Lucasfilm confirmed that the new trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi will debut on ESPN’s Monday Night Football on Monday, October 9, during halftime of the National Football League (NFL) game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Chicago Bears in Chicago. The game starts at 5:15 p.m. PDT/8:15 p.m. EDT. You can watch two short teaser clips below. Following […]
Pro Football Hall of Fame member (writers wing), John “The Professor” Clayton will no longer be part of the ESPN family. He is another victim of the on air layoffs at ESPN. Clayton has been a senior NFL writer and commentator for 23 years at ESPN. NFL Coverage People Part of the ESPN Layoffs: Trent […]
Disney-owned sports network ESPN is trying something more radical with its schedule tweeks: Swapping two hours of the venerable SportsCenter program for Stephen A. Smith’s “First Take.” ESPN said Friday it would exchange the two hours of “SportsCenter” that currently air on ESPN for the Smith program, which also features Max Kellerman and Molly Qerim. […]
Skip Bayless, the ESPN host best known for his tenure on ESPN2’s “First Take,” will leave the Walt Disney-owned sports network at the end of August, the cable outlet said in a statement. He is the latest in a spate of popular faces to leave the network in recent months. “Skip Bayless has decided to […]
Intel Corporation today showcased the vast power of technology to deliver new and amazing experiences throughout daily life. From the digitization of sports, to advances in health and wellness, to unleashing human creativity through music, art, robotics and invention, the company announced a number of collaborations, products and innovative technologies that make the amazing possible. […]
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ESPN said it has removed all its content from YouTube following the announcement of YouTube Red, a for-pay subscription service that allows ad-free viewing. ESPN’s YouTube channel is now devoid of videos. “ESPN is not currently part of the Red service. Content previously available on the free YouTube service will be available across ESPN digital […]
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Comcast is in talks with media conglomerates and audience-measurement firms about licensing the viewer data on its set-tops, according to the Wall Street Journal. The paper said Comcast is talking to Walt Disney Company’s ESPN, Time Warner Inc.’s Turner Broadcasting and Discovery Communications about packaging the MSO’s viewer data into “dashboards” that could be used […]
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ESPN has started the process of laying off nearly 300 staffers as the company evaluates its “continued strategic evolution” in a changing TV landscape. ESPN chief John Skipper told employees in a memo that the Disney-owned sports powerhouse was implementing a reorganization designed to “ensure we’re in position to make the most of new opportunities […]
The broadcast networks were off and running as they kicked off another season on Monday, with NBC dominating behind “The Voice” and a hot start for “The Blindspot,” which topped the combined demo scores of veteran timeslot competitors “Castle” and “NCIS: Los Angeles.” CBS had the night’s top show in “The Big Bang Theory,” and […]
With some brand new graphics featuring Howard Cosell and a blazing tribute to Frank Gifford, ESPN’s Monday Night Football took the field for the 2015-16 season last night. And it was a mixed result with Game 1 steady with 2014 and Game 2 surging over last year. With a great showing by Julio Jones, the […]