CTV has announced the name of its sports cable channel,
which is jointly owned by CTV, Rogers cable, Molson, and
Fox. It will be called CTV Sports Net (Toronto GLOBE &
MAIL, 2/27)....NBC showed "record operating profits" of
$953M in '96, a 29% increase over the prior year, due in
part to "profitable" Summer Olympics coverage (HOLLYWOOD
REPORTER, 2/27)....The Orioles officially announced Michael
Reghi to handle play-by-play on the club's TV broadcasts.
Jim Palmer and Mike Flanigan will return as analysts. Reghi
was play-by-play for the Cavs (WASHINGTON POST, 2/27)....The
"NBA at 50" home video has debuted on the Billboard
Recreational Sports Video Chart for the week of March 1, at
No. 1 (NBA)....SportsChannel OH has added Cincinnati CBS
affiliate WKRC-TV to its Reds TV Network (SportsChannel).
...The Texas Motor Speedway has named the Dallas area's
WBAP-AM the Official Broadcast Station of the Speedway
(Texas Motor Speedway)....CTV's NBA All-Star game rating two
weeks ago drew 811,000 viewers, which was "down
significantly" from last year's 1.1 million (Toronto GLOBE &
MAIL, 2/27).
