Attention-seeking LaVar Ball has succeeded in dominating the headlines as his three sons have become rising basketball stars in Southern California. The Balls have all the makings of a reality show, and they’re actually set to have one air on Facebook. Ball in the Family, a documentary series that takes viewers behind the scenes with […]
Stadium, the new multi-platform sports network formed by Campus Insiders, 120 Sports and The American Sports Network, has partnered with Facebook to broadcast an exclusive package of 15 college football games live this season. The lineup of games that includes nine Conference USA games and six from the Mountain West Conference will be custom-produced for a […]
Facebook has announced that it will introduce Watch, a new platform for users to watch shows consisting of episodes with live or recorded content. For some television viewers, that will mean the addition of yet another alternative place where they can find sports content. Watch will have plenty of live sports and sports-related video on-demand […]
CBS isn’t too worried about competition from digital media companies such as Amazon, Facebook, Google and Twitter when it comes to vying for future sports rights, even as sports streaming continues to grow in popularity and rights continue to pour into Silicon Valley. On a call with analysts following the company’s second-quarter earnings report late […]
As another weak quarterly earnings report sends Twitter’s stock plunging, the company is attempting to assuage investor fears by playing up its 24/7 sports coverage as a last-ditch effort to grow its user base following the loss of Thursday Night Football to Amazon. Twitter reported 328 million monthly active users for the second quarter, flat […]
