DraftKings Signs NHL, Turner Sports Deals as Hockey Season Starts
DraftKings is deepening its relationship with the NHL as the league drops the puck on a new season—with new U.S. TV partners. The Boston-based gaming operator announced…
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Amazon Platform May Be Best Fit for U.S. Soccer Broadcast Rights
A recent report from Futbol with Grant Wahl indicated that CBS Sports, Turner Sports and Amazon are the favorites to win U.S. Soccer’s English-language broadcast rights…
Turner’s ‘The Match’ Returns with Mickelson, Brady, DeChambeau and Rodgers
Turner Sports is bringing back its golf exhibition franchise The Match, this time with recent PGA Championship winner Phil Mickelson, 2020 U.S. Open winner Bryson…
Discovery-WarnerMedia Deal Could Change the Sports Streaming Game
The media industry’s enthusiasm for vertical integration seems to be in its dying throes, as Monday’s announcement that AT&T plans to spin off its WarnerMedia unit and…
NHL Deal Gives Turner Six Months to Develop TV Plan
The NHL and Turner Sports on Tuesday made their union official, as both parties announced they had reached a seven-year deal for what is widely referred to as the league…
Blowout Sinks NCAA Ratings, But $900M in Ad Sales on Par With 2019
In running away with the NCAA title game practically from the jump, the Baylor Bears routed the once-undefeated Gonzaga Bulldogs by 16 points Monday night, and in so…
No Duke? No Problem: CBS, Turner Sports Sell Out March Madness
A year after the coronavirus pandemic wiped out what is arguably the greatest three weeks on the sports calendar, advertisers have scrambled back to assume their…
NBA All-Star Game Slumps to a New Ratings Low as Sports TV Woes Continue
The NBA All-Star Game is the latest sports-TV franchise to take its ratings lumps, as Sunday’s cable telecast marked the lowest turnout in the history of the…
Turner Sells Out NBA All-Star Game Ads Despite Player Indifference
LeBron James may not be particularly psyched for this year’s ad hoc NBA All-Star Game, but despite the reservations of the league’s top player and the ongoing…
Turnovers at Bleacher Report, HBO Max Strategy Spark Questions about WarnerMedia’s Plans for Live Sports
It was recently announced that Sam Toles (chief content officer), Alex Vargas (chief operations officer) and Miguel DeAvila (SVP of engineering) are all leaving Bleacher…
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Barkley Replaces Tiger While Steph Curry Joins The Match 3 as Turner Tees Up Golf in November
Turner Sports has rounded up a foursome for its third incarnation of The Match, a charity golf event the programmer first introduced back in 2018. Teeing off on Friday…
Turner Sports Divvies Up Sports Betting Rights Between DraftKings, FanDuel
DraftKings is partnering with Turner Sports on a new multi-year deal that, among other immediate rights, puts it in position to be featured on NCAA tournament broadcasts…
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