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Chicago Hope: Blackhawks' Local Audience Helping Drive NBC, NBSN RatingsThe Blackhawks' local ratings in the Chicago market during the NHL playoffs are "having a huge impact on the overall national rating for their games on NBC and NBC Sports Network," according to Ed Sherman of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. NBC Sports Net's Blackhawks-Red Wings Western Conference Semifinals Gam... Tags: Chicago Blackhawks, Media |
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ESPN Won't Tip Analysts During Draft
ESPN analysts during NFL Draft coverage next week "won't know when players are about to get picked even when the folks in their production truck could tell them," according to Michael Hiestand of USA TODAY. But that "won't be the case with draft coverage on the NFL Network." Last year, NFL Net and E ...
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NBC Sports Network averaged 847,000 viewers for the Sabres-Bruins game on Wednesday night, which marked the first massive public gathering in Boston since Monday's marathon bombings. That audience marked the net’s fourth-best viewership for an NHL regular-season game on record ( NBC ). Mea ...
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In Denver, Nick Groke writes NBC's plans to broadcast every EPL game next season is "great news for U.S. soccer fans -- but worrisome news for fans" of MLS. The NBC-EPL deal "dwarfs the deal" the net has with MLS, which is worth $10M per year. MLS Rapids play-by-play announcer Richard Fleming "kno ...
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CSN Houston Wants Wider Distribution on Suddenlink
Comcast SportsNet Houston President & GM Matt Hutchings said that the network "could be made available immediately to Suddenlink cable customers if the carrier will agree to air the network on its expanded basic service across a five-state area rather than on an extra-cost sports tier in the Hou ...
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With the Mariners taking the controlling stake in a new RSN , Vulcan Sports & Entertainment CEO Peter McLoughlin said at the '13 Sports Facilities & Franchises conference he wants to meet with Mariners President & CEO Chuck Armstrong next week and see "how we can work together." The MLS ...
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Mariners Take Controlling Stake In New RSN
The Mariners yesterday announced that the club had “purchased a controlling stake in a new regional television sports network to be run with DirecTV that would carry their games through the 2030 season,” according to Baker & Jenks of the SEATTLE TIMES. In addition to Mariners games, ...
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NBC To Carry All EPL Games In '13-14
NBC Sports yesterday announced that its TV and digital channels will present all 380 EPL matches for the '13-14 season, including pre- and postgame coverage, with all matches streamed live via NBC Sports Live Extra. Coverage highlights will include "Championship Sunday" on May 11, 2014, with all 10 ...
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TalkSport Inks EPL Radio Deal In China
TalkSport has “struck a deal to air” EPL matches in China in what is “thought to be the first time officially sanctioned coverage has been made available on radio in the world's most populous nation,” according to Mark Sweney of the GUARDIAN. TalkSport parent company UTV Medi ...
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Alli Sports To Rep World of Adventure Series
NBC's Alli Sports, which runs the Dew Tour, will begin representing the World of Adventure Sports in sales and distribution. GoPro has signed a multiyear agreement to be the presenting sponsor of the adventure sports series. The company's camera footage will be integrated into four o ...
WVU To Re-Open Tier 3 Rights Bidding
West Virginia Univ. will "scrap bids for its athletic department's multimedia rights and start over" after state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said that "significant errors were made" in the process, according to a front-page piece by Jared Hunt of the Charleston DAILY MAIL. While Morrisey's off ...
