We are now LESS than 100 Days to the start of the Winter Olympics, so it is interesting to see as brands engage who are the athletes who are making the difference in their social space. Some casual fans are bemoaning the lack of NHL stars at the Games, but ...
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Ride Television Network, Inc., (RIDE TV) today announced the launch of RIDE TV on Sling TV. RIDE TV is now available to Sling Orange customers and Sling Blue customers who subscribe to “Heartland Extra,” which provides the best of outdoor sporting, rural lifestyle, and wholesome family entertainment. Today’s launch on ...
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Brightcove Inc. (NASDAQ: BCOV), the leading global provider of cloud services for video, today announced that Sportsfix, the new ASEAN sports-focused OTT platform, has selected the Brightcove Live platform to deliver premier live and VOD local sports content across the region. Launched in July 2017, SportsFix features mainly live but also ...
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WWE (NYSE: WWE) and SPORT TV, Portugal’s premier sports broadcaster, today announced a new multi-year agreement to broadcast WWE’s flagship programs Raw® and SmackDown®starting next Tuesday, October 31. SPORT TV channel SPORT.TV5 will offer complete versions of Raw andSmackDown, with Raw airing at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and SmackDownairing at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays. In addition, SPORT.TV+ will ...
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What if God and the Devil were to draft their own major league baseball teams with the greatest players, living and dead, and the fate of mankind was contingent on whose team won? The Celestial Baseball Association (CBA) plans to take that storyline and ‘knock it out the park’ with the announcement ...
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Eight of the National Pastime’s most recognizable and honored voices have been named as the finalists for the 2018 Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually for excellence in baseball broadcasting by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The eight finalists for the 2018 Frick Award are: Buddy Blattner, Joe ...
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As we get more and more into the business of disruption in media, two companies hell bent on figuring out the disruptive model for properties big and small are forming a partnership that will be able to deliver custom, snackable bites of content to you anywhere any time, almost in ...
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The inventors of the Human Bobber line of multipurpose personal flotation devices will make their national television debut Sunday at 9 p.m. ET/PT on ABC’s Shark Tank. Florida-based Justin Rietema, 34, and Doug Schultz, 38, will pitch the Sharks on the Bottoms Up, a dual-purpose life vest that can be ...
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On Wednesday night, the Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF)—the leading authority on the participation of women and girls in athletics — hosted the biggest night in women’s sports at its 38thAnnual Salute to Women in Sports awards gala at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. WSF Founder Billie Jean King and WSF President Grete Eliassen were among ...
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This past weekend, hundreds of action sports influencers, tastemakers, adventure seekers, executives, content creators and entertainment personalities gathered in Culver City to celebrate the official launch of EDGEtv’s adventure lifestyle entertainment network. Now available on over 20 million devices, EDGEtv set their sights on expanding their reach to over 5 ...
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