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Sports Media Pod: Masters tees off, LPGA, UFC 300

Unpacks Newsletter - 04/10/2024 | Morning Buzz - 04/10/2024

On this week’s pod, SBJ’s Austin Karp chats with our Big Get, Matt Barrie of ESPN as the Masters gets underway. Also on the show, Octagon’s William Mao breaks down the trends that he is keeping an eye on. The LPGA is looking to build...

TNT Sports to air WNBA games in U.K., Ireland

Closing Bell - 04/09/2024

TNT Sports and the WNBA have reached a multiyear deal to air WNBA games in the U.K. and Ireland, "re-affirming TNT Sports' commitment to women’s sport and strengthening its basketball offering." Fans will be able to watch at least 16 regular-season WNBA games each season...

Inside CBS Sports' FAST strategy and how they're utilizing the cloud for productions

Power Up Newsletter - 04/10/2024

STAMFORD, Conn. — CBS Sports' Studio CTO1 looks spacious, modern and well suited for soccer coverage. Wide expanses of LED screens flank the walls with live views of UEFA Champions League pitches. On this particular day, crests for Arsenal and FC Porto adorn a pair of screens...

Men’s NCAA title game lower than women, but tourney still sees year-over-year growth

Morning Buzz - 04/10/2024 | College Newsletter - 04/09/2024

Even with the second-lowest audience on record for a men’s championship game, the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament finished with a 3% viewership uptick this year as more well-known teams made deeper runs. UConn’s title win on Monday over Purdue delivered 14.82 million viewers for TBS, truTV and TNT,...

NCAA men's Final Four up 4%, outdraws women’s semis doubleheader

Daily - 04/09/2024

The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Semifinals on Saturday night averaged 12.8 million viewers across TNT, TBS and truTV, up 4% from the Final Four doubleheader last year on CBS. The men’s doubleheader also topped the 11 million viewers that the women’s doubleheader averaged on ESPN/ESPN2...

Dude Perfect scores $100M investment from Highmount

Daily - 04/09/2024 | Morning Buzz - 04/09/2024 | Daily - 04/09/2024

YouTube group Dude Perfect has secured a nine-figure investment from Highmount Capital in "a play to build out their business in new areas, and to expand their core programming." A source pegged the value of the investment at greater than $100M. In addition to expanding...

ESPN's studio, eye-popping TV numbers, Jason Sudeikis among highlights from women's Final Four

Unpacks Newsletter - 04/09/2024 | Media Newsletter - 04/08/2024

Caitlin Clark thought Sunday’s championship game on ABC could bring in 15 million viewers. It did that, and more. SBJ was standing with ESPN PR folks on the ground in Cleveland on Saturday when Friday’s then-record-breaking numbers came in. The general response? “Oh my god.” ...

South Carolina-Iowa title game sets women's hoops record, brings NFL-level audience

Morning Buzz - 04/09/2024 | Media Newsletter - 04/08/2024

The audience for the South Carolina-Iowa NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship climbed into football-esque territory on Sunday afternoon, with ABC/ESPN averaging 18.9 million viewers for the title game. That’s easily a record for any women’s hoops game (and the third straight time an Iowa women’s game with Caitlin Clark...

Media consultants dish on improving the golf TV product

Media Newsletter - 04/08/2024

One consistent talking point in golf has been how the product will be improved with an influx of capital. When it comes to improving the product, much has been discussed about potential changes on TV or via other viewing platforms. SBJ caught up with a pair of media...

NFL+ adds live fantasy-reaction pod for Draft

Morning Buzz - 04/09/2024

NFL Media for the first time will have a live fantasy football reaction show around the NFL Draft. The league has partnered with the independent podcast “The Fantasy Footballers” to create “The Fantasy Footballers Draft Special,” which will stream exclusively on NFL+ after the first round next Thursday night....

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Sports Media Pod: Masters tees off, LPGA, UFC 300

TNT Sports to air WNBA games in U.K., Ireland

Inside CBS Sports' FAST strategy and how they're utilizing the cloud for productions

Men’s NCAA title game lower than women, but tourney still sees year-over-year growth

NCAA men's Final Four up 4%, outdraws women’s semis doubleheader

Dude Perfect scores $100M investment from Highmount

ESPN's studio, eye-popping TV numbers, Jason Sudeikis among highlights from women's Final Four

South Carolina-Iowa title game sets women's hoops record, brings NFL-level audience

Media consultants dish on improving the golf TV product

NFL+ adds live fantasy-reaction pod for Draft

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