Turner Sports
O’Neal signs multi-year extension with WarnerMedia in expanded role
Turner Sports parent WarnerMedia has resigned Shaquille O’Neal to a multi-year contract extension, keeping the popular broadcaster with the company’s stable of networks in a significantly expanded rol…
CBS acquires Uefa Champions League rights two years early after Turner opts out of deal
CBS has picked up the English-language rights to the Uefa Champions League in the United States two years early after current rights-holder Turner Sports called time on its deal
MLB nears media rights extension with Turner Sports
Major League Baseball is closing in on a seven-year media rights extension with WarnerMedia’s Turner Sports that would be worth in excess of $3.5bn, according to industry sources.
CNN to show Woods-Mickelson rematch as Sky talks ‘break down’
News-based channel CNN International will provide global coverage of this Sunday’s charity golf match between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, which will be shown in the US by Turner Sports.
Turner and Fox make April payment for Argentinian Superliga rights
Fox Sports and Turner Broadcasting, the US-headquartered domestic rights-holders of the Argentinian Superliga, have paid their instalments for April
Fox and Turner waive subscriber fees for Argentinian Superliga coverage
Fox Sports and Turner Broadcasting, the US-headquartered pay-television broadcasters and rights-holders of the Argentinian Superliga, have pledged to void subscribers’ April payments for its football p…
Turner to review Superliga broadcast in wake of president’s FTA plea
Pay-television broadcaster Turner has consulted with its Argentinian arm to decide how best to respond to calls from the country’s president for top-tier Superliga football matches to be broadcast on f…
NBA All-Star Game TV ratings rise eight per cent following format change
The format change of the National Basketball Association All-Star Game has proven a hit with fans, with TV ratings for this year's event at Chicago's United Center averaging 7
TNT to broadcast NBA All-Star Game’s fourth quarter commercial-free
TNT has announced it will broadcast the untimed fourth quarter of this weekend's National Basketball Association All-Star Game, which will honor the late Kobe Bryant, commercial-free for the first time
NBA extends content partnership with Twitter, Turner Sports
The National Basketball Association has announced a multi-year extension of its live content and highlights partnership with Twitter and Turner Sports
TBS to showcase Fifa 20 content through ELeague tie-up
US media company Turner Sports’ ELeague esports property has agreed a wide-ranging tournament and content distribution deal with Electronic Arts focusing on the games developer’s Fifa 20 football title.
USA, UK and Germany among Team’s first markets for Uefa club competitions
An invitation to submit offers (ISO) will soon be launched in the US market for rights to the Uefa Champions League, the Europa League and the new third-tier Europa Conference League covering the 2021-22…
Liverpool FC expands content partnership with Turner Sports
Liverpool FC has extended its partnership with Turner Sports, in which exclusive content from in-house channel LCTV will be distributed in the United States via Turner's sports streaming service B/R Live
Tottenham signs US streaming deal with B/R Live
English Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur has reached an agreement for Turner Sports-operated streaming service B/R Live to carry exclusive Spurs TV programming in the US
Liverpool FC partners with Turner Sports for US summer tour
Liverpool FC has signed a media-rights partnership with Turner Sports for the club's tour of the United States later this month
B/R Live to air Women’s Champions League final in US
For first time ever, the Uefa Women's Champions League Final will be aired live in the United States
NCAA March Madness scores improved ratings on 2018
Monday's NCAA Tournament Championship Game earned a 12.4 overnight rating on free-to-air CBS, up about 20 per cent on last year's final, broadcast on cable channels TBS, TNT and truTV
Jeff Zucker to manage Turner Sports
The AT&T-Time Warner merger fallout could see a shift in the leadership of Turner Sports. Jeff Zucker, president of CNN is being tapped to add the merged AT&T's sports programming to his management portfolio