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NHL, TNT, Warner Bros. team for animated alt-cast

Closing Bell - 04/12/2024
The NHL on Sunday is joining forces with TNT Sports and Warner Bros. Games for the "MultiVersus NHL Face-Off" alternate broadcast of Avalanche-Golden Knights on TruTV and Max’s B/R Sports Add-on at 3:30pm ET. Warner Bros. Discovery characters, including Bugs Bunny, Batman, Wonder Woman and Shaggy will "play alongside...

Staidium signs five-year media rights agreement with Legacy VTC

Staidium , a subsidiary of MLS Innovation Lab participant Sporttotal, has reached a five-year media rights agreement for Legacy VTC , a large volleyball-specific venue in Missouri, to stream competitions on its eight competitive courts. The automated broadcasts, which features an AI-powered camera system, and...

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Daily - 04/12/2024
In London, Kit Shepard reported the Women's Super League has "settled for a new one-year TV deal with Sky and the BBC after failing to convince buyers to meet its valuation.” The organization NewCo will take control of the WSL and Women’s Championship for the FA this summer, so...

Report: Sunday morning MLB may leave Peacock

Morning Buzz - 04/12/2024
MLB expects to continue Sunday morning games, which have been airing on Peacock, "with a new service," according to an executive. The executive said that the league and an unnamed platform are "closing in on an agreement, which would begin this season." Last year, Peacock’s 19-game schedule began on...

NASCAR to start media deal with CW a year early

Closing Bell - 04/11/2024
The CW Network will begin its broadcast of NASCAR Xfinity Series "a year earlier than scheduled" as it "will now broadcast the final eight races of the 2024 season." The deal is expected to be signed today and an official announcement of the change -- expected later this afternoon...

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Daily - 04/11/2024
Fox Sports' Mike Mulvihill breaks down some of the demos around the two NCAA basketball title games and notes the women’s final beat the men’s final in females 12-17 (+202%), boys 2-11 (+108%), girls 2-11 (+97%) and women 65+ (+81%). The men’s final beat the women’s in men...

PSG, Barca boycott interviews after racist comment

Morning Buzz - 04/11/2024
Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain "boycotted interviews" with Spanish broadcaster Movistar after yesterday's UEFA Champions League quarterfinal following a "racist comment made by one of the on-air analysts." Germán "Mono" Burgos was responsible for the remark, which was made about the Barça F Lamine Yamal . Movistar...
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I think our fans would like more, and we're probably in that same boat, but we're working with the powers that be with the league and all that stuff to get to where we could get.

-- Texans owner Cal McNair, on the team wanting to use more "H-Town Blue" in their new uniforms but being limited by the NFL and the Titans. HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 4/23.
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