Coke Zero Sponsors ESPN's "College GameDay"

ESPN signed Coke Zero to a significant sponsor position on its "College GameDay" football program. The deal marks Coke's biggest position so far on ESPN's college football programming and includes exposure on-air, in digital areas and in ESPN The Magazine. Details about how that on-air exposure will ...

ESPN Inks Media Rights Deal With MWC

ESPN has signed a multiyear deal with the Mountain West Conference that runs through the '19-20 season. Financial details were not released for the new package of games that came from the closing of the conference's channel, the Mtn. CBS Sports controls the main package of MWC games through an exist ...

Final Four Could Move To Cable In '14

CBS and Turner are negotiating to allow Turner to show the Final Four as soon as next year as part of an option that is part of their NCAA Tournament deal. Plans have not been finalized, but several sources say that Turner is likely to have the Final Four in '14, which would place another premier sp ...

Details About Fox Sports 1 Coming Today

Fox Sports is hosting a press conference in N.Y. today where the network is expected to unveil details about its planned all-sports cable channel, which it is calling Fox Sports 1. As has been rumored for the better part of a year, Fox will announce plans to rebrand Speed into FS1 this August. At it ...

ESPN Matches NBC Offer For Big East Rights

ESPN has agreed to match NBC's offer for the Big East, agreeing to pay more than $20M per year for a six-year package, according to several well-placed sources. The two sides still are trying to work out various details about how many games ESPN will carry and where they will air. Sources said the B ...

Topps President & CEO Stepping Down

Ryan O'Hara will step down as Topps Co. President & CEO next month. O'Hara will join the company's BOD and serve as a strategic advisor, a move that essentially opens up the exec to other opportunities outside of Topps. Topps Chair Michael Eisner hired O'Hara three years ago to run the compa ...

Mandalay Sports Media Hires Battista As CEO

Mandalay Sports Media hired former Fox exec Rich Battista to be CEO of its 11-month-old venture. Battista will be based in L.A. and will oversee the company's day-to-day operations alongside its founders, co-Chairs  Peter Guber and  Mike Tollin . One of Battista's duties will be to iden ...

Dish Network To Carry FS San Diego

Dish Network has agreed to carry FS San Diego on its America's Top 120 Plus and Latino Dos packages this April. The RSN, which launched last March, carries Padres, Clippers and Ducks games. Dish says the channel will launch April 1, in time for MLB Opening Day. The deal could put pressure on Time Wa ...

Regis In Talks To Host Show On Fox Sports 1

Fox Sports has been in talks with veteran TV host Regis Philbin to host a show for its planned Fox Sports 1 channel, according to several sources. Fox and Philbin have not agreed on a deal yet, but sources say talks are serious and an agreement could be close at hand. Fox declined to comment on the ...

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Fox Sports In Talks With Regis Philbin

Fox Sports has been in talks with veteran TV host Regis Philbin to host a show for its planned Fox Sports 1 channel, according to several sources. Fox and Philbin have not agreed on a deal yet, but sources say talks are serious and an agreement could be close at hand. Fox declined to comment on th ...