| A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE | | Cheers to the Tempest Finalists & “The Watch List” Honorees! Winners to be announced at the Tempest Esports Business Awards Gala: OCT 2 | 7PM – 9:45PM | The Luxor Esports Arena, Las Vegas In addition to our talented category finalists, the event will spotlight “The Watch List” honorees. These are the esports executives whose creativity and innovation have put them at the forefront of the industry. Don’t take your eyes off these esports game-changers (click here to view “The Watch List”). VIEW FINALISTS AWARDS EVENT REGISTER TODAY |
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NBC Sports is partnering with the Premier League to launch a new series of Premier League Mornings Live fan events around the country with the first stop in D.C. in Sept. 29. The fan festival will include a turf pitch, the Premier League trophy, club mascots, special guests, contests, and more. Meanwhile, NBC Sports’ Premier League Mornings studio team of host Rebecca Lowe and analysts Robbie Earle, Kyle Martino, and Robbie Mustoe will broadcast live from the event on N. Capitol Street beginning at 7a on NBCSN, and be joined by several special guests throughout the day The Association of Volleyball Professionals unveiled new partnerships and alliances across the country, including the acquisition of Volleyball America, the largest recreational outdoor volleyball organization in the US. AVP’s Grassroots Initiatives now include: AVPNext; the extension of the Gold Series Events to amateur programs; AVPFirst; AVPAcademy; and collaborations with orgs such as Seaside Volleyball Tournament. Volley America will change its name to AVP America to reflect its new home under the AVP umbrella. DIGITAL & STREAMING
Ahead of the 2018 NASCAR Playoffs, NASCAR unveiled a new playoffs edition of its fantasy game, NASCAR Fantasy Live, with players able to register at NASCAR.com/fantasy. The playoffs game will launch with the first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sept. 16 and will also be accessible via the NASCAR Mobile app. “The NASCAR Playoffs are the most exciting and pressure-packed time of the NASCAR racing season, and the new fantasy game is designed to match the intensity each week of the postseason,” said Tim Clark, vice president, NASCAR Digital Media. “We look forward to seeing how players adjust their strategies and driver lineups – both leading up to and during each of the 10 NASCAR Playoffs races.” NBC Sports Gold is relaunching its international Notre Dame Football Season Pass to give fans in 13 countries access to every Fighting Irish home game during the 2018 season. Powered by NBC Sports’ Playmaker Media, the direct-to-consumer pass will offer fans abroad comprehensive coverage of seven Notre Dame football home games live and on-demand, available online, as well as on mobile devices and tablets in: Austria, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and UK. Speaking of which, NBC Sports Digital and Above Average’s sports brand The Kicker, owned by Broadway Video, announced the short-form original digital video series Draftsville will return for a second season ahead of NFL Kickoff 2018. The first two episodes will debut this Thursday, Aug. 30 on NBCSports.com, NBC Sports’ YouTube channel and Facebook Watch. FloSports announced a multiyear deal with United World Wrestling, the international governing body for the sport of amateur wrestling, to provide live and on-demand coverage of the World Grappling Championships on FloGrappling.com. The deal enables FloGrappling to exclusively air all four days of both gi and no-gi grappling competitions, as athletes from around the world compete for the championship title. Coverage runs Sept. 6-9. 2K today announced a partnership with HB Studios to publish The Golf Club 2019 Featuring PGA TOUR. The title marks the franchise’s first release featuring the official PGA TOUR license and will include improved ball physics, swing mechanics, swing feedback and other core gameplay mechanics. In addition, for the first time in franchise history, players will experience an officially licensed PGA TOUR Career Mode. ESPORTS
Madden NFL developer Electronic Arts announced that the company has cancelled upcoming events for the Madden Championship Series, following the shootings in Jacksonville. Andrew Wilson, CEO, Electronic Arts, posted an open letter, stating that “The event was a qualifying tournament for the Madden Classic, our first Madden EA Major competition of this season. While these qualifying events are operated independently by partners, we work with them to ensure competitive integrity and to gather feedback from players. We have made a decision to cancel our three remaining Madden Classic qualifier events while we run a comprehensive review of safety protocols for competitors and spectators. We will work with our partners and our internal teams to establish a consistent level of security at all of our competitive gaming events.” Splash Damage is partnering with FACEIT to launch a competitive ecosystem for fast-paced, free to play shooter, Dirty Bomb. Players from Europe and North America are now able to compete in Hubs on the FACEIT platform. "We strive to bring the FACEIT experience to new communities. The platform offers a competitive structure like no other where the community can come together to collaborate and compete." said Michele Attisani, CBO & Co-Founder of FACEIT. "We’re also big fans of Splash Damage and the experiences they gave us through games like Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory which played a big part of my gaming career, so we're excited to be working on Dirty Bomb and utilising our technology to provide players with more ways to play.” ROSTER MOVES
Amazon reportedly hired former ESPN executive Marie Donoghue to oversee sports for Prime Video, according to The Information. Donoghue was a 19-year veteran of ESPN who left the network in June 2017. THE MAIN EVENT
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| A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE | | CALL FOR ENTRIES The 2nd Annual Cynopsis Short Form Video Festival The Cynopsis Short Form Video Festival is searching for the most cutting-edge creatives from individuals and teams worldwide, including: production companies/studios, producers, networks, composers, lyricists, animators, video game developers/producers, website developers, mobile & app developers/producers, marketing companies, PR firms and more. Submissions will be judged by a panel of industry experts and finalists will be announced in mid-November. SUBMIT VIDEOS |
ON THIS DAY in 1978: USTA National Tennis Center opens in Flushing NY.
In the Know: Three teams from “Power 5” schools have never recorded a 10-win season in college football. Name two. (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: Of the PGA TOUR Majors, which was the first to be won by Tiger Woods? Answer: The Masters. Kudos: John Ferlazzo/London; Denis Barry-CBS/NY; Brian Schweibert-Publicis Media/NY; Aymon DeMauro-ADM Media & Marketing/NY; Ken White-KWTV/Charlotte; Sonia Durr-Carat/Atlanta; Rob Smith-Turner Sports/Atlanta; John Ward-Tennis Media/Chicago; Andy Pittman-TAMU/College Station; John Kukla-KDFW/KDFI/Dallas-Ft. Worth; Joe Lyons-ESPN/Dallas; Kevin Micklo-Pinnacle Advertising/Chicago; Rich Wolfe-Lone Wolfe Press/Scottsdale; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA; David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Federal Credit Union/Burbank; Andy Babb-Super League Gaming/Santa Monica
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