What if I told you that Fox Sports North’s annual outdoor production marvel, Hockey Day Minnesota — in Minneapolis this year, the 14th year as a marquee event on the RSN’s calendar — was nearly 50 degrees warmer than it was a year ago, and yet it was still nearly buried in snow with wind […] More
Ratings roundup is a rundown of rating news from the past week and is derived from press releases and reports around the industry. In this week’s edition, NFL Conference Championship games take a hit, NBA ratings see a bump in rocky season, and more. More
Respected investment firms The Raine Group and Causeway Media Partners, with backing provided by commercial finance firm MidCap Financial, have combined industry-leading Nitro Circus, Street League Skateboarding (SLS), and Superjacket Productions to create Thrill One Sports & Entertainment. Thrill One immediately becomes the world’s largest independent action-sports operator and media company, and former UFC and […] More
Music and sports have been intertwined since “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” was new on the charts in 1908. The recently concluded NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA, is focused squarely on the former but has more than a few implications for the latter when it comes to the sound systems that sports venues have […] More
Mark your calendars for SVG’s fifth-annual RSN Summit, which will be held June 16-17 at the W Chicago – City Center. This year, the RSN Summit returns to Chicago — a hotbed for regional sports action — and will once again address the needs of today’s regional sports network leaders and content creators. More
Across the pond, Sky Sports continues to live at the forefront of technological innovation. This year, its use of volumetric capture at such tournaments as the 148th Open Championship is a VR application that will forever change the way video analysis is done. At the SVG Summit, Director of Digital Brandon Costa and Duncan East, head, […] More
The success of an industry falls ultimately to the ingenuity of its people, and the sports-broadcast industry exemplifies this. In 2020, the new technology and evolving expectations of sports viewers will be a catalyst for change, and broadcasters and rightsholders cannot remain static if they hope to grow and take their business forward during the […] More
FOX Sports hits the beach for its ninth Super Bowl presentation, offering more than 100 hours of programming on FOX, FS1 and FOX Deportes live from its sprawling South Beach studio location leading up to Super Bowl LIV. On Super Bowl Sunday, FOX televises more than seven hours of pregame programming from three separate locations […] More
LaLiga has announced that its new UK-based channel, LaLigaTV, is available from this week via Premier Sports’ channels on Sky TV, as a standalone offering on Sky TV, and it has now stated that it is also available as of this week on Virgin TV. More
Bringing fans and players together, the 85th NFL Draft will host various free events at iconic Las Vegas locations, April 23-25, 2020, the NFL announced today. The Draft comes to Las Vegas as the Raiders prepare to embark on their first season in the city and at Allegiant Stadium. The celebration – at the NFL […] More
