Seen on Screen: NBA Digital Covers Draft With Extensive Multi-screen Coverage; NBCSN Premieres ‘NASCAR America’
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NBA Digital provided extensive multi-screen coverage leading up to and following 2016 NBA Draft presented by State Farm at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Thursday, June 23. NBA TV’s live and original programming – also featured across NBA.com and the NBA App – will provide in-depth content offerings with expert analysis and behind-the-scenes access as well as close looks at the top prospects for the upcoming draft. The revamped NBA TV Draft HQ 2016 will feature interviews and game breakdowns with five standout prospects – LSU’s Ben Simmons, Duke’s Brandon Ingram, Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield, Cal’s Jaylen Brown and Michigan State’s Denzel Valentine – on Tuesday, June 21, at 9:00 p.m. ET…
…NBCSN’s weekday show, NASCAR America, premiered at its new time, 6 p.m. ET, June 13. As NASCAR heads into its off week, NBC Sports Group stands just over two weeks away from its 2016 debut of live NASCAR Sprint Cup and XFINITY series racing, set to unfold over Independence Day weekend. Celebrations from Daytona International Speedway begin Friday, July 1, with the XFINITY Series Subway Firecracker 250 at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, and are highlighted by the Coke Zero 400 on Saturday, July 2nd at 7:45 p.m. ET on NBC…
… ESPN has announced the next three matchups in its summer dates of Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN (PBC on ESPN) presented by Corona Extra. All PBC on ESPN events will air on ESPN and on ESPN Deportes, as part of the network’s Noche de Combates Spanish-language series. The next PBC on ESPN is scheduled for Saturday, July 2nd, followed by events on July 9 and July 15, all at 9 p.m. ET live on ESPN and ESPN Deportes…
… TSN deliverd exclusive live coverage of UFC FIGHT NIGHT: MACDONALD vs. THOMPSON on Saturday, June 18, at 10:30 p.m. ET on TSN4 and TSN5. UFC’s first-ever event in Ottawa is headlined by a main event featuring the welterweight #1 contender, Canadian Rory MacDonald, taking on five-time kickboxing world champion Stephen Thompson. TSN delivers seven consecutive hours of UFC coverage, priming fans for all the evening’s action with the UFC FIGHT NIGHT PRE-FIGHT SHOW, airing Saturday, June 18 at 7:30 p.m. ET on TSN5…
… Beginning Saturday, June 18, NBC and NBCSN will combine to present primetime coverage of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials during an unprecedented 20 of 23 nights in diving, swimming, gymnastics, and track and field. It all leads up to the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this August on the networks of NBCUniversal. NBC’s coverage of the finals begins Saturday, June 25, at 4:30 p.m. ET, and continues in primetime at 8 p.m. ET. Finals coverage on Sunday, June 26, begins at 4:30 p.m. ET, and continues at 7 p.m. ET…
… ESPN kicked off the 2016 Canadian Football League (CFL) regular season when the Toronto Argonauts host the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at the newly renovated BMO Field on Thursday, June 23, at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPNEWS. Opening weekend continues with two contests on ESPN2: the Winnipeg Blue Bombers host the Montreal Alouettes on Friday, June 24, at 8:30 p.m. and the BC Lions host the Calgary Stampeders on Saturday, June 25, at 10:00 p.m. Additionally, the defending Grey Cup Champion Edmonton Eskimos host the Ottawa REDBLACKS in a Grey Cup rematch on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. on ESPN3. Through a multi-year agreement with the CFL, ESPN television networks and ESPN3 have exclusive rights to present all regular season and postseason CFL games in the United States…
… Rob Gronkowski will be the face of “Crashletes,” introducing popular viral videos of sports bloopers. Gronkowski, the New England Patriots tight end, and co-hosts Stevie Nelson and Brandon Broady will provide in-depth analysis of viral sports bloopers, blunders and absurdities. “Crashletes” debuts at 7:00 p.m. on July 5 on Nickelodeon. New episodes of “Crashletes” will air at 7:00 p.m. on weekdays…
… SHOWTIME Sports continues its expansion of sports programming with a documentary film featuring projected No. 1 NBA Draft pick Ben Simmons. The network is collaborating with MAGGIEVISION Productions on the Simmons story and his journey to the NBA titled “ONE & DONE.” The production, led by executive producers Maura Mandt (There’s No Place Like Home, Of Miracles And Men), Dave Chamberlin and Josh Swade, has been underway for two years with exclusive, intimate access to the highly touted, 19-year-old power forward from Melbourne. The feature length film will premiere in October just prior to the start of Simmons’ rookie NBA season…
… Yahoo Sports’, through its ‘The Vertical’ site, will host its first-ever NBA Draft show online this Thursday. Expect the Yahoo NBA Draft show to break every pick before the official ESPN show on Thursday. The show will last from 7 p.m. ET through the last pick of the first round…
… Sky Sports and the English Football League (EFL) have teamed up to stream the EFL Cup first round draw live on Facebook using Facebook Live. The draw will be broadcast live from Sky Sports’ studio and streamed on the official EFL Cup Facebook page, as well as shared to the Sky Sports Facebook page. This marks the first time a major football cup draw has been streamed as a Facebook Live event…
… Broadcaster FOX Sports has partnered with Japanese car manufacturer Lexus and tech company NextVR, to provide fans with an innovative viewing experience of the 116th U.S. Open golf tournament. The offering includes 360-degree views of the tee and greens at holes 9, 17 and 18. It is also possible to watch pre-produced features of each hole and players on the practice range each morning, with the capability of moving between holes 10 and 12. FOX Sports has included aerial drones in their technological offerings, giving viewers the option to watch the different courses. The aerial drones will show the daily changes in hole locations with graphics on-screen along with challenges occurring to players. Selected tees at the golf tournament will have shot tracers measuring data such as club speed, ball speed, launch angle and spin rate of the ball. New to this year’s technology is the addition of radio-frequency mobile rangefinders providing precise yardages of shots…
… NBC Olympics will hit the beach for its coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, setting up both an indoor and outdoor studio on Copacabana Beach for its daytime and late night coverage. There will also be hi-def video monitors to showcase highlights from the events. The sets will feature panoramic views of the beach, Sugarloaf Mountain and the Rio coastline. Ryan Seacrest will host NBC’s late night coverage of the games, while the hosts for NBC’s daytime coverage are expected to be announced soon. Bob Costas will serve as NBC’s primetime host for the 11th time from its studio in the International Broadcast Center.
