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Home Team Sports comes out swinging

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Baseball is back and Home Team Sports is once again serving up partnership opportunities with RSNs throughout the country, with the sales unit of FOX Sports offering advertisers “build-your-own”, scalable branding opportunities for TV, mobile, and digital media sponsorships for all MLB home teams in the U.S., reaching every DMA across the country. Cynopsis Sports […]

Final Four teams lift viewership

The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament continues to deliver upticks in audiences for CBS and Turner Sports. Friday’s regional semifinal action saw a 27% lift in metered market rating, hitting an 8.5/17. Tournament to date, through Friday, sees the event average a 6.6/15 to tie for the second highest in 29 years. NCAA March Madness Live […]

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Animal ER Live set to launch on back-to-back nights

Animal ER Live

Nat Geo WILD’s Animal ER Live launches on back-to-back nights, this Saturday and Sunday. What to expect? “The raw emotion we’ve encountered in live tests alone for Animal ER Live between animals in need of medical care and their owners has been palpable and incredibly moving,” Big Fish Entertainment President and show EP, Dan Cesareo […]

A+E Upfront draws impressive crew

The A+E Networks upfronts turned on the power, showcasing celebrities from President George W. Bush to Sylvester Stallone and Garth Brooks as it laid out its plans for History, A&E and Lifetime. In addition, the company flagged several upcoming initiatives, including podcasts, speaking series and a three-day HistoryCon event. Among the announcements:A&E will air a […]

NHL Gambles on William Hill

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The NHL landed their third partner in the gambling space, announcing William Hill US, an “Official Sports Betting Partner. “This new partnership is yet another example of the innovative yet practical approach our League is taking with the emerging sports gaming industry,” said NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman. “We continue to work directly with stakeholders to […]

The NBA heads to Paris

The NBA and beIN SPORTS, the official broadcast partner of the NBA in France, announced that the Charlotte Hornets and the Milwaukee Bucks will play in the NBA’s first regular-season game in Paris on Friday, January 24, 2020 at the AccorHotels Arena. It’s an expansion of the NBA’s European schedule, which has seen growth around […]

Candace Bushnell’s Sex in the City gets a follow-up

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Sex and the City is getting a follow-up. Paramount Television and Anonymous Content have landed the rights to author Candace Bushnell’s upcoming book, Is There Still Sex in the City?, exploring love, dating and friendship in NYC after 50, and will develop it for TV. Bushnell will write the pilot script and serve as EP […]

Game of Thrones doc to follow finale

Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones fans have something to look forward to after the drama’s final bow: Game of Thrones: The Last Watch, a two-hour documentary that goes behind the scenes of the show’s eighth and last season. Project hails from British filmmaker Jeanie Finlay (Seahorse, Orion: The Man Who Would Be King) and airs Sunday, May […]

The American Expands With ESPN

The American Expands With ESPN

ESPN and the American Athletic Conference made it official, reaching a 12-year extension for the conference’s global media rights that strengthens the conference’s extensive existing presence on ESPN’s television networks and adds thousands of events on ESPN+, the direct-to-consumer sports streaming service, through 2031-32. The extension begins with the 2020-21 academic year. Beginning in 2020-21, […]

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