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wcsnblogs.com - 7/9/2009
USOC TV network — the IOC responds
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The note below from the International Olympic Committee landed moments ago in my inbox. Note the IOC’s formal disappointment. Note, too, that the IOC felt it institutionally appropriate to make public that disappointment — following on from similar comments Wednesday issued ...
U.S.O.C.
nytimes.com - 7/8/2009
U.S.O.C.
— nytimes.com — The United States Olympic Committee’s announcement Wednesday that it would start a television network next year with... Comcast was criticized by a top International Olympic Committee official, who said his organization had not yet granted the channel ... (more) U.S.O.C.

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USOC, Comcast Announce Plans To Launch New Olympic Network
sportsbusinessdaily.com - 7/8/2009
USOC, Comcast Announce Plans To Launch New Olympic Network
— sportsbusinessdaily.com — Tripp Mickle & John Ourand , Staff Writers, SportsBusiness Journal The USOC today announced plans to launch... an Olympic network in partnership with Comcast. The long-awaited network, which the organization first proposed in 06, will be available on ... (more) USOC, Comcast Announce Plans To Launch New Olympic Network

Comments vote down Fang's Bites found this 7/8/2009found this
wcsnblogs.com - 7/8/2009
On a USOC TV network: many questions, few answers
— wcsnblogs.com — It was clear, abundantly clear, listening Wednesday morning to Stephanie Streeter, Larry Probst, Norm Bellingham and Peter... Ueberroth — that is, the establishment of the U.S. Olympic Committee — why it is the USOC feels the need in launching its own television network to move ahead ... (more) On a USOC TV network: many questions, few answers

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