Winter Weather Can’t Stop FOX Sports Regional Networks You may have heard a thing or two about the snow in Atlanta this past week. While the weather certainly affected our daily commutes, the FOX Sports Regional Networks continued to bring live sporting events to snowed-in fans across all of our networks throughout the Southeast. Jeff Genthner Senior Vice President, General Manager
on March 13.
The winter weather has us counting down the days until Atlanta Braves Spring Training in Florida. Our team will follow the Braves to Orlando as pitchers and catchers report on February 13th. Fans can look forward to watching our Atlanta Braves 2014 Season Preview premiering on March 1, as well as six live Spring Training games starting
Though baseball season is around the corner, we are in entering the heart of the NBA and NHL seasons. The Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Bobcats and Memphis Grizzlies are all in the playoff hunt on the hardwood, while the Carolina Hurricanes and Nashville Predators are skating their way in to playoff positions.
Dave Joerger The Memphis Grizzlies head coach was named the Western Conference Coach of the Month for Janauary.
Speaking of our friends at the Grizzlies, we congratulate the franchise for winning three statues at the 28th Annual Midsouth Emmy Awards after receiving a team-best six nominations by The Nashville/ Midsouth Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). February is also a very important time for college basketball teams around the country as they try and improve their résumé for postseason play. The FOX Sports Regional Networks will have plenty of top-notch conference basketball games from the ACC, SEC, Conference USA and Big East as we head down the final stretch of the season. We want to also congratulate our colleagues at FOX Sports for another great NFL season, culminating with a tremendous Super Bowl XLVIII telecast from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. The broadcast was watched by a record 111.5 million people, more than any television program in U.S. history.
Anton Khudobin The Carolina Hurricanes goalie was named the NHL’s First Star for the month of January.
FOX Sports Regional Networks Partnership Highlights The FOX Sports Regional Networks sales team continued to welcome new partners to its 2014 portfolio during the month of January. Captain D’s became FOX Sports South’s newest sponsor for multiple sports, while Georgia Natural Gas came on board with SportSouth as an Atlanta Hawks advertiser. With many locations throughout the southeast, Captain D’s will benefit from FOX Sports South’s expansive regional footprint. The popular restaurant chain will be featured in college, NBA and MLB programming throughout 2014. Georgia Natural Gas will focus their messaging on the Atlanta market and will use Hawks programming as a platform to reach sports fans during the winter months.
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