UFC Agrees To Multiyear Deal With Fox

In what would represent a major push into the mainstream for the UFC, Fox has agreed to a deal that will see the broadcast channel air as many as four MMA events per year, according to several sources. The multiyear deal would mark the first time the UFC will have consistent airtime on a broadcast n ...

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ESPN To Air C-USA Championship Game

ESPN and Conference USA have settled their lawsuit, with ESPN picking up the rights to C-USA's championship game. Under terms of the agreement, ESPN will gain the rights to C-USA's football championship game from '11-15. "ESPN and Conference USA are pleased to announce that they have settled their l ...

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ESPN Gives Away Pies To Promote App

ESPN gave away 1,000 branded pies at Finsbury Avenue Square in London this morning. The promotion was centered around the ESPN Goals app. People had to download the free app in order to get a pie – a choice of Steak and Ale, Chicken and Mushroom or Feta and Spinach. The EPL season starts ...

NBC Signs Three-Year Deal With MLS

MLS signed a three-year deal with NBC that will see regular-season MLS games return to English-language broadcast television for the first time since '08. NBC and MLS did not reveal financial terms of the deal, but sources say is worth $10M per year. The deal takes effect with the '12 MLS seaso ...

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Charter Signs Deal To Carry NFL Network

Charter Communications has signed a deal to carry NFL Network and the league’s RedZone Channel. The move marks a big deal for NFL Network, which has grown to about 57 million homes at a reported cost of 81 cents a subscriber a month, according to SNL Financial. But the network was stymied for ...

Fox Sports Not Launching Pac-12 Channel

Fox Sports released a statement last night saying that they are not talking with the Pac-12 about launching a conference cable channel. The statement read, "We're not in any discussion with the Conference about a Pac-12 network. We're happy with our new Pac-12 media rights agreement and we're lookin ...

Greenburg Discusses Reasons For Leaving HBO

Saying that he lost his joy for the job, HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg asked the network to let him out of his contract five months before it was due to expire. In particular, Greenburg cited his dealings with the boxing community as a reason why he started dreading coming to work after 33 y ...

Miller Taking Over As Head Of NBA Digital

CHRISTINA MILLER has replaced BRYAN PEREZ at the top of NBA Digital. Miller was named GM of the group, which includes NBA TV, NBA League Pass, websites from the NBA, WNBA and NBA Development League. Miller, who will remain as Turner Sports' Senior VP/Strategy, Marketing & Programming, will r ...

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TWC Hires Shuken For L.A. Nets

TWC hires Shuken to launch two planned RSNs in L.A. Time Warner Cable made its second big sports media hire in six weeks, bringing in MARK SHUKEN to launch its two planned RSNs in L.A. ...

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Comcast Could Be In "Video Renaissance"

Cable operators have long complained that the margins for their video business have eroded because of the high cost of sports channels. But Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett asks if the nation's biggest cable operator, Comcast, is "on the brink of a video renaissance." In a research note released this ...

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