FIRST DAY OF TRAINING CAMP KICKS OFF WITH 8AM LIVE REPORT, 11AM “KICKOFF” SPECIAL, AND FIRST EPISODE OF “GIANTS TRAINING CAMP LIVE”
Live Giants Coverage Through August 30th Brings Giants Fans the Latest News and Analysis from Giants Training Camp Every Weekday
NEW YORK, July 28, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MSG Networks (NYSE:MSGN) and the New York Giants have announced that MSG and MSG+ will telecast “Giants Training Camp Live” beginning Friday, July 29 through Tuesday, August, 30. The 30-minute, live show will telecast weeknights at 6pm on both networks following scheduled Giants training camp sessions (For a complete schedule visit giants.com or msgnetworks.com). Encore presentations of each show will be telecast later in the night. MSG Networks, the official Regional Sports Network of the New York Giants, will telecast a variety of weekly Giants programming during the NFL season.
MSG Networks begins the all-day Giants takeover at 8am on Friday, July 29, which includes a new show - “Giants Training Camp Live: Kickoff Special.” Bob Papa, Paul Dottino and two-time Giants Super Bowl champ David Diehl will deliver live reports every half hour through 6pm from the Giants’ practice facility, the Quest Diagnostics Training Center, in East Rutherford, NJ. At 11am, the 30-minute show – “Giants Training Camp Live: Kickoff Special” – will follow on MSG, providing an exclusive, sneak-peek into the Giants first day of training camp practice, including team drills, as well as analysis and interviews with front office, scouts and beat writers. Giants programming on July 29 will then culminate with the first episode of “Giants Training Camp Live” at 6pm.
Following the all-day Giants takeover, “Giants Training Camp Live” will telecast weeknights at 6pm. and feature hosts Bob Papa, Paul Dottino and Mike Crispino, along with special expert analysts every night, including Carl Banks, Howard Cross, David Diehl, Shaun O’Hara, Roman Oben and Jeff Feagles, as they recap the day’s activities. Each show will air live from the Giants’ practice facility and include exclusive training camp footage and interviews with Giants players, coaches, and reporters, as well as social media updates.
About MSG Networks
MSG Networks Inc. is an industry leader with two award-winning regional sports and entertainment networks, MSG Network (MSG) and MSG+, as well as the live streaming and video on demand platform, MSG GO. The networks are home to nine professional sports teams, delivering live games of the New York Knicks; New York Rangers; New York Liberty; New York Islanders; New Jersey Devils; Buffalo Sabres; Major League Soccer’s Red Bulls and the Westchester Knicks, and exclusive non-game coverage of the New York Giants. Each year, the networks collectively telecast approximately 700 live sporting events - which also include college football and college basketball from top conferences - along with a full schedule of critically-acclaimed original programming. The gold standard for regional broadcasting, MSG Networks has won 145 New York Emmy Awards over the past nine years. More information is available at www.msgnetworks.com.
About The New York Giants
A cornerstone franchise of the National Football League, the New York Football Giants began play in 1925. With eight championships, including a victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI, their second in five seasons, the Giants are the only franchise in the NFL with a Super Bowl victory in each of the last four decades. Headquartered at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center in East Rutherford, N.J., the Giants are in their 92nd season of play in the NFL.
Big Blue Entertainment is the production, broadcast, media, programming and digital arm of the New York Football Giants. BBE is responsible for all the television, radio, game presentation and production, digital and social media, promotions, branding, event presentation, and sales and marketing support for the Giants and their partners. Big Blue Entertainment’s programs, media and production can be seen and heard on MSG Networks, NBC 4 NY, Fox 5 NY, MY 9 New York, WFAN Radio and CBS Radio, as well as on Giants.com, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. For more information on Giants programming, log onto Giants.com.