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ESPN Looking For Another Uptick In Indy 500 Ratings, Hoping Key Storylines Emerge05 / 24 / 13The Indianapolis 500 this Sunday on ABC will have "no shortage of compelling story lines," leaving TV execs "feeling confident about another bump in viewership this year," according to Dave Skretta of the AP. Ratings for the race "dropped precipitously throughout the 1990s," and while there have "be... Tags: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Media |
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In Vancouver, Alex Strachan writes, "Nearly two million viewers in Canada watched [playoff] hockey on CBC, while 3.5 million viewers in the U.S. watched hockey on Fox. Given the difference in the numb
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Richard Sandomir describes Monday''s simultaneous coverage of Wimbledeon by NBC and HBO as "absolutely fabulous ... but flipping between them could get you unstuck in time, endeavoring to discover wha
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ESPN TO CONTINUE EXTREME GAMES IN '96
ESPN will "stage and televise" the second Extreme Games in ''96, according to an announcement by ESPN Senior VP/Event Management Jeff Ruhe. Ruhe: "Our plan was to stage the Extreme Games every two yea
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CASUALTIES CONTINUE TO MOUNT IN BASEBALL NETWORK DISPUTE
MLB team execs "were surprised and saddened last week to hear of the resignation of 12-year MLB veteran David Allworth," VP of MLB''s broadcasting department. According to the latest BROADCASTING & CA
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NETWORKS DEAL WITH LOSS OF RAIDERS IN NO. 2 TV MARKET
With the Raiders leaving L.A., the No. 2 media market in the U.S., Fox and NBC are each dealing with the situation in their own ways. Fox, which signed a four-year, $1.56B deal in ''93 to broadcast NF
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MULTIMEDIA ROUND-UP
SportsChannel Chicago reports an average of 200 chat-line users tapped into the June 23 White Sox-Indians game and interacted with announcers Ken Harrelson and Tom Paciorek. In addition, the two recei
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THE WORD FROM BRISTOL: ESPN NEWS AND NOTES
Robin Roberts has signed a deal through 2001 with ESPN and ABC Sports. In addition to hosting the 6:30 pm EDT edition of "SportsCenter," Roberts will host ABC''s "Wide World of Sports"; host and do pl
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MEDIA ROUND-UP
HBO''s average national rating for the first two broadcast dates at Wimbledon is up 113% over last year. The ''95 average rating is a 1.7/5 share, compared to a 0.8/3 in ''94 (HBO Sports)....With the
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SURF'S UP FOR TICKETMASTER IN CYBERSPACE
Ticketmaster has launched "Ticketmaster Online," an Internet guide to event information, entertainment news, venue information, and ticket prices. Components of the service include: "Events" -- inform
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EBERSOL SAYS MLB IS "CONFUSED"; OFFERS APOLOGY TO FOX
NBC Sports President Dick Ebersol "yesterday accused baseball officials of reneging on at least two oral pledges to protect The Baseball Network, and said the sport is in a ''completely confused state
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