Heat Live Rewards Sizzles on FOX's Sun Sports

On Saturday, December 1, the defending world champion Miami HEAT hosted the Brooklyn Nets and FOX's Sun Sports utilized the broadcast to officially unveil the new HEAT Live Rewards social media program to viewers and Heat fans alike.

The successful on-air launch highlighted a program that has been beneficial to the network across a multitude of social media outlets.

FOX Sports Florida Makes Magic During First Social Media Night

On Tuesday, November 13, FOX Sports Florida and the Orlando Magic partnered to host the first Social Media Night of the season. The broadcast served as the official in-game launch for the newly minted Magic Live Rewards program, which rewards fans of the team and broadcast by allocating points for tweeting, using Facebook, checking in on Get Glue and Four Square, and more.

Sun Sports, Orlando Magic Team Up to Raise $53,000 for Charity

Building upon successful traditions with team partners is always a great story, even more so when it's for a great cause.

The Orlando Magic Youth Foundation (OMYF) and Sun Sports/FOX Sports Florida teamed up for the third annual Broadcast Auction when the Magic hosted the Philadelphia 76ers on February 15, 2012.  

Magic Set Ratings Record with Victory Over Knicks

As Dwight Howard added another 30-point, 16-rebound game to his MVP resume and Jameer Nelson posted a season-high 26 points last night, the Orlando Magic’s win over the New York Knicks in Orlando had fans glued to Sun Sports last night...

• Highest rating for an Orlando Magic regular season game on Sun Sports in nearly a decade (since 1/30/02 vs. Lakers).

• Posted a 4.7 avg. HH rating (68,731 homes) on Sun Sports in the Orlando/Daytona Beach/Melbourne market, according to Nielsen preliminary overnights

• Through 29 game telecasts on Sun Sports, Orlando Magic ratings are up 30% over last season (same number of games).

FOXSportsFlorida.com Sets New Traffic Record with NBA All-Star Coverage

Monday's Presidents' Day holiday proved to be a good day for FOXSportsFlorida.com as the site set a new all-time single-day record with its coverage of NBA All-Star Weekend.

• 148% increase over previous single-day traffic record

• 16X greater than typical day's traffic

Content included analysis from Bill Reiter (Heat or 3-Peat), Chris Perkins (Heat), and Sam Gardner (Magic), as well as video clips, photos, & content collaboration with FOXSports.com.

Kobe & the West squad may have won the game, but King James delivered. Bill Reiter's post-game column on LeBron James' "act of wizardry," including his triple double, an NBA All-Star Game feat achieved only by Michael Jordan prior to Sunday's game, resulted in the strongest traffic.

• Elevated to MSN.com, the story recorded over 100K uniques in just one hour from 9-10am on Monday.