Best Fantasy Sports Video Digital

By Will Mossa,    Awards

Product Name:
Fantasy Football Today

Company Name:
CBS Sports Digital

Product Description:
Fantasy Football Today (Tues. – Fri., 12pm ET / Sunday, 11am ET) covers fantasy football from every angle and provides fantasy football players with the live advice they need to manage a winning team. Dave Richard and Jamey Eisenberg join various CBS Sports experts and guests including Nick Kostos and Pete Prisco to offer in-depth analysis on the latest news, rumors and performances across the league. The show features viewer interaction, answering tweets on the air every day. Currently in its 8th season, Fantasy Football Today produces six hours of LIVE fantasy football programming each week.   The live daily show is available across digital platforms, including online, mobile and connected TV devices as of this year, so fans can watch on the platform of their choosing, making it easy to get fantasy advice wherever they are. Available on CBSSports.com, the CBS Sports app for mobile devices, and the CBS Sports app for Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku and Xbox One.

What Makes This Product Worthy of Winning This Category?
Led by proven experts with a history of winning picks and advice season after season, FANTASY FOOTBALL TODAY goes deep with daily content and advice complete with viewer interaction. In addition, the expansion to new platforms provides more reach and makes it easier for fantasy players to get the content they need to take home the trophy.

Product URL:
https://fantasynews.cbssports.com/fantasyfootballtoday

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Product Name:
Fantasy Football Live

Company Name:
Yahoo

Product Description:
Fantasy Football Live (FFL) is Yahoo Sports award wining weekly fantasy football show, airing Sunday mornings. Featuring host Nicole Zaloumis and fantasy experts Tank Williams and Liz Loza joined the returning cast of Brad Evans, Andy Behrens, Brandon Funston, former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Shaun King, and Dr. Greg Horner. FFL brings fantasy players all the latest, up-to-the second information they need to dominate their leagues every single weekend. This is the 10th season for the longest running live fantasy show on the web and we’re preparing to celebrate.   Our new host Nicole Zaloumis and fantasy experts Tank Williams and Liz Loza join the returning cast of Brad Evans, Andy Behrens, Brandon Funston, former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Shaun King, and Dr Greg Horner. The upcoming season will also introduce exciting new features including a live backstage look before every production via Periscope, daily fantasy analysis, all-pro cameos, and a special edition broadcast following the Bills/Jaguars game on October 25th.

What Makes This Product Worthy of Winning This Category?
This was the 10th season for the longest running live fantasy show on the web. In addition, through Yahoo Sports’ strategic alliance with NBC Sports Group, the show airs on NBC Sports Network on every Tuesday-Thursday. This year, Yahoo Sports’ made history with the first ever free OTT, global live stream of a regular season NFL game and FFL kicked things off for the pregame show preparing fantasy players around the world.

Product URL:
https://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/ffl

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Product Name:
GrindersLive

Company Name:
RotoGrinders.com

Product Description:
GrindersLive is a truly LIVE video platform for the avid Daily Fantasy Sports player, providing them with the ultimate edge leading up until roster lock. Unlike other video offerings, GrindersLive is LIVE and allows hosts the opportunity to comment on critical breaking fantasy news in real time. These hour-long programs are hosted by elite players in the DFS industry. The professionally produced video shows are available on RotoGrinders.com, the RotoGrinders YouTube Channel and Roku. GrindersLive currently produces upwards of 27 hours of original programming per week with individual shows focusing on the daily/weekly fantasy offerings in the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, College Football, College Basketball and PGA. These videos are accompanied by a live chatroll where hosts are able to interact and answer questions from viewers.

What Makes This Product Worthy of Winning This Category?GrindersLive has become an integral part of any serious DFS player’s daily routine and we believe it to be one of the most innovative & useful media resources in fantasy today. We have invested in bringing on the most talented players/personalities in the fantasy industry, including Al Zeidenfeld (2013 Tournament Player of the Year and ESPN personality), Dan Back (Sirius XM Radio Host), Evan Silva (Senior Rotoworld Writer), Chris Lowery (2013 FanDuel DFBC Champion), Peter Christensen (top-10 ranked player), Justin Van Zuiden (top-10 ranked player) and more than 20 other expert contributors. We produce these shows 100% in-house and have brought on professional producers, which has added a superior broadcast quality while also raising the bar for LIVE online broadcasting in the DFS industry. These shows are free to consume and the success they bring fantasy players each and every day has made them must-watch viewing for people who compete in DFS.

Product URL:
https://rotogrinders.com/live and https://youtube.com/grinderslive/videos

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Product Name:
Rotoworld Fantasy Football Videos

Company Name:
Rotoworld/NBC Sports

Product Description:
A weekly series of videos during the NFL season covering everything from waiver wire pickups, rankings, matchups, DFS plays and more.

What Makes This Product Worthy of Winning This Category?Rotoworld provided users with its most robust offering of free fantasy football videos to date in 2015. Each week, Rotoworld provided users with at least 15 unique videos to help them construct winning lineups in both season-long and daily fantasy. Every week, Jenna Corado talks with Raymond Summerlin about his top Waiver Wire pickups, with Patrick Daugherty about his weekly rankings and with Evan Silva about his award-winning Matchups column. She also talks with Josh Norris in the Fantasy Fix about hot topics around the league pertaining to the fantasy landscape, and the Fantasy Minute comes out every morning recapping the previous day’s biggest news. Brandon Marianne Lee also talks with Matt Stroup every week about her top picks.

Product URL:
https://vplayer.nbcsports.com/p/BxmELC/nbcsports_embed/select/SARNGKz059Bn?autoPlay=false

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Link is a sizzle reel showing all of our shows from every week of the season.


 

Product Name:
120 Sports Fantasy Sports Lunch Hour

Company Name:
RotoWire.com & 120 Sports

Product Description:
Each weekday 120 Sports and RotoWire break down daily fantasy sports for NBA, MLB or NFL.

What Makes This Product Worthy of Winning This Category?
120 Sports is a digital-only broadcast network offers 76 hours of live content, plus more than 1,200 on-demand video clips, each week. The Fantasy Sports Lunch Hour break down daily fantasy sports for NBA, MLB or NFL with analysis from Sports Illustrated’s Michael Beller and top writers from RotoWire.com.

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