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CBS Sports

Super Bowl LIII capped a big year for CBS, which reached a long-term extension for the PGA Championship, Navy football and Conference USA. There were also solid audience gains for the NFL, golf and SEC football and the launch of the streaming service CBS Sports HQ.

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ESPN

The network successfully launched ESPN+ and acquired a host of properties and new programming for the service. ESPN saw gains for “Monday Night Football,” U.S. Open Tennis Championships, MLB and NBA regular season and Finals, and acquired rights for key properties including the PGA Championship and the UFC.

Fox sports

Fox Sports

Big moves over the last year helped position Fox Sports as a leader for live event rights. Added to the portfolio were “Thursday Night Football,” the PBA and WWE. An early long-term extension with MLB was also struck, while Fox went to Russia for its first FIFA World Cup.

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NBC Sports Group

NBC continued to generate large audiences for its key properties, including “Sunday Night Football,” the NHL, Triple Crown horse racing, Notre Dame football, the Premier League and the PGA Tour. The network also set a Winter Games record with $920 million in ad sales for the Pyeongchang Olympics. 

Turner Sports

Turner Sports

As its “Inside the NBA” continues to be a leader for all studio shows, Turner took on new ventures with the UEFA Champions League, enhancements for NBA League Pass and content for B/R Live. Turner also continues strong work with properties such as March Madness, ELeague and MLB’s postseason.


 

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

NFL meeting preview; MLB's opening week ad effort and remembering Peter Angelos.

Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

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