Ken Burns‘ two-part documentary on the life of Jackie Robinson is set to air on April 11-12 on PBS. From PBS.org: Jack Roosevelt Robinson rose from humble origins to cross baseball’s color line and become one of the most beloved men in America. A fierce integrationist, Robinson used his immense ...
Read More »World Tennis With Harry Cicma – Returns For 8th Season – Airing On National And International Television
“World Tennis with Harry Cicma” will return for an eighth season on National and International Television. The Series will premiere on June 1st, and consists of 12 Episodes, each airing twice for 12 consecutive weeks. This Season’s Broadcasts include exclusive interviews with Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Billie Jean ...
Read More »EPIX Serves Up Original Documentary ‘Serena’; Premier June 22
Premium TV network EPIX® announced today that the EPIX Original Documentary Serena, an intimate portrait of 4-time Olympic Gold Medalist and International sports icon Serena Williams, will make its World Television Premiere on EPIX on June 22, 2016 at 8pm ET/PT, 7C. The feature-length documentary provides viewers with unprecedented access ...
Read More »HITN Scores Programming Partnership to Add Weekly Sports to Its Lineup
Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network (HITN), the Pay TV network that offers educational content for U.S. Hispanic audiences, announced today its exclusive sports lineup will include two new shows, Gillette World Sports (GWS), and Football Review. Both shows will feature the latest in sports and world football (soccer) news. “With ...
Read More »TuneIn Partners with National Basketball Association to Broadcast Live Audio of NBA Games to Fans Worldwide
TuneIn, the world’s largest audio network, today announced a multiyear partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA), which will include live play-by-play of NBA preseason, regular season and postseason games in the United States beginning with the 2016-17 season on TuneIn Premium. The partnership will provide TuneIn Premium users with ...
Read More »Aaron Leads Off ‘Major League Legends’ Series On Smithsonian Channel
This will be worth locating Smithsonian Channel on your pay TV lineup, if somehow you haven’t already… “The Hammer of Hank Aaron” is the first in Smithsonian’s “Major League Legends” series, debuting this week. The documentary focuses on Aaron’s sometimes overlooked role in the early post-integration days of Major League ...
Read More »Live Spring Training baseball for 34 straight days begins Tuesday
Beginning tomorrow, MLB Network will feature live Spring Training baseball for 34 straight days and comprehensive coverage of every MLB camp with the return of 30 Clubs in 30 Days. MLB Network’s Spring Training game schedule features more than 200 games, beginning with the defending AL East champion Toronto Blue ...
Read More »Expanded Women’s Collegiate Championship Field & Live National TV Broadcast of Women’s Championship Final Enhance the 2016 Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship in Philadelphia
The Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship, the largest annual collegiate Rugby Sevens event in the world, today announced that the field for the 2016 Women’s Collegiate Championship will expand to 16 teams for the first time ever, and that the women’s championship final will be televised live nationally on NBC ...
Read More »2016 Six Nations Rugby Tournament Coverage Kicks off Exclusively on beIN SPORTS
beIN SPORTS announces the schedule for its exclusive coverage of the highly-anticipated 2016 Six Nations Rugby tournament, kicking off Saturday, February 6. The annual competition will be broadcast on both beIN SPORTS and beIN SPORTS CONNECT, the network’s streaming service, for U.S. and Canada audiences. Original programming designed to showcase ...
Read More »Red Bull Global Rallycross Returns to NBC and NBCSN in 2016
Red Bull Global Rallycross and NBC Sports Group are pleased to announce that Red Bull GRC coverage will once again return to NBC and NBCSN in 2016. For the second consecutive season, NBC will broadcast live coverage of all 2016 GRC Supercar races. In addition, NBCSN will telecast encore presentations ...
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