sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com - 12/11/2008
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Monday's NFC South showdown between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Carolina Panthers drew good numbers on ESPN.
The Panthers' victory drew an 8.7 cable rating and 11.6 million viewers on ESPN Monday night, up 30% and 37% respectively from a 6.7 cable rating and 8.4 million for the comparable ...
MNF up from last year.
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com 12/24/2008 — ESPN concluded its third season of Monday Night Football on a high note.
The Bears' overtime victory over the Packers on Monday drew an 8.4 U.S. rating (9.8 cable rating) and 13.8 million viewers on ESPN, up 65% and 57% from a 5.1 with 8.8 million ...
The New ESPN.com: Is it all a fantasy?
fantasyfootballfools.com 1/12/2009 — Have you seen the new ESPN .com yet? Simplified . Customizable scoring across the top…larger content area for lead stories and video…easier and clearly visible login…and the ability to name specific teams, columnists and players in ...
An Interview With ESPN President George Bodenheimer
collegehoopsjournal.com 12/2/2008 — A few months ago, I had the chance to sit down with George and discuss everything from his start in the business (as a guy in the mail room at ESPN) to his sons’ affinity for high school football. My original piece on him was a human interest ...
International Broadcasts of Super Bowl XLIII
fangsbites.com 1/31/2009 — The NFL says this year's Super Bowl will be seen in 230 countries. SUPER BOWL XLIII TO BE BROADCAST IN 230 COUNTRIES & TERRITORIES & 34 LANGUAGES Throughout much of the world, sports fans will be watching Super Bowl XLIII at ...
Comcast/Versus To Challenge ESPN Empire NOW?
sportsbybrooks.com 1/7/2009 — SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY had some very interesting sports cable TV rating numbers today - for 2008:
SBD:
For ‘08, Versus saw the biggest viewership gains among cable sports nets for both total day programming and primetime, up 20.2% and ...
An Interview with ESPN Ombudsman Le Anne Schreiber
thebiglead.com 1/30/2009 — January’s been a fun month for interviews: We chatted with the NFL commish, Roger Goodell , ESPN Sportscenter anchor Scott Van Pelt , and last week, one of the men who will announcer the Super Bowl on Sunday, NBC’s Al Michaels . ...
Bowl Game Audiences Grow Eight Percent on ESPN and ESPN2
bizoffootball.com 1/9/2009 — ESPN and ESPN2 combined to televise 23 college football bowl games and averaged 2,810,000 homes (based on a 2.5 U.S. rating), an increase of eight percent over last season. In 2007-08, the networks combined for an average of 2,596,000 homes for 21 bowl games (based on a 2.3 U.S. rating). ...
ESPN's New Beta Website Is Launched
awfulannouncing.blogspot.com 12/9/2008 — I mentioned a while back that ESPN was going to be a revamping of sorts of its website, and Ryan Spoon has your first look. Spoon, who is an ESPN Insider, got to test out the site and provide an assessment for ESPN recently. Here are his thoughts on ...
ESPN Looks to Trump MLB Network
sportsmediajournal.com 12/30/2008 — It looks like ESPN is attempting to take some of the thunder away from MLB Network, which is set to launch Thursday. From ESPN PR:
ESPN Classic will feature a classic Major League Baseball game every Monday night (generally at 8 p.m. ET) starting ...
Arena Football Cancelled? —
Bleacher Report - NFL 12/11/2008
The Philadelphia Soul may have picked the best time to win the Arena Bowl, as it seems that the 2009 AFL season may be suspended . The decision is based on putting together a solid plan for the future of the league which states that the plan ...
Report: T.O.-Romo rift —
NYDailyNews.com - Football 12/12/2008
Terrell Owens apparently isn't feeling any love from his quarterback. Again. According to ESPN, Owens has expressed growing resentment toward Tony Romo and the quarterback's close relationship with tight end Jason Witten.
A Future Idea: NFL Rivalry Weekend! —
Bleacher Report - NFL 12/12/2008
Why is it that professional sports, especially the NFL, get overlooked when it comes to rivalries?
I know there aren't any trophies to hang out, or national championships on the line, but maybe it would help if more emphasis is put on the bigger ...
Documentary Revisits 'The Greatest Game Ever Played' —
Wash Post NFL 12/9/2008
Both casual fans and fanatical followers of professional football would be wise to do themselves a favor and set aside two hours Saturday starting at 9 p.m. to savor a goose-bump inducing ESPN documentary focusing on the historic 1958 NFL Championship ...
