to station groups Sinclair, Gray, Hearts, CBS, Scripps, Northwest and Tribune. The show pits […]
The NFL will approach Super Bowl week with a new heavyweight brand in the books, announcing a deal with Lowe’s Companies to serve as the Official Home Improvement Retail Sponsor of the league. The exclusive, multi-year sponsorship grants Lowe’s the ability to market and activate on a national and local level throughout the year, including […]
NBC Sports serves up live coverage of the 3-on-3 Honda NHL All-Star Game this Saturday night on NBC from SAP Center, marking the first time in more than 20 years that the NHL All-Star Game will be shown live on broadcast television in primetime. Mike Tirico will host coverage at 8p. NBCSN opens the festivities […]