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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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IBM has launched the 1995 U.S. Open home page on the World Wide Web, with a schedule, statistics, and players bios all available. Address: http://usopen.org (IBM).... The L.A. TIMES reports that Micro
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MULTIMEDIA UPDATE: NFL RELAUNCHES WEB SITE
The NFL has created a "new" Internet site -- Team NFL, formerly known as NFL Sidelines -- on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at http://nflhome.com. The six sections: Reports on all 30 teams,
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ESPN will have live coverage of Cal Ripken''s record-breaking game on September 6, as well as the post-game ceremonies. In addition, ESPN''s "Outside the Lines" will examine Ripken''s streak on Septem
Tags: Detroit Lions, ESPN, Madison Square Garden, NBC, New England Patriots, New York Islanders, New York Mets, News Corp./Fox, Sports Illustrated, Media, Time Warner, Walt Disney
IMG, GERMAN MEDIA COMPANY BID $1B FOR WORLD CUP RIGHTS
IMG and Hamburg-based UFA Film and Television, a subsidiary of German media giant Bertelsmann, have made a joint bid of $1B for world broadcasting rights to the 2002 World Cup. That amount is four tim
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NBC''s Bob Costas, on Friday''s "Baseball Night in America" broadcast: "The thing I like best about the wild-card race is that it has what all great drama requires: clarity" (USA TODAY, 8/28). In Balt
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NETWORK NEWS: ... AND DILLER MAKES SEVEN
Barry Diller''s purchase of Silver King Communications, the nation''s 6th largest station group, is seen by many to be the start of his bid to form a seventh broadcast network. With other media giants
STAKES ARE HIGH FOR PANTHERS' INAUGURAL SEASON
Charlotte''s WCCB-TV, a Fox affiliate, faces the possible loss of $680,000 if the Panthers'' six home games on Fox are blacked out due to non-sellouts at Clemson Stadium, according to the latest issue
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BIG-MARKET TEAMS RENEW THEIR RADIO DEALS: METS, BEARS
The Mets and WFAN-AM have agreed to a two-year extension of their partnership. The deal that expires this year paid the Mets $28M over five years or $5.6M per year. But since baseball and the Mets are
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PROFESSOR OF "DON KINGOLOGY" GIVES A HISTORY LESSON
Seth Abraham, President of Time Warner Sports, met with reporters to give his version of the November 4 pay-per-view dispute as well as a history lesson on Don King. Time Warner''s TVKO has Bowe-Holyf
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Turner Broadcasting had no comment on an ATLANTA CONSTITUTION report yesterday that Microsoft was close to investing $1B in the company (DAILY VARIETY, 8/25). But Microsoft Chair Bill Gates said there
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