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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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ITT INCREASES ITS CASH POSITION -- PRELUDE TO A BID FOR CBS?
Continuing its restructuring, ITT Corp. said that it would sell three buisnesses from its ITT Financial Corp. subsidiary to GE Capital Corp. for $1.8B. The deal is the third sale of portions of ITT''s
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LIBERTY CREATES EVENT MANAGEMENT DIVISION
Liberty Sports announced it has created an event management division -- Prime Sports Event Group -- to develop and coordinate all activities related to Liberty-owned sports events and series. Prime Sp
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The NBA All-Star Game on NBC gained a 12.0 overnight rating, an 18% improvement from last year. If the national rating holds up close to a 12.0, it will be the forth highest All-Star Game since ''74 (
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OVITZ AMONG BIDDERS FOR CBS?
Hollyowood super-agent Michael Ovitz has reportedly "joined the growing throng of ''rumored'' bidders" for CBS, according to DAILY VARIETY. Ovitz''s Creative Artists Agency would join three Baby Bells
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The Patriots are hoping to expand coverage of their four exhibition games to a network of stations through six states -- including VT, CT and NH. The Patriots will sell almost all the ads and keep the
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VIACOM LOOKING TO STRENGTEN ITS BRAND NAME?
Viacom is looking to "strengthen its corporate image by leveraging Viacom as a brand halo over its high-profile entertainment and retail properties, a la Disney," according to this week''s AD AGE. Via
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WILL BLAZERS' BROADCAST PARTNER SPIN THE WHEEL AGAIN?
In Portland, Jeff Baker writes that the Blazers "are losing television viewers as they continue to lose games." Ratings on KGW have dropped 10% from last season and have fallen "from the heights they
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JAGUARS RADIO NETWORK GROWS
The Jaguars radio network has grown to 21 stations and will "reach parts of the Panhandle, southern Georgia and Central Florida," according to the FLORIDA TIMES-UNION. In addition, the team has "deals
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CTV and TSN are posturing for broadcasts of the Raptors and Grizzlies in the NBA teams'' inaugural seasons, but may face similar broadcast restrictions as U.S. networks. NBA Television Ventures'' Matt
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POSSIBLE TURNER PURCHASE OF NBC REMAINS A HOT TOPIC
NBC has recently "sent out some feelers" to see if talks with Turner Broadcasting can be renewed, according to Robin Schatz in this morning''s N.Y. NEWSDAY. Schatz reports that "enthusiasm still runs
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