SI.com Gets Rights To Fredette Webisodes

SI.com picked up the syndicated broadband rights to the Jimmer Fredette webisodes chronicling his life leading up to the June 23 NBA Draft. The website will launch the web series today. The web vignettes also will run on a dedicated YouTube channel -- YouTube.com/followjimmer . Tupelo-Honey Produc ...

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Sources Disclose Order Of Olympic TV Bids

NBC will give the third and final presentation to the IOC next week, according to sources who have seen the committee's bidding schedule. Fox will make the first bid in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Monday. ESPN will be making its bid Tuesday morning. Disney CEO Bob Iger will be in attendance for Disn ...

NBC's Schanzer Announces Retirement

NBC Sports President KEN SCHANZER announced his retirement to his staff this morning, writing in a memo to his department, "For those of you who've heard this before -- this time it's for real." The longtime NBC exec said he had come close to retiring twice before, in November '08 and July '1 ...

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Schanzer May Depart NBC Sports Group

NBC Sports President Ken Schanzer is preparing to announce his retirement from the network where he has spent the past three decades, according to sources with knowledge of his plans. A formal announcement could come within either days or weeks, a source said. Word of Schanzer's pending retirement ...

Subway Sponsoring "The Boys In The Hall" Series

Subway has signed on as presenting sponsor of the upcoming FSN series "The Boys in the Hall," which premieres Sunday at 6:00pm ET. Tom Brokaw and Fay Vincent collaborated on the show, which features conversations between Vincent and MLB HOFers, including Brooks Robinson , Frank Robinson , Duk ...

David Rone Hired As TWC Sports President

In another strong signal that it intends to be a major force in TV sports, Time Warner Cable -- the country's second largest cable operator -- hired a president for its newly created division TWC Sports. Former CAA exec DAVID RONE will take over the reins of the company's sports division. Based ...

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Fox Sold Out Champions League Inventory In Mid-April

Fox sold out its ad inventory for the UEFA Champions League Final in mid-April, when Gatorade picked up the last two spots. Last year, the same game did not sell out until early May. Fox is reporting that pricing is up about 10-15% this year. In addition to Gatorade, Apple and Burger King are new ad ...

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Rone Named TWC Sports President

Time Warner Cable hired former CAA exec David Rone to a newly created position as President of TWC Sports. Rone will be based in L.A. and will report to TWC Exec VP/Chief Video & Content Officer Melinda Witmer . The cable operator hired Rone to help it strengthen relationships with sports lea ...

ESPN Holding Upfront Presentation

ESPN is expected to make several programming announcements at its upfront presentation at the Best Buy Theater in N.Y. this morning. It is expected to officially announce a new lineup on ESPN2, including " Dan Le Batard is Highly Questionable ." Another planned ESPN2 afternoon show called "Numbers D ...

MASN's Orioles Ratings Up

MASN drew a sizable 24% ratings jump for its Orioles games in the Baltimore market so far this year. The team's 26 games in April drew a 5.6 rating in the market, compared to last year's 4.5 mark. Meanwhile, O's games have jumped 114% this season in the DC market, registering a 1.5 rating ...