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Wayne Gretzky Joining Turner Sports NHL Coverage, Spurns ESPN
Wednesday, May 26, 2021 - 2:25pm | 572The (arguably) greatest NHL player of all time will be the centerpiece of new coverage for Turner Sports next season. What Happened: Wayne Gretzky, who played 21 seasons in the NHL, is joining Turner Sports in a multi-year deal to provide studio analysis for NHL games starting in 2021-2022. Turner...
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WWE Shifts NXT To Tuesday Night, Broadening Pro Wrestling's Weekly TV Grip
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - 12:27pm | 546World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) confirmed it's bringing weekly wrestling content to yet another night of the week. What Happened? WWE announced a multi-year content deal extension for its NXT brand with Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) subsidiary USA Network. As part of...
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Media Analyst: NBA Could Be As Popular As The NFL In 10 Years
Friday, April 20, 2018 - 9:52am | 906The NBA just posted its most watched season in four years. With the playoffs underway, ratings are as healthy as ever, posting the best Saturday playoff opener in five years. If the expected matchup between the Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets comes to fruition, one media consultant...
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TNT Hopes To Be A Comeback Story This Season; NBA Opening Night Ratings Up 46%
Wednesday, October 18, 2017 - 1:57pm | 404At last season’s close, NBA broadcasters sulked to the bus, heads down, defeated. Across Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)’s ABC and ESPN, NBA TV and Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX)’s TNT, the league’s regular-season average viewership had fallen 6 percent year-over-year. TNT, in...
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Can FedEx Investors Overlook Cyberattack-Related Miss And See A Silver Lining?
Wednesday, September 20, 2017 - 11:10am | 526FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX)'s fiscal first quarter earnings report initially sent the stock lower by 4 percent as the company acknowledged it was negatively impacted by a cyberattack in its TNT unit. However, the stock recovered those after-hours losses and was up more than 2 percent...
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Why Upside On FedEx's Acquisitions Is More Important Than Q3 Miss
Wednesday, March 22, 2017 - 12:26pm | 334Despite a notable third quarter earnings miss, shares of FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) were trading higher Wednesday and analysts at UBS may have the reason why. Thomas Wadewitz commented in a research report FedEx earned $2.35 per share in the third quarter, which fell "significantly"...
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The Stars Align For Turner And 'Star Wars'
Friday, September 16, 2016 - 8:59am | 512Turner does it again. The broadcasting company, which owns TNT and TBS, struck a deal with Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) for rights to show a total of 10 "Star Wars" movies. Movies include three to-be-released films, five of the six past films, the recent "Star Wars: The Force Awakes," which just...
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FedEx May Be In For Another Transitional Year
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - 3:30pm | 473Bernstein said FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) may be in for another transitional year following a mixed bag of results and outlook. The global package delivery company's fourth-quarter adjusted EPS and sales topped the Street's view as more consumers shopped online. But, the mid-point of its fiscal...
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Hulu Walks On Eggshells With Advertisers, Consumers
Tuesday, June 7, 2016 - 10:50am | 405Does anyone still watch commercials? Not really, but advertisers aren't particularly worried, as they can still integrate products into TV shows. As an example, Hulu's streaming video format is ad-supported, but the company recently introduced an ad-free subscription tier. For marketers, this means...
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CBS And Turner Expand Pact For NCAA Tournament
Thursday, April 14, 2016 - 8:25am | 259The NCAA tournament is staying put – for a long (long) time to come. Just over a week after Villanova was crowned this year's winner of March Madness, the network that aired the game and its partner have extended their deal for broadcast rights to the tournament through 2032. Turner Networks...
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Turner Networks Score With 'Final Four' Championship Game Ratings
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 - 8:37am | 255History was made Monday night as the NCAA Final Four Championship game aired on cable…and people tuned into watch. The game, which literally came down to the buzzer, was viewed by 17.8 million people across three of Turner's (Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX)) cable networks – TNT, TBS and TruTV....
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Time Warner Says It's More Than Just HBO
Thursday, March 17, 2016 - 3:40pm | 289John Martin, CEO of Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX)'s Turner Broadcasting, addressed a New York town hall on Wednesday, and looked into the company’s TV assets, which not only include HBO, but also other renown channels like CNN and TNT. The CEO said these assets could see a marked surge...
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Time Warner's New Late Night Initiative 'Full Frontal' Sees Solid Debut
Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 9:21am | 285Conan O'Brien's new late-night neighbor got off to a warm welcome Monday night, as Samantha Bee's "Full Frontal" saw solid viewership in its debut outing. The new weekly series, in the same vein as Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" and HBO's "Last Week Tonight," saw about 2 million viewers check in...
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6 Stocks Primed For A Short Squeeze
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 2:38pm | 470In a new report, SunGard analyst Karl Loomes looked to short-interest data to find stocks ripe for short squeezes under the right conditions. Here’s a breakdown of some of the names he discussed. FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) The company recently indicated that its proposed takeover of...
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The NBA's $24-Billion Contract Just The Latest TV Mega Deal
Tuesday, October 7, 2014 - 3:28pm | 1110The National Basketball Association on Monday announced it signed a deal with ESPN and TNT, owned by The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) and Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX), respectively, to extend its television deal through the 2024-2025 season. The $24-billion deal breaks down, on average, to $2...