IOC Planning For TV Rights Bidding Next Month

The IOC plans to hold bidding June 6-7 in Lausanne, Switzerland, for the '14 Sochi and '16 Rio de Janeiro U.S. TV rights package. The organization recently provided networks with those dates, according to sources familiar with the IOC's plans. NBC paid $2B for rights to the '10 Vancouver and '1 ...

Tags: Media, IOC

IOC To Hold TV Rights Bidding In June

The IOC plans to hold bidding June 6-7 in Lausanne, Switzerland, for the '14 Sochi and '16 Rio de Janeiro TV rights package. The organization recently provided networks with those dates, according to sources familiar with the IOC's plans. NBC paid $2B for rights to the '10 Vancouver and '12 London G ...

Vancouver Olympics Big Winner At Sports Emmys

NBC's coverage of the ‘10 Vancouver Games was the big winner at last night's Sports Emmy awards in N.Y. The event picked up five awards out of 12 nominations, and helped NBC and its properties win nine awards -- the most of any TV company for the night. The event won Emmys for best open/tease, best ...

Tags: Media

Pac-10 To Unveil $3B Media Deal

The Pac-10 Conference has agreed to a media rights deal with ESPN and Fox that is worth $3B over 12 years, according to multiple sources. A formal announcement will come tomorrow. The deal, which averages out to $250M per year, includes football, basketball and Olympic sports rights. It is more than ...

Michele Tafoya Leaving ESPN

Michele Tafoya, a "MNF" sideline reporter since '04, is leaving ESPN. Sources say Tafoya likely will move to NBC, which produces "Sunday Night Football." It is not known what her role at NBC will be. ESPN and Tafoya had been negotiating a three-year option in her deal, which was signed before the ...

Tags: Media, ESPN

CSN Bay Area To Produce Content For NBC Affil

In yet another sign of the Comcast-NBC integration, Comcast SportsNet Bay Area will produce live daily sports news segments for the over-the-air NBC affiliate in the Bay Area starting in June. The segments will hit during the 6:00pm PT and 11:00pm newscasts. Bay Area marks the first Comcas ...

Tags: Media

CSN Bay Area, NBC Affil Team Up

In yet another sign of the Comcast-NBC integration, Comcast SportsNet Bay Area will produce live daily sports news segments for the over-the-air NBC affiliate in the Bay Area starting in June. The segments will hit during the 6:00pm PT and 11:00pm newscasts. Bay Area marks the first Comcast RSN that ...

The Men's Wearhouse To Sponsor TXN's Online NFL Draft Show

The Men's Wearhouse has signed on as title sponsor for The Experts Network's NFL Draft preview online show. The Experts Network (TXN) is the broadband site that a group of former athletes-turned-broadcasters are launching April 26 in conjunction with 16W Marketing. "The Men's Wearhouse NFL Draft Pre ...

NBC, Versus Agree To NHL Deal

NBC and Versus have agreed to a deal to renew the NHL’s TV rights, according to execs close to the deal. A formal announcement is expected to come this afternoon. Specific deal terms are not known, but the bidding had gone above $200M per year. Fox pulled out of the bidding last week, and Turner pu ...

Turner Out Of Bidding For NHL Rights

Turner has pulled out of the bidding for the NHL's TV rights, leaving Comcast and ESPN as the two remaining bidders. "We are disciplined in our approach to negotiating sports rights and are committed to providing quality programming that matters to our audience, advertisers and distribution partners ...