A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE | The Cynopsis Social Good Awards Breakfast Saluting Media’s Commitment to Community Tuesday, May 22nd | 8:30AM – 10:30AM | The Yale Club, NYC Cynopsis, the industry's most trusted name in media news, will be hosting the year's most inspirational gathering of media partnerships, campaign creators and community minded innovators for a breakfast awards celebration like no other. Is your team in?! REGISTER YOUR TEAM |
SPONSORSHIP & PROMOTION Airbnb is teaming up with the World Surf League to bring 75+ unique and local surf Experiences to travelers across the globe, including an exclusive, one-time Experience for 10 guests to join actor and surfer Scott Eastwood at the WSL Surf Ranch. All proceeds from the Experience will go to PURE: Ocean Health, the World Surf League’s non-profit dedicated to working with and supporting ocean advocacy organizations. DIGITAL & STREAMING The WNBA is teaming with FanDuel for a new multi-year partnership that will transform the way sports fans experience WNBA games. WNBA contests are now live on the platform and FanDuel will introduce single-game contests so every WNBA game will now have a daily fantasy component. In addition, FanDuel will continue to serve as the “official one-day fantasy partner” of the WNBA and FanDuel will have the right to stream select future WNBA games in addition to incorporating WNBA game highlights throughout its platforms Ahead of Bellator 200 in London, the MMA org launched original web series Unbreakable with Jay Glazer. The premier episode features Bellator 200 Main Event participant Roy “Big Country” Nelson as he prepares to meet Mirko Cro Cop. ESPORTS SteelSeries locked in a partnership with the Cleveland Cavaliers NBA 2K League team, Cavs Legion GC. SteelSeries will serve as the official peripheral partner of the team, supplying a full suite of peripherals including Arctis Pro headsets, Apex M750 keyboards, Sensei 310 gaming mice, Stratus XL controllers and QcK gaming mousepads. In addition to supplying all the peripherals for the Cavs Legion GC gaming house, SteelSeries will also outfit each player on the team with a full suite of SteelSeries products. ESL reteamed up with Oculus to for the biggest VR competition series worldwide, dangling more than $220,000 in prize money to players. The VR League relaunched over the weekend with a new, more flexible tournament system, featuring up to seven games over a five-month period. “Oculus is committed to fostering long-term growth of the VR esports ecosystem, and season two — with its new format and additional games—is an amazing next step on this exciting journey,” says Oculus Head of Esports Chris McKelvy. Speaking of ESL, the company is partnering to launch the inaugural esports season of Guns of Boom, starting June 9 with $200,000 on the line. All Guns of Boom players in North America and Europe are invited to compete through the first round Go4 Open Cups hosted by ESL. The Guns of Boom European Invitational will invite Europe’s four best teams to compete in the esports capital of Katowice, Poland on July 29th. Then later this year, eight of the world’s best teams will be invited to compete in Los Angeles for the title of Guns of Boom 1st Season Champion. Ubisoft and Lenovo announced that Lenovo Legion will serve as the official PC and monitor sponsor of Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege Pro League and Majors in an exclusive global partnership. The partnership will extend for the duration of the Rainbow Six Siege Pro League season, from spring 2018 through spring 2019 across North America, EMEA, Asia Pacific and Latin America. ROSTER MOVES The Race Team Alliance, an association of Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series teams, announced the hiring of Jonathan Marshall as its Executive Director. Marshall is formerly the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of the World Surf League. THE MAIN EVENT Lightning/Capitals on NBCSN at 8p. |
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE | Cynopsis’ Latest Webinar: Ratings: What You Need to Know, NOW Wednesday, May 23, 2018 | 1:30PM New and increasingly sophisticated solutions are emerging, but the lack of consistent measurement is a challenge. Equip your team with the tools needed to target viewers, streamline measurement and extend the reach of television campaigns. Hear from: Jonathan Bohm (VP Strategic Insights & Research at NBCU ), George Tsivin (SVP of Product & Leadership at Nielsen ) and Jeff Boehme (SVP of Television Research at comScore ). [REGISTER] |
ON THIS DAY in 1930: Babe Ruth hits three consecutive homers. In the Know: What type of animal is Chance, the mascot for the Vegas Golden Knights, who are going on to the Stanley Cup Final? (Email chris-sports@cynopsis.com with your answer and be sure to include your name, company and city.) Answer to Our Last Sports Trivia Question: At the age of 40, this pitcher threw a perfect game in 2004 to become the oldest MLB player to accomplish the feat… Answer: Randy Johnson. Kudos: Denis Barry-CBS/NY; Bob Dudelson-Leverage Agency/NY; Brianne Maciejowski-Miles/Sarasota; Rick Rosenfelt-New York Red Bulls/Harrison; John Langermann-WINK-TV/Ft. Myers; Matt Sautter-WideOrbit/Harrisburg; Andy Pittman-TAMU/College Station; Lance Phegley-Texas Runner and Triathlete magazine/Houston; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA; David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Federal Credit Union/Burbank Later - Chris |
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