sports.espn.go.com - 11/18/2008
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Fox Sports has pulled out of bidding to show BCS games on television.
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sportsmediablog.dallasnews.com - 11/19/2008
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sportsmediablog.dallasnews.com —
Here's a brilliant look at what the BCS
shift to cable means to the future of sports...
television. As a bonus here's the list of the 21 most cable-and-satellite-challenged TV markets in the nation. The percentage is the number of...
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Final words on the BCS move to ESPN
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ESPN closes in on BCS deal
SmackCaster SmackBlog —
... The folks in Bristol have broken another foe. FoxSports has pulled out of the negotiations for the BCS games starting in 2010. So, it looks like the games will be on ESPN. Actually, we like this move as ESPN is a much more comfortable and familiar home for college football than Fox. They do big games all year on their networks. Fox seemed to jump into the deep end and sometimes didn’t tread water on the BCS efforts. ...
Fox opts out of BCS bidding
SPORTS COUCH POTATO —
... According to a report in SportsBusiness Daily, ESPN bid $125 million per year over four years to get the games, while Fox's top bid was $100 million per year. Fox's current deal with the BCS expires after 2009. ...
NEWS AND NOTES
Mondesi's House —
... News, it's the Mark Cuban Scandal...for Dummies. [Deadspin] --Nice feature on #71 from NHL.com. In just a few short years, he's become my all-time favorite athlete named Evgeni. Yes, even more than Evgeni Nabokov. [NHL.com] --Give it up for my W&J Presidents: 9-1 and headed to the playoffs for a fifth straight season. I think this would be a fitting year to win it all, guys. [Trib] --The next round of BCS bowl games will more than likely go to ESPN. So does that mean no playoff system, despite the wishes of our ...
ESPN Gets The BCS (OMG)
RCS Sidelines —
... Fox, who pays an estimated $82.5 million each year to broadcast four of the five BCS games (the Sugar, Orange and Fiesta bowls and the BCS National Championship Game; ABC has its own deal for the Rose Bowl), pulled out of the bidding war with ESPN yesterday, after topping-out at $100 million each year. The deal with ESPN is reported to be as much as $125 million per season. The ...
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BCS on Fox going 3-D in theaters
usatoday.com 12/3/2008 — And Fox Sports Chairman David Hill says Fox hopes to let theatergoers use 3-D glasses to watch February's NASCAR Daytona 500. Hill says sports in 3-D is "fabulous," and high-def TV "has just been a steppingstone" to get to 3-D. But even though TV sets ...
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