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This week''s issue of ELECTRONIC MEDIA reports that the FCC "is planning to wrap up its investigation of Fox''s foreign ownership July 28, and all indications are that the verdict will please News Cor
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THE BASEBALL NETWORK LOSES ITS NETWORKS
Acting MLB Commissioner Bud Selig responded to the decision by NBC Sports President Dick Ebersol and ABC Sports President Dennis Swanson to pull out of their joint broadcasting venture, The Baseball N
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SportsTicker has teamed up with the CISL to provide complete league standings, final scores, and a complete nightly roundup on the wire service (SportsTicker).... SportsLine USA launched the first gen
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NEWS CORP. HITS THE FIELD AGAIN WITH RUGBY RIGHTS
Rupert Murdoch and News Corp. have paid $550M for "a 10-year agreement for the exclusive rights to televise" rugby matches in South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia, according to the FINANCIAL TIMES
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HBO SPORTS SCORES RATINGS KNOCK-OUT WITH BOWE- GONZALEZ
The June 17 Riddick Bowe-Jorge Luis Gonzalez fight on HBO garnered a 14.8 rating and 27 share of all HBO homes. The average for Bowe''s past four HBO appearances is 13.6. Overall, HBO is averaging a 1
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OLYMPIC AD SALES GOLDEN FOR PEACOCK
The current issue of INSIDE MEDIA reports that NBC "has raised the price of 30-second spots on its Olympic telecast by about 20 percent," and is charging about $350-400,000 for 30 seconds in Olympic p
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IT'S ALL STRAWBERRIES AND CHAMPAGNE: WIMBLEDON NEWS
HOW ABOUT A GUEST SPOT ON "FRIENDS"? This past March in Palermo, Sicily, NBC Sports -- taking a cue from Nike -- shot a new on-air promo campaign for Wimbledon with Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras. Co-p
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The Raptors and Grizzlies make their expansion draft picks shortly after 1pm EDT tomorrow, but the NBA "has decreed the choices must not be made public until NBC and CTV roll the tape of a packaged 30
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YOU'RE OUUTTAA HERE: NBC, ABC LEAVE THE BASEBALL NETWORK
MLB''s national TV package "became as uncertain as its labor situation Thursday when ABC and NBC decided to quit the sport after this season," according to Ronald Blum of the ASSOCIATED PRESS. The two
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Viacom Chair Sumner Redstone announced yesterday that the company has plans for 10 "entertainment and studio stores," with the first possibly opening on Chicago''s Michigan Avenue "Miracle Mile" next
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