ESPN Plans ‘Rail-Cam’ Stream for Opening NBA Telecast

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Whalerock Industries, Lloyd Braun’s West Hollywood-based production and consulting company behind such unscripted series as Battlebots, Hyperdrive and Ravi Patel’s Pursuit of Happiness, is making a push into podcasting.

NEW YORK — John Melendez, who became known as Stuttering John as a longtime sidekick to radio and television host Howard Stern, has sued Sirius XM Holdings Inc for using his name, likeness and voice without permission on channels dedicated to Stern.Melendez, who left Stern’s radio show after more than 15 years in 2004 and became the announcer for NBC’s “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno,” on Wednesday accused Sirius of exploiting his celebrity to attract more listeners and advertising.He said

Travis Scott couldn't be happier to be a dad, and he's doing everything in his power to make sure his baby girl is raised to the best of his ability.The 28-year-old rapper covers the September issue of, and in his accompanying interview with the magazine, he opens up about what it's like raising his 2-year-old daughter, Stormi, with Kylie Jenner amid the coronavirus pandemic.«It's amazing just to watch my daughter grow,» Scott marvels. «I'm keeping her aware of what's going on in the world.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorHistory plans two new hour-long documentaries and an original eight-part podcast devoted to coverage of the infamous events of September 11, 2001.The two documentaries,  “9/11: The Final Minutes of Fight 93” and “9/11: The Pentagon,” will debut Friday, September 11 at 8 pm. and 9 p.m.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNexstar Media believes it has created the nation’s next great evening newscast. All it needs to do now is get viewers to agree.The company, the nation’s largest owner of TV stations, today will kick off a national promotional effort to call attention to  “News Nation,” a primetime three-hour newscast that will air on the cable outlet WGN America seven days a week starting September 1.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorKeyshawn Johnson, Jay Williams and Zubin Mehenti have a big radio debut on Monday, when they take over ESPN’s national morning slot. But their new jobs started in earnest on Wednesday.The trio met in their studio at ESPN’s New York production facility for the first time, ready to test out their rapport.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox Corp. is joining the parade of big U.S.

inside the NBA bubble in Orlando, Florida, have apparently been ordering wine as well as fridges for their liquor as they remain inside the secure location amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.Per ESPN, New Orleans Pelicans guard JJ Redick was one of the first professional athletes to reach out to his New York wine broker and request that several expensive bottles of Burgundy wine be shipped to him.

Angelique Jackson It has already been a banner year for Black women filmmakers, with historic achievements like Nia DaCosta set to become the first Black woman to direct a Marvel film with “Captain Marvel 2” and Ava DuVernay selected as the first female filmmaker to receive the prestigious Dorothy and Lillian Gish prize. And film fans should add “(In)Visible Portraits” director Oge Egbuonu on the list of names to know.“It’s unprecedented.

straight to your inboxEder Militao has warned Manchester City that Real Madrid will be victorious in their Champions League meeting on Friday.Centre-back Militao is set to play for Madrid in place of the suspended Sergio Ramos and has told the club's fan to expect them to progress to the last eight. "Real Madrid fans, we won’t have our captain against Manchester City but I will be there," Militao told AS.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorWhen basketball fans tune in to an NBA doubleheader Thursday night on TNT or the start of ESPN’s coverage on Friday, they will have a courtside seat to a good chunk of the action.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorMichael Collins has been at ESPN for nearly a decade, but he’s still surprised he works there.“I never went to college. I failed high-school English,” recounts the ESPN golf analyst.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorMike Greenberg must move fast as the host of ESPN’s “Get Up” each weekday morning. He’s hoping a new radio gig in the afternoons will give him the chance he needs to slow things down.“On the TV show, we are just flying through stuff.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorWhen it comes to sports broadcasts, NBCUniversal has a singular goal: The company wants to push even those advertisers who might not typically rush to football, hockey or Nascar to get into the game.The Comcast-owned company is about to make the rounds of media buyers and advertisers with a study of the attitudes of sports-deprived consumers in May – in the depths of the nation’s coronavirus shutdown – in the hopes of demonstrating how eager these people are to

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe nation’s local news veterans are launching a bid to take on a few successful upstarts making a market in national sports.An alliance of local-media companies, the Local Media Consortium, will launch “The Matchup,“ a new online sports news effort that aims to give fans of specific teams more news about them from a wider range of outlets than just those covering it locally The group’s first effort will make more headlines about a team available to a reader, so