Roughly one week into the 2018 Major League Baseball season, Twitter has announced a renewed deal with the league to livestream a game per week on its social media platform.
ESPN said it would make available hundreds of hours of professional and college sports, its library of programming and even rugby and cricket matches on its new ESPN+ streaming service, which it intends to launch April 12 at a price of $4.99 per month.
The price of the Carolina Panthers has reached $2.5 billion, according to people familiar with bids for the NFL team, which would set a record for a U.S. professional sports franchise.
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Beginning in 2019, the Indianapolis 500 race will be broadcast on NBC after 54 years on ABC as part of a new multi-year media rights deal between IndyCar and NBC Sports Group.
WWJ Promos Descend Into March Madness
The Alliance of American Football, founded by Charlie Ebersol and ex-NFL exec Bill Polian, will launch in 2019, a year ahead of Vince McMahon’s competitor XFL
Professional bowling is changing lanes: The Professional Bowlers Association will move its matches and games to the 21st Century Fox-owned network, ending a decades-long alliance it has enjoyed with ESPN, and a shorter-term relationship it has with CBS Sports Network. In doing so, the PBA will establish a new presence for the sport on broadcast television.
Vizrt is offering a new tool for broadcast studio: Viz Libero AR. Just in time for the World Cup, Viz Libero AR combines the analysis power of Viz Libero with […]
The former ESPN chief goes public in an interview about the real reason behind his abrupt departure from Disney after 27 years, a confession to Bob Iger and his hope to work in sports media again.
The American team’s collapse that keeps it out of the FIFA World Cup elevates the Mexican national team for both networks and intensifies the competition for the 21 million bilingual viewers in the U.S.
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — ESPN says Sean McDonough is moving off “Monday Night Football” and back to calling college football games for the network. McDonough had been calling the Monday […]
ESPN has agreed to use the Veritone artificial intelligence platform to capture, monitor and measure ESPN’s sports talk programming and live coverage. The AI platform also will be used for television and podcasts and will provide real-time transparency, verification and analytics for ad campaigns.
ESPN is dealing with a declining subscriber base and paying higher rights fees. A host of digital competitors are waiting in the wings to get some of its rights. It’s launching a direct-to-consumer service later this spring. But multiple sources point to ESPN’s fraying relationship with the NFL as the top priority for new ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro. Pitaro considers the NFL relationship a priority and already has met with league executives in his first few days on the job.
The games will be available to Facebook users in the U.S. on Facebook Watch, the company’s video feature announced last August, via the MLB Live show page. Facebook said Friday that recorded broadcasts will also be available globally, excluding select international markets.
Sports-first, live streaming TV service fuboTV continues to add stations. With this week’s addition of another six, FuboTV now has a total of 227 stations on its platform (including CBS, Fox and NBC O&Os), plus access […]
A CBS spokeswoman said Lundquist had back surgery last fall and decided to pass on doing this year’s men’s college basketball tournament. Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery and Grant Hill will continue to announce the Final Four and championship game.
A former analyst at ESPN has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit, claiming anchor John Buccigross repeatedly made unwanted sexual advances toward her. Adrienne Lawrence says she was terminated after complaining about his behavior and that of other men at ESPN.
Walt Disney Co. today named James Pitaro president of ESPN, tapping its consumer products chief to lead the struggling but profitable sports business into a new era of video streaming.
WNYW’s ‘Sports Xtra’ Evolves With Tina Cervasio
The NFL announced a multiyear marketing deal with Pizza Hut today, one day after the league and Papa John’s said that they mutually agreed to cut ties.
CBS Sports HQ is available on CBSSports.com; the CBS Sports app for key connected TV devices including Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV and Roku; the CBS Sports mobile app for iOS and Android; CBSN and the CBS All Access subscription service.
KTLA To Broadcast Five L.A. Dodgers Games
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) — AJ Mleczko understands there is not a lot of women’s hockey on television outside the Olympics. Mleczko took home Olympic gold with the U.S. in […]
The NBA continues to buck the television ratings trend, with both national and local viewership showing impressive gains as the league headed into the All-Star break. Nationally, NBA games on ABC, ESPN, NBA TV and TNT are showing double-digit viewership increases. The combined 15% jump puts the league’s TV viewership at its best mark heading into All-Star weekend since the 2012-13 season.
Fox Sports unveiled its game plan and official TV schedule for its coverage of the 2018 World Cup this summer in Russia. Despite not having the U.S. team in the mix this year — nor world powers Italy and the Netherlands, for that matter — Fox said it will air 38 games live on the broadcast network, more than the previous four World Cups combined and the most ever for an English-language network.
