Friday Night Megalinks. Again.
Fang's Bites —
... Puck the Media, Steve Lepore has a very good tribute to the best hockey broadcaster bar none, Mike Emrick, who is being deservedly inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Larry Barrett of Multichannel News talks about the ratings for Saturday primetime college football on ABC and ESPN. Steve McClellan of Adweek writes that Cars.com has purchased a 60 second spot on the Super Bowl for the second consecutive year. Tom Lowry of BusinessWeek says the University of Texas plans to launch its own cable all-sports channel. One of my ...
Long arm of the Longhorns
SPORTS COUCH POTATO —
... The University of Texas is in talks with carriers about launching a 24/7 sports network that would mark the first time a college has established its own TV platform for broad distribution, BusinessWeek.com reported. ...
Are You Ready for Bevo TV?
SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated —
... Why the quickie history lesson? The next step in specialty college sports networks is about to make its presence felt. What could come after channels devoted to college sports in general or a particular conference? Why, one devoted solely to a single university of course. The University of Texas is planning a channel devoted to Longhorn athletics and is currently discussing partnerships and carriage issues with the two satellite channels and the major cable networks. It will not, at least initially, carry football or most men's basketball games as those rights are held by ...
The University of Texas wants to launch its ...
Deadspin —
... The University of Texas wants to launch its very own 24-hour sports network devoted solely the Longhorn athletics. It already has more subscribers than the Big Ten Network [Business Week] ...
Vegelinks
Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician —
... Bennett Someone has done a very good job training their pooch...Mike Waters Congrats to SU Field Hockey for it's thrilling last-second win in the Big East Championship...Syracuse.com The Italians are coming! The Italians are coming!...Mike Waters SU Lax will play Princeton in Giants Stadium next season...D.O. Sports Blog Texas is starting a network dedicated to UT sports. DOCTOR Gross is salivating...BusinessWeek Bud Poliquin is clearly not a vegetarian...Cuse CountryWhere ...
The U. of Texas Has Plans For Its Own TV Network
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... One college conference that doesn’t have it’s own television network is the Big 12, and I’m guessing the University of Texas is fine with that. After all, they’re sports programs are popular enough in Texas and around the country that they don’t really need the added income because they’re already the most profitable athletic department in the country. They have so much money, in fact, that they just might start their very own network just for the Longhorns. From BUSINESS WEEK : In what would be a first for college sports on television, the University of Texas is planning to ...
Headlinin': Arizona blazes its own media trail
Dr. Saturday —
• Zero hour. I'm glad you're reading the blog and all, but ... shouldn't you be camped out this morning in front of your local GameSpot?
The latest edition of the beloved NCAA Football series hits stores today, and indeed, it looks good. But honestly -- and this comes from a guy who still screws around with a three-year-old edition of the game on the old PlayStation2 -- I'd be more excited about the new customized pregame intros than anything short of a leap to near-human AI in the gameplay. But everyone gets his kicks in his own way.
The official Doc Saturday review drops later this morning. In the meantime, loiterers will be arrested. ...
