awfulannouncing.blogspot.com - 6/20/2008
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I remember a post from last year (which I can't find) where everyone hammered NBC for hanging with Notre Dame. Last year's ratings for the partnership were just abysmal and for that NBC has decided to re-up with the University.... NBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol and Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins announced an extension of the TV contract to broadcast Irish football games on NBC ...
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Unverified Voracity Ejects Bits
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... Time Warner: "I think they're going to be really, really lucky to get it done by football season," Prof. Barry Orton told The Capital Times. "It means they have to turn this around in a month and a half or so. That's tight. I would think we're safer to say (a deal will be done) probably by basketball season and maybe by the end of football season."Yes, yes it does. NBC's extended their contract with Notre Dame another five years, and they're very proud of it: “We are thrilled to continue this landmark partnership with Notre ...
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NBC Coverage Of US Open Looks To Pick Up Where ESPN Leaves Off
awfulannouncing.blogspot.com 6/11/2008 — It's always interesting when ESPN and NBC switch coverage after the first two days of the U.S. Open because the styles are so different. For the Masters, ESPN uses many of CBS' production elements, but for the first two days of the Open the "Leader" is on its own. NBC is looking to analysts Peter Jacobson and Curtis Strange to team with Bob Costas this weekend and even wanted to use the ...
Take That Fighting Irish Haters: ND and NBC Extend Contract
irishbandofbrothers.blogspot.com 6/19/2008 — A statement released by the Notre Dame Sports Information Office says,
"Notre Dame is renewing its television contract with NBC.
The university and NBC announced Thursday they have agreed to a five-year deal that runs through the 2015 season. The current contract was scheduled to expire in 2010.
The NBC Extension of its ND Contract —
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Why?
3.6 rating for ND games on NBC in 2005
3.0 for the 2006 games
1.9 last year
Now I am no Nielsen guru, but are not ratings supposed to getting larger to justify buying back into programming? So, why then ?
"When Notre Dame is good, and they're often quite good, they bring more attention to football than anyone else," Ken Schanzer, the president of NBC Sports, said by ...
NBC Analyst Apologizes For Pool Cleaner Remark —
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Most of us watching the U.S. Open endurance test between Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate last weekend caught some off-hand comments from NBC golf analyst Johnny Miller regarding Mediate’s chances of the David vs. Goliath-style upset, particularly with regard to something about Rocco looking “like the guy who cleans Tiger’s swimming pool.”
That gaffe just happened ...
2008 Wimbledon Television Listings —
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ESPN2, NBC Sports, and Tennis Channel will air live and taped coverage of the 2008 Championships at Wimbledon beginning on Monday, June 23.
The women’s final will be broadcast live on NBC at 9:00 am ET on Saturday, July 5.
While ESPN2 and NBC Sports hold the rights to live coverage during the Grand Slam, Tennis Channel will be airing replays. For more information about Tennis ...
NBC and Notre Dame Reup Through 2015 —
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Anybody who thought that Notre Dame's troubles over the last few years would give NBC pause when it came time to renew the peacock's contract to broadcast the Irish can rest easy now. NBC and Notre Dame announced today that their exclusive contract has been extended through the 2015 season despite the Irish having the lowest ratings since the contract began in 1991. The renewal of the NBC ...
Long Time Sportscaster Charlie Jones Passes —
SOX & Dawgs
Two more broadcasters left us today. Both you saw each and every Sunday for the longest time.
Tim Russert, host of “Meet the Press” died of a heart attack at age 58 today and long-time NBC Sport announcer Charlie Jones passed at the age of 77. Jones whose 45-year career as a sports broadcaster dates back to the beginning of the American Football League (AFL) in 1960.
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Long-time NBC sports announcer Charlie Jones is dead —
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Tim Russert died today, a huge loss to NBC News in addition to his family and friends.
That news understandably will overshadow the death of another long-time NBC figure, sportscaster Charlie Jones, a stalwart of its AFL and NFL coverage for many years.
Jones wasn't a star of the magnitude of Jim McKay, who died last weekend, but he was a solid pro whom many of us grew up with.
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