Pundits spent Tuesday analyzing the NCAA Board’s unanimous vote to begin the process of modifying the organization’s rule to allow college athletes to profit from their names, images and likenesses “in a manner consistent with the collegiate model.” The board manadated that three separate divisions of the organization immediately start figuring out how to update […]
Verizon Media announced that Yahoo Sports struck an exclusive multi-year partnership with BetMGM in a move to power sports betting for Yahoo Sports and create collaborative content experiences and live events. MGM Resorts and Yahoo Sports will partner on a slate of content experiences including exclusive live events, broadcast productions and promotional marketing efforts. MGM […]
ABC gave full-season orders to freshman series mixed-ish and Stumptown, and issued a spring pick-up to sophomore drama The Rookie. Mixed-ish ranks as the season’s number one new comedy, growing to a 1.8 rating among A18-49 across platforms in Live+7 Nielsens, while Stumptown is averaging 9.7 million total viewers and a Live+7 rating of 2.18 […]
NBCUniversal is taking ShoppableTV out of beta. The ad unit, which allows viewers to buy, from their phone, products featured on a show, has been tested with sponsors like Lacoste during the French Open and Walmart on Today. Shoppable ads will now be used across unscripted programming, including Sunday Night Football. NBCU said the average […]
Today will see the NCAA Board of Governors get briefed by administrators who have been studying the feasibility of allowing student athletes to profit from their own names, images and likenesses while still maintaining NCAA amateurism rules, according to ESPN. The study comes following the move by California and potentially other states to rethink compensation […]
DAZN locked in a new partnership with Snapchat in a move that will include two new shows and Our Story coverage surrounding DAZN’s top boxing events. The new series DAZN Fight Week debuted last night with new episodes running every day in the week leading up to Canelo Alvarez’s Nov. 2 fight. Additionally, DAZN Fight […]
Batwoman and Nancy Drew nabbed full-season, 22-episode orders from The CW after three airings each. The freshman series are seeing major boosts in delayed viewing – Batwoman’s ratings have risen 73% among A18-34 and 80% among A18-49 in Live+7 Nielsens, while Nancy Drew has seen increases of 94% among A18-34 and 114% among A18-49.
France’s Banijay Group is acquiring Endemol Shine Group (Big Brother, MasterChef) for a reported $2.2 billion. “Combining the resources of these two companies will instantly strengthen our position in the global market, and our capabilities across genres will further define us as a go-to provider of first class IP worldwide,” said Banijay CEO Marco Bassetti. […]
After a long drought, DC’s sports scene has seen quite a run in the last few years. The Mystics just took their first WNBA title, the Nats are in the World Series, and the Capitals took home their first Stanley Cup last year. One company at the center of such much success and innovation is […]
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan revealed on Saturday that the org is opening the door to allow wagering on Tour event at the venue where the event was taking place, according to AFP. He stated that the PGA TOUR would be unveiling live sports betting at Tour stops by next year. “When done right, it […]