B&C Today: Fox Launching Thursday Night NFL Pregame Show; Amazon, Best Buy Strike Smart TV Deal

Broadcasting & Cable Newsletter   April 19, 2018     The best of BroadcastingCable.com delivered to your inbox daily     Top Stories       Fox Launching Thursday Night NFL Pregame Show Bradshaw, Long, Strahan featured READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Under a five-year deal, Fox is paying $660 million annually to air 11 Thursday night games.   Amazon, Best Buy Strike Exclusive Smart TV Deal Electronics chain to launch 4K, HD Fire TV Edition models from Insignia and Toshiba READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The deal will expand the reach of Amazon's Fire TV Edition platform for TV makers, augmenting models made by TV making partners that include Westinghouse, Seiki and Element Electronics.   NBA Makes Deal With Twitch to Stream eSports League NBA 2K to debut May 1 READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: As the Official Live Streaming Partner of the NBA 2K League, Twitch will provide fans around the world with live streams of up to 199 games throughout the season, including weekly matchups, three in-season tournaments, playoffs and the NBA 2K League Finals.   More Top Stories       Investigation Discovery Gives 'Breaking Homicide' TV's Biggest Promo Push 20th Sells FX Programming Overseas as Premium Package National Geographic Pushes 'Explorer' Across Platforms Fox News Channel Recaptures Weekly Primetime Ratings Crown PTO's Iancu: AI Algorithms Generally Patentable FCC Extends LPTV Displacement Application Window Vargas Signs Overall Production Deal With A+E Networks Netflix Pins Down June Premiere Date for 'Glow' more headlines »   Departments       Washington: CTA Celebrates Digital Patriots Programming: TruTV Greenlights New Season of 'At Home With Amy Sedaris' Fates and Fortunes: Internet Association Names Diversity Exec Cover Story: Snoop Dogg Plots TV Takeover   Events     Digital Media Tech Leadership Summit June 5-6, 2018 | Tampa, FL Learn More The Programmatic TV Summit June 7, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More OTT & Video Distribution Summit August 2, 2018 | Los Angeles, CA  Learn More News Technology Summit September 26, 2018 | Baltimore, MD  Learn More 16th Annual Hispanic Television Summit October 4, 2018 | New York, NY  Learn More Streaming Tech Leadership Summit October 22-23, 2018 | Atlanta, GA (SCTE)  Learn More NYC Television Week October 29-November 1, 2018 | New York, NY  Learn More Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame Awards, part of NYC TV Week October 29, 2018 | New York, NY  Learn More NYC Television Week's 40 Under 40 Awards October 30, 2018 | New York, NY  Learn More TV Data Summit, part of NYC TV Week October 31, 2018 | New York, NY  Learn More Advanced Advertising Summit, part of NYC TV Week November 1, 2018 | New York, NY  Learn More Next TV Summit, part of NYC TV Week November 1, 2018 | New York, NY  Learn More more events »   Jobs     General Sales Manager WISN, Milwaukee, WI   Director, Affiliate Relations and Media Distribution The Christian Broadcasting Network, Virginia Beach, VA   Professor of Practice or Instructor Kansas State University Journalism and Mass Communications, Manhattan, KS   Executive Producer Program Development KCRA TV, Sacramento, CA   more jobs » News Blogs Events People TV Careers   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2018 NewBay Media, LLC

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