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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 L.A., Joe Flint cites sources as saying that Fox Sports 2 "will launch around the same time and perhaps even the same day as Fox Sports 1," which is scheduled to debut Aug. 17. FS2 "will take the place of Fuel TV." While FS1 is "getting a big marketing push behind it," FS2 will have "a much ...
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ESPN, USTA Close To Deal For U.S. Open Exclusivity
For the first time in more than four decades the U.S. Open tennis tournament semifinals and finals could be moving to a new TV home. ESPN is close to a deal to obtain all rights to the N.Y.-based tournament beginning in '15, according to several sources. CBS has broadcast the tournament every year s ...
NBC Gets Best Players Overnight Since '91
NBC earned a 5.7 overnight Nielsen rating for the final round of The Players Championship yesterday, which saw Tiger Woods win by two strokes over David Lingmerth, Jeff Maggert and Kevin Streelman for his first win at TPC Sawgrass since '01. The rating is tied with Woods' win in '01 as the best fina ...
Heat-Bulls Leads Weekend NBA Overnights
ESPN's Heat-Bulls Game 3 on Friday night led all weekend NBA Playoff games with a 5.2 overnight Nielsen rating. In the late window on Friday night, ESPN drew a 4.7 overnight for Spurs-Warriors Game 3. Both telecasts rank in the top 10 all-time among NBA Conference Semifinal games on the net. For the ...
NBA To Begin TV Talks This Summer
The NBA "plans to start informal negotiations on its next media rights deal this summer, two years before its current ESPN and Turner Sports deals wrap up," according to sources cited by Ourand & Lombardo of SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL. ESPN and Turner are paying the league a combined $930M annually ...
Mayweather-Guerrero PPV Buys Over 1 Million
Showtime Sports Exec VP & GM Stephen Espinoza said boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s win against Robert Guerrero on May 4 would "definitely exceed" 1 million PPV buys, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN.com. However, the PPV buys "fall short" of Mayweather's recent bouts. Espinoza on Friday said, ...
YES Ratings Decline Without Yankees Stars
YES Network's local rating in N.Y. through 28 Yankees games is down 39% compared to the same period last season and the decline has “got everything to do with the lack of star power,” according to Bob Raissman of the N.Y. DAILY NEWS. Among men 25-54, the Yankees’ rating also i ...
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SI.com's Richard Deitsch reported ESPN college basketball reporter Andy Katz "has re-signed with the network" in a six-year deal. Katz in an e-mail wrote, "I didn't want to start over somewhere new. I've got my same responsibilities at ESPN.com, my own show on ESPNU (Katz's Korner), and I co-host a ...
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Jack Ramsay's Broadcast Career Likely Over
ESPN Radio NBA analyst and Basketball HOFer Jack Ramsay Thursday said that he "needs to begin immediate medical treatment and his broadcasting career is likely over," according to Barry Jackson of the MIAMI HERALD. The 88-year-old Ramsay "declined to discuss the nature of his medical condition." He ...
Athletes Using Apps To Grow Brands
Current and former athletes increasingly are "contracting with software developers to create branded apps and expand their marketing reach," according to Satariano & MacMillan of the S.F. CHRONICLE. App developer RockLive co-Founder John Shahidi said, "We've been approached by a ton of diff ...
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