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ABC TO TELEVISE SIX ACC GAMES; CLOSE TO DEAL WITH MNF

          ABC will televise six ACC basketball games next season
     under a two-year deal that extends through the 2000-01
     season between ESPN and Raycom Sports, which sells network
     rights to the conference's basketball games, according to
     Langdon Brockinton of the SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL. 
     Brockinton's sources say that ESPN will produce the
     telecasts.  Ad time will be sold by ESPN or "ABC/ESPN, if
     the ABC sports sales staff and the ESPN sales department
     eventually consolidate" (SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, 6/28).
          GOING FOR A HAIL MARY: The HOLLYWOOD REPORTER's Stephen
     Battaglio reports ABC and its affils "appear to be closer to
     striking a deal" that will have the affils pay ABC for NFL
     broadcasts "in return for an agreement on program
     exclusivity."  ABC is seeking $50M a year from its affils
     "to help defray" the $550M-a-year cost of "Monday Night
     Football."  ABC has told the affil board that "if an
     agreement isn't reached soon, it could retaliate by taking
     back local commercial inventory during network programming." 
     Freedom Communications President Alan Bell: "It is close. 
     Earlier in the week (ABC) sent a note saying they had made
     great movement" (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 6/28).  

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