A whopping 106 million viewers watched all of part of the 2017 World Series on Fox. Game 7 of the series averaged over 29.3 million viewers across Fox (28.3 million), Fox Deportes (778,000) and streaming live on FOX Sports GO (293,918), according to Nielsen. Among teens, the series had its second-best rating since 2009 (2.4), […]
The NBA and Nike are expanding their partnership to make the league’s new official on-court apparel provider the presenting partner of the NBA Mexico City Games 2017 and the NBA London Game 2018. The NBA Mexico City Games 2017 pit the Nets/Thunder on Dec. 7 and Nets/Heat on Dec. 9 at the Arena Ciudad de […]
CBS’ Matt LeBlanc-starring comedy series Man With a Plan will return for its second season Monday, November 13 at 8:30p. Additionally, freshman comedy 9JKL moves to a 9:30p timeslot on November 6, replacing Me, Myself & I, which will return to the schedule at a later date.
On Dasher and Dancer… Freeform offered some details on this year’s “25 Days of Christmas,” the programming event’s 21st outing. From December 1-25, the network will air continuous days of holiday-themed entertainment for the whole family; new this year are specials Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic, on December 18, and a holiday special of forthcoming unscripted […]
The agency network IPG Mediabrands just landed a massive account. Adweek reports that Amazon has chosen to consolidate all global media buying and planning responsibilities with IPG. According to Adweek’s sources, IPG faced off against Publicis Media in the final round of Amazon’s review.
Facebook may be going through a stretch of very bad publicity, but its business is still in fine shape. The company’s Q3 progress report smashed Wall Street’s expectations. Facebook grew its base of daily active users to 1.37 billion, a 50 million-user increase over Q2. The platform also had 2.07 billion monthly active users, […]
With an amazing World Series in the books (and we await last night’s numbers for Game 7), FOX Sports saw Game 6 continue to build on Halloween night as the game delivered 23 million viewers around FOX (which nabbed 22,229,000), FOX Deportes (with 535,000) and via FOX Sports GO (244,490). That number is off from […]
The College Football Playoff lined up its slate of hosts from 2021-24, with Bill Hancock, Executive Director of the College Football Playoff, unveiling four more communities that will host the national championship games. In 2021, Miami-South Florida welcomes the game at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida. 2022 sees Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium play host, […]
With BlizzCon kicking off on Friday from Anaheim, Blizzard detailed activation plans for its roster of sponsors. In addition to partners Cisco, DXRacer, and Intel, brands hosting activities for attendees at booths around the show floor include: ASUS—serving up BlizzCon vending machines, fans can collect a special WoW coin, and enter giveaways for more than […]
With the ELEAGUE Injustice 2 World Championship presented by PS4 underway, the title continues to serve up audiences for a battle of DC icons (plus a few others) and $250,000 at stake. Live TBS coverage continues Friday and wraps up on Nov. 10 at 10p with the championship round. The game, from Warner Bros. Interactive […]