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ESPNU To Broadcast HS Football Event Pairing State Champs Dec. 23

GEICO returns for the second year as title sponsor of the State Champions Bowl Series. For the third time since 2014, this unique event will allow high school football champions from different states to play against each other in post-season bowl games to be televised live on ESPNU. The games will also be ...

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Entercom Announces Minnesota Twins Return to WCCO

Entercom Communications (NYSE:ETM) has announced a fully-integrated radio partnership with The Minnesota Twins. Highlights of the partnership include the team’s return to its original radio broadcast partner, WCCO-AM 830, which aired games for the club’s first 46 seasons through 2006. The station will broadcast all Twins regular and postseason games ...

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WWE® Thanks America’s Armed Forces with 15th Annual Tribute to the Troops® Celebration

WWE (NYSE:WWE) today announced that the 15th annual WWE Tribute to the Troops event will be held on Tuesday, December 5 at Naval Base San Diego with a two-hour special airing Thursday, December 14 at 8/7C on USA Network. WWE began Tribute to the Troops in 2003 as a way to honor our servicemen and ...

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National Dog Show Presented By Purina® Set For 16th Annual Special On NBC Following Macy’s Parade

NBC’s Thanksgiving Day special, “The National Dog Show Presented by Purina®,” will crown one of America’s great purebreds as its 2017 champion on Thanksgiving Day, bringing canine competition and family entertainment to America’s viewers for the 16th year. The holiday special (noon-2 p.m. in all time zones) follows the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade® on NBC and ...

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NBCSN, CNBC & USA Network To Carry More Than 450 Hours Of PyeongChang Winter Olympics Coverage

NBC Olympics will again utilize fully-distributed NBCUniversal cable channels NBCSN, CNBC, and USA Network to televise more than 450 hours of coverage of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games this February from PyeongChang, South Korea. NBCSN will serve as the cable home of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, televising 368.5 hours of coverage, including 10 days of ...

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How Many People Will Watch A Rugby Match Online? Millions.

We keep hearing more and more about how niche sports are engaging better than traditional team sports in the digital space. lacrosse has grown its audience and now it looks like rugby is as well. United World Sports, the owner and operator of the largest annual rugby events in the ...

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DraftKings Takes First Step In Offering Digital Streaming of Live Sports

DraftKings, Inc. announced today it is testing the waters in the streaming of live sports through an expanded partnership with EuroLeague Basketball. Customers will be able to stream select Turkish Airlines EuroLeague basketball games directly through their DraftKings mobile app and seamlessly toggle between fantasy contests and live content. This ...

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MLB Network’s Offseason Coverage Begins Today

Following the Houston Astros’ first-ever World Series championship, MLB Network will  shift to its offseason coverage today with the return of the weekday morning show Hot Stove presented by Dove Men+Care at 9:00 a.m. ET, hosted by Matt Vasgersian, Harold Reynolds, Lauren Shehadi and Ken Rosenthal. Monday also marks the first of several ...

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RIDE TV Gallops On To Sling TV

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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Sportsfix Streams Live and OnDemand Sports Across Asia Powered by Brightcove Video Platform

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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