usatoday.com - 19 days ago
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Comcast, the USA's largest cable TV operator, made a surprise (and unsuccessful) takeover bid for ESPN parent Disney in 2004 in hopes of creating the world's biggest media company. If it can get NBCU, the General Electric division that includes NBC and its various cable channels, it could shake ...
sportingnews.com - 23 days ago
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It was 1991 when NBC first acquired the
exclusive rights to broadcast Notre Dame games on network...
TV, which made a lot of sense considering the Irish were actually a program of some consequence in the world of college football at the time. Not so much ...
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Notre Dame Games Could Go To Versus If Comcast Buys NBC
sports.yahoo.com - 15 days ago
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One look at the Puck Daddy inbox over
the last few weeks reaffirms that DirecTV is winning...
the war of attrition in its stalemate with Versus. Earlier this season, we'd receive a few emails a day from fans enraged at both sides of the dispute; they've ...
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Can NBC deal help break the DirecTV/Versus stalemate?
sportsbusinessjournal.com - 22 days ago
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By JOHN OURAND Staff writer Jed Drake was
milling around before an industry dinner in New York...
City late last month when he spied NBC Universal’s Dick Ebersol across the room. Drake, ESPN’s senior vice president and executive producer, made a quick ...
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Next 8 months all South Africa for Drake
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Morning Journal- November 6, 2009
Sports Media Journal —
Welcome to the end of another work week. Here are some sports media news items to look over… Michael Heistand at USA Toda y looks at how a potential Comcast/NBC merger could compete on the sports stage with ESPN … Radio Online reports that that ...
The ratings game
Sports Media Watch —
... ) Despite the presence of ESPN's College Gameday , the October 24 TCU/BYU was not much of a draw. The game drew a mere 0.2 U.S. rating (261,000 HHs) on Versus; by comparison, ESPN drew a 3.4 (3.9 million HHs) for Florida/Mississippi State and ESPN2 drew 1.2 (1.4 million HHs) for Auburn/LSU, both of which aired opposite the game. ( USA Today ) The 5 regularly-scheduled games of the 2009 World Series averaged a 12.8 rating after 11 PM ET, 6% higher than the pre-11 PM average of 12.1. While that may seem on the surface to support the idea that later starts are better for ratings, ...
Another Friday Megalinks Edition
Fang's Bites —
Time once again to provide the Friday megalinks. Lots of links to get to. Don't forget to check out the Weekend Viewing Picks for your sports and primetime viewing. To the links. National A few stories from USA Today. Michael Hiestand speculates on a combined Comcast/NBC Sports juggernaut. Hiestand says a NASCAR spokesman took ESPN/ABC to task for its production of last week's race. Michael McCarthy writes that if the NCAA opts out of its current contract with CBS, then ESPN would be happy ...
The Morning After: November 7, 2009
Sparty and Friends —
... down playing Boise State in 2011. What do they have gain by playing them? If they beat them, they are supposed to. If they lose them, they are screwed. Sorry, Broncos. Time for you to force your way into a major conference.
Rutgers and Army will play the first college game ever at the New Meadowlands Stadium. Wouldn’t it have been cool to see the Kickoff Classic return for this?
Who wants to bet that Jacquizz Rodgers fumbles today?
I back Comcast in this effort. If they can make something happen, it may finally force ESPN to ...
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