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Dos Lunas Tequila Now “Official Tequila of Dolphin Stadium”
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Dos Lunas Spirits owner and CEO Richard C. Poe II today announced a multi-year marketing partnership making Dos Lunas Tequila the official tequila of Dolphin Stadium, home to the Miami Dolphins and Florida Marlins. Financial terms were not released. The affiliation will include strong visibility of Dos Lunas throughout the stadium. Two premium tequila bars, located at each end of the stadium, at concourses C and G, appropriately named The Dos Lunas Margarita Gardens, will be built offering a selection of refreshing Dos Lunas margaritas and other Dos Lunas cocktails. In addition to this, there will be two permanent Dos Lunas bars on the 100 concourse level of the stadium with similar offerings. A full-color mural featuring Dos Lunas will be prominent to any fans ...
Most Loyal 18-24 NFL Fans from Pittsburgh, Baltimore
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The most loyal 18-24 year-old fans of the National Football League are in the Pittsburgh and Baltimore markets, according to a survey by Scarborough Sports Marketing. According to Scarborough, 6 percent of 18-24 year-olds in Pittsburgh call themselves “avid” fans, the highest interest, while 8.8 percent call themselves “loyal”. Pittsburgh was followed by Baltimore (5.9% avid, 8.2% loyal), Indianapolis (5.0% avid, 7.8% loyal), Denver (4.6% avid, 6.4% loyal), and Philadelphia (4.3% avid, 7.0% loyal). At the other end of the spectrum, the Bay Area (defined as San Francisco-Oakland- San Jose) is the least loyal (1.7% avid, 3.6% loyal) followed by Green Bay-Appleton (1.9% avid, 6.5% loyal), New York (2.0% avid, 3.4% loyal), Detroit (2.2% avid, 4.6% loyal), and ...
ESPN Axis Technology, New High-Speed Cameras, Enhanced Graphics for MNF
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When Monday Night Football kicks off its 39th season on September 8 with a season-opening doubleheader -- Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers (7 p.m. ET) and Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders (10:15 p.m.) – look for a host of new production technologies from ESPN. MNF will feature a host of new enhancements in 2008, including “ESPN Axis technology”, a fresh complement of high-speed cameras, a streamlined graphics package ideal for high definition viewing, and, of course, a new Hank Williams Jr. opening video. Planned highlights: ESPN AXIS ESPN Axis, a graphic enhancement developed by the Swiss company LiberoVision with additional elements by ESPN's production enhancement team, will be used for the ...
ESPN and EA Sports Unveil "EA SPORTS Virtual Playbook"
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Mark this deal as yet one more key integrated advertisement deal. EA SPORTS and ESPN are advancing media convergence and delivering a new enhancement to in-studio sports analysis with the debut of EA SPORTS Virtual Playbook, on ESPN’s NFL programs. The new television technology, developed jointly by EA SPORTS and ESPN, delivers an “augmented reality” that allows ESPN’s football analysts to interact with the virtual players from EA SPORTS video games and provide insight, education and analysis to fans about key football plays and techniques. ...
NFL ON CBS Sees Highest Opening Weekend Ratings Since 1999
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THE NFL ON CBS's regional singleheader action on Sunday, Sept. 7 (1:00-4:15 PM, ET) scored its highest rating for an opening weekend since 1999. Highlighted by Brett Favre and the New York Jets at Miami, Kansas City at New England, Houston at Pittsburgh, Cincinnati at Baltimore and Jacksonville at Tennessee, the day's coverage earned an average overnight household rating/share of 11.0/24, up +4% from last year's 10.6/23 and up +24% from an 8.9/20 in 2006. Source: CBS Sports ...
MNF Double-Header Ranked as Two Biggest Cable Audiences of '08
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Monday night’s special 2008 season-opening doubleheader of ESPN’s Monday Night Football delivered the two biggest cable television audiences of the year, helping ESPN win the night among all networks, broadcast or cable. In addition, the games drove significant traffic to ESPN.com’s NFL content. The Green Bay Packers’ 24-19 victory over the Minnesota Vikings (7 p.m. ET), earned a 9.3 rating, representing an average of 9,051,000 households (12,501,000 viewers – P2+), the largest audience for any program on cable television in 2008. This represents increases of 8%, 9% and 13%, respectively vs. last year’s opener (Baltimore – Cincinnati: 8.6; 8,288,000 and 11,080,000). ...
CBS Sports to Stream Entire SEC Schedule on CBSSports.com
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CBS Sports announced Monday that they will stream the entire 2008 SEC college football schedule live on CBSSports.com. The SEC ON CBS kicks off on Saturday, Sept 13 (3:30-7:00 PM, ET) with *No. 2-ranked Georgia at *South Carolina. “In keeping with CBS's vision of using multiple platforms to better serve our viewers no matter where they are, we are pleased with the cooperation of the SEC to be able to stream all of our SEC ON CBS games this season," said Mike Aresco, Executive Vice President, Programming, CBS Sports. "We're excited to give fans the ability to watch live college football for free on CBSSports.com from one of the most competitive conferences in the country," said Jason Kint, Senior Vice President and General Manager, CBSSports.com. ...
CBC v. MLBAM/MLBPA Redux – NFL Affiliate Suing CBSSports.com Over Use of Stats in Fantasy Sports Game
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The claims are nearly identical to a case that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court: A sports league has the right to charge a licensing fee for the use of player statistics and their names when used for a for-profit fantasy sports product. The case that went before the U.S. Supreme Court involved CBC Marketing v. MLB Players Association and MLB Advanced Media (see The Biz of Baseball for more details ...
CBC v. MLBAM/MLBPA Redux – NFL Affiliate Suing CBSSports.com Over Use of Stats in Fantasy Sports Game
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The claims are nearly identical to a case that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court: A sports league believes it has the right to charge a licensing fee for the use of player statistics and player names when such information is used in a for-profit fantasy sports product. The case that went before the U.S. Supreme Court was CBC Marketing v. MLB Players Association and MLB Advanced Media (see The Biz of Baseball for more details ...
Average NFL Franchise Value Over $1 Billion, According to Forbes
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According to the annual valuation of all 32 franchises in the NFL by Forbes, the average value of an NFL team is worth over a billion dollars. According to the report, the average value is now $1.04 billion, and increase of 8.7 percent compared to last year. New stadiums development helped increase values, including the Indianapolis Colts who see their ranking jump 13 spots to #8. As reported by Reuters, both New York teams have benefited from the jointly developed New Meadowlands Stadium currently beginning construction: Both New York teams, the Giants and Jets, showed the biggest percentage gains at 21 percent, thanks to the new jointly owned stadium they will move into in 2010. The Giants moved to No. 4 at $1.178 billion, while the Jets were at ...
Jim Irsay Not Your Typical NFL Owner: Rocker, Poet, Tattoo of Colts Logo
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Jim Irsay, the owner of the Indianapolis Colts, isn’t exactly your typical NFL owner. As if the picture here didn’t tell the story, he also has the team’s logo tattooed on his right arm, and is a published poet. In the print edition of Forbes magazine, and soon to be published online, revelations about the owner of the Colts seem to defy conventional wisdom of what an NFL owner should be like: [Irsay is] a collector who owns, among other items: guitars from Jerry Garcia and Elvis Presley, Jack Kerouac’s 120-foot-scroll manuscript of On the Road and the glasses worn by Mike Myers in the Austin Powers movies. Irsay sees no difference between owning an NFL ...
ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown and SportsCenter See Strong Ratings NFL Opening Week
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ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown pre-game show (11 a.m. - 1 p.m. ET) and the new NFL-focused 7 p.m. Sunday night edition of SportsCenter are off to strong starts after the opening week of the NFL season. The kickoff edition of Sunday Countdown posted a 2.4 rating, representing 2,331,000 households, increases of 9% and 8%, respectively, over week 1 in 2007. The evening SportsCenter, now co-hosted by Chris Berman and John Saunders with Tom Jackson and other analysts reviewing the day's NFL games, earned a 1.1 rating and 1,081,000 households, increases of +22% and +28% over the same show a year ago. Ratings grew every quarter-hour of the program as football fans flocked to ESPN as the afternoon games concluded. The show peaked with a ...
Washington Capitals To See Increase in Number of Games in HD
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The Washington Capitals will see 73 of their games broadcast on television this upcoming season, including 50 games in high-definition, a record number for the Capitals. As reported by the Washington Business Journal: … They will be aired on Comcast SportsNet HDTV. Coverage begins with the October 10 regular season opener at Atlanta. The following night Comcast will air the team’s home opener against Chicago in high definition as the team raises its 2007-08 Southeast Division championship banner. “It is fantastic to see Comcast SportsNet offer so many games in HD,” said Capitals majority owner Ted Leonsis. “Our TV ratings increased significantly last year, and we look forward to continued growth this season.” ...
NHL Players Union Takes NHL to Court Over Pension Dispute
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The NHL Players Association (NHLPA) announced Thursday that they have filed an application in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice regarding how the NHL Players’ Pension Plan is interpreted. The NHLPA takes issue with how death benefit for players with service in the Plan prior to July 1, 1986 (and for certain NHL employees with service prior to July 1, 1994) are being calculated. The NHLPA announced today through a statement that they became aware of the issue in 2008 after “the representative of Brad Park and another former player brought this to the attention of the National Hockey League Pension Society which administers the plan for the Board.” The issue has been under review by both the player’s union and the league but could not be resolved. “This is ...
Darren Rovell Talks NFL, and Other Sports Business
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CNBC's Darren Rovell is, as far as this author knows, the only reporter that is almost exclusively dedicated to sports business on television. Accessible and sharp, Rovell has given those that follow sports as a business a considerable amount of insight. The Business of Sports Network interview Rovell regarding his documentary on Nike for The Biz of Basketball (read the interview here). Now, Rovell has taken time to talk to Ken Fang of the invaluable Fang's Bites blog. Here's just a small excerpt from Ken's interview with Rovell: FB: With the NFL now in season, what are some of the stories that you feel we'll be reading over the next few months? Labor strife? Online streaming? DR: I'll take the NFL Network story ...
ESPN's Cowboys/Eagles MNF Biggest Audience in History of Cable TV
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Last night, ESPN’s Monday Night Football – the Dallas Cowboys’ 41-37 home victory over the Philadelphia Eagles – delivered the biggest audience in the history of cable television. The game earned a 13.3 rating, representing 12,953,000 homes (18,608,000 P2+), edging the previous record, ESPN’s New England – Baltimore Monday Night Football telecast of December 3, 2007 (12,529,000 homes, based on a 13.0 rating, 17,522,000 P2+). In addition, for the second straight Monday, ESPN won the night among all networks, broadcast or cable, and the game drove significant traffic to ESPN.com’s NFL content. Last night’s telecast is the most-watched prime-time NFL game of the 2008 season to date. ...
Jenn Brown Joins "Inside The NFL" as Special Correspondent
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Television personality and event reporter Jenn Brown will join the INSIDE THE NFL announce team as a special correspondent. The announcement was made today by CBS Sports and INSIDE THE NFL producer Pete Radovich. Brown will make her INSIDE THE NFL debut this week -- Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME -- on assignment in Hollywood. Working alongside host James Brown and analysts Phil Simms, Cris Collinsworth and Warren Sapp, she will be featured regularly throughout the season. "As a sports lover and former athlete, I was overjoyed to team up with the men of INSIDE THE NFL," said Brown. "I am looking forward to giving a female's perspective on this season's games and storylines. I am thrilled to be joining a show that has achieved great success and ...
Harrah’s Drops Out of Group Building Las Vegas Arena
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Harrah’s has dropped out of a partnership with AEG to build a new 20,000-seat arena in Las Vegas designed to lure an NHL expansion franchise. The void left by Harrah’s has been filled by a consortium comprised of Hollywood film producer Jerry Bruckheimer, MGM Studios CEO Harry Sloan and Wall Street financier David Bonderman to allow the new partnership to assume the $500 million risk needed to build the arena. As reported by Muret and Mickle of the Sports Business Journal ...
Jets Partner With StubHub to Auction PSLs
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The New York Jets announced Wednesday a partnership with StubHub to auction the best seats in the New Jets Stadium -- the Coaches Club. The auction will start on Sunday, October 19, and run through Monday, October 27, 2008 exclusively on StubHub, the world's largest ticket marketplace. The Coaches Club combines the best seats in football -- on the sideline around the 50-yard line -- with access usually reserved for coaches and players. Club members will be able to stand on the field and watch the game, five yards off the Jets bench, or step inside to a private 20,000 square foot bar and lounge designed by Nobu architect David Rockwell. In addition to complimentary food and beverage, Club members receive free VIP parking adjacent to the stadium and can buy tickets to other ...
Yao Ming on Ice? China Sharks to Place Asia Hockey League Team in Shanghai
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The San Jose Sharks and the China Sharks are looking for the proverbial Yao Ming of hockey. The San Jose Shark’s parent company, Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment (SVS&E;), held a press conference Wednesday to announce that the China Sharks would be moving from Beijing to Shanghai. Why would China have an interest in hockey, and why would SVS&E; have an interest in China? Besides an attempt to produce the first Chinese hockey super star, China is bidding to host the Winter Olympics. That has made China jump into hockey player development. As for SVS&E;’s interest, Silicon Valley companies are looking to make inroads into China. As reported by the San Jose Mercury News: The ...
