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Game 6 Nail-Biter Draws 14.7 Overnight, ABC's Fourth-Highest NBA Rating Ever06 / 19 / 13The Heat's last-second comeback last night in Game 6 of the NBA Finals resulted in the fourth-highest rating ever for an NBA game on ABC and sets the stage for a massive mark tomorrow night in Game 7. The game, which saw the Heat beat the Spurs 103-100 in OT, earned a 14.7 overnight rating, peaking... |
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Blackhawks-Bruins Game 3 Sets NBCSN Record
NBC Sports Network averaged a 2.3 U.S. rating and 4.0 million viewers for Game 3 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final on Monday from 8:00-10:55pm ET, topping Saturday night's Game 2 as the net's most-viewed NHL game on record and best for any Stanley Cup Final game on cable TV in 11 years. Blackhawks-Bruins ...
MLS To Debut Multi-Platform MLS+
MLS CMO Howard Handler said that the league is "going down the route" of ESPN's "30 for 30" and NFL Films "by investing big money in a new content and distribution group called MLS+," according to Grant Wahl of SI.com. One of the "first big initiatives, MLS Insider, is a weekly magazine show that w ...
HBO Not Toning Down "Hard Knocks" Cuts
HBO and NFL Films formally announced Monday that the Bengals had been selected to appear on the net's "Hard Knocks" series, and NFL Films Senior Coordinating Producer Ross Ketover said that the show will not change how it covers "future player cuts," according to Alex Marvez of FOXSPORTS.com. Keto ...
ESPN, Fox Payouts To Pac-12 Revealed
Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott in a confidential e-mail to the conference’s presidents and chancellors two years ago detailed payments from ESPN and Fox, including a $30M "signing bonus," according to Jon Wilner of the SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS. The deal also "features a 5.1% escalator." The emai ...
SnappyTV, LiveU Strike Partnership
SnappyTV, a S.F.-based technology startup that aids social sharing of digital video, has struck a partnership with LiveU, which works in transmitting live video over cellular networks. The alignment will aid in near-real time posting of video clips from live events. Among the initial users of the co ...
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People & Personalities
In Boston, Shanahan & Goldstein write it is "anybody’s guess when" NESN Red Sox analyst Jerry Remy "might resume his duties." NESN confirmed yesterday it will be a "while longer" before Remy returns to the broadcast booth. Initially, the "word was Remy, who has battled a host of health iss ...
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Media Notes
VARIETY's Ted Johnson noted Time Warner Cable is "being hit with a class action suit by four Southern California pay TV subscribers," who are claiming that the $11B TWC is paying for rights to the Lakers and Dodgers "will be passed on to consumers, even those who have no interest in watching the gam ...
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KU, TWC Ink Deal For Tier-3 Rights
The Univ. of Kansas and IMG College have signed a long-term deal with Time Warner Cable for KU's Tier-3 TV rights that will see regional distribution of more than 300 hours of original programming. TWC Metro Sports will air live games from various sports as well as non-game programming such as pre- ...
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Atlanta Radio Hosts Fired Over Morning Bit
Nick Cellini, Chris Dimino and Steak Shapiro, the hosts of Atlanta-based WQXI-AM's "Mayhem in the AM," were fired "after doing a mock interview that made fun" of former NFLer Steve Gleason, who was diagnosed in '11 with ALS, according to Carla Caldwell of the ATLANTA BUSINESS CHRONICLE. During the o ...
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Mets, SNY Look For Audience Boost
SportsNet N.Y. is "on pace for the lowest Mets ratings in its eight-season history, stuck with a team out of contention earlier than any other in that span, and suddenly has been gifted with a marquee attraction" in Ps Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler starting in today's doubleheader, according to Neil ...
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