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U.S. Open Deal The Latest Example Of The Blurring Lines Between Broadcast, Cable05 / 17 / 13The USTA Thursday officially announced its 11-year, $825M deal with ESPN that puts the U.S. Open exclusively on cable, the "latest assault on the fraying broadcast sports model," according to Richard Sandomir of the N.Y. TIMES. Only the Super Bowl and the World Series "seem safe on broadcast televis... |
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ESPN To Air Bryce Harper Documentary
MLB Productions has partnered with Maryland-based film production outfit 3 Penny Films on "Bryce Begins," a one-hour documentary on Nationals CF Bryce Harper that will air tomorrow night on ESPN at 9:00pm ET. The film blends footage taken over the past two years by 3 Penny Films, led in part by form ...
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"Rocky The Musical" Headed To Broadway
"Rocky the Musical," the new stage production based on the Academy Award-winning film, will "arrive on Broadway in February 2014 at the Winter Garden Theatre," according to Adam Hetrick of PLAYBILL.com. The musical "premiered in Hamburg, Germany, last fall," and will "officially open on Broadway in ...
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ESPN, NFL Net Match '12 Draft Overnight
ESPN and NFL Network combined to average a 5.9 overnight Nielsen rating for the first round of the NFL Draft on Thursday night, flat compared to last year. This year’s telecast is tied with ’12 as the second-best first round overnight on record, behind only ’10, which was the firs ...
Garber: Too Much Soccer On U.S. TV
MLS Commissioner Don Garber on Thursday during a meeting with the AP Sports Editors said that the sport "must deal with a glut of soccer on American television," according to the AP. MLS has national TV deals with ESPN, NBC and Univision. NBC also "takes over the English Premier League nex ...
Source: Al Jazeera Not Interested In Tennis
Al Jazeera can be crossed "off the list of potential suitors for the Tennis Channel," according to Joe Flint of the L.A. TIMES. A source from the Qatar-based network was "adamant that there is no such interest in the Tennis Channel." The news comes after a recent N.Y. Post report indicated Al J ...
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Final Nielsen Ratings
The premiere of “What Would Ryan Lochte Do?” on E! averaged 807,000 viewers last Sunday in the 10:00pm ET slot. The show marked the net’s third-best audience of the week. The lead-in for the show, an E! News Special featuring Ryan Seacrest interviewing The Kardashians, averaged 1.4 ...
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Media Notes
In Boston, Chad Finn writes WBZ-FM "took a very well-considered path" to hiring Bob Socci as the new radio play-by-play voice of the Patriots. The "easiest thing would have been to choose someone already known and established within the market." Sources said that pre- and postgame host Gary Tangua ...
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Tennis Channel Waits On FCC Ruling
Sources have "downplayed" the reported interest of Al Jazeera in purchasing the Tennis Channel , but if there is some truth to it the company "might want to keep its wallet closed" until the Tennis Channel-Comcast legal battle plays out, according to Joe Flint of the L.A. TIMES. Tennis Channel is ...
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Bob Socci Named Patriots Radio Voice
Bob Socci is the "new play-by-play voice for Patriots broadcasts" on Boston-based WBZ-FM, according to Chad Finn of the BOSTON GLOBE. Socci replaces Gil Santos, who retired after last season . Socci has "called Navy football games on the radio for the past 16 years." He also is the "lead voice ...
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People & Personalities
SI.com's Nick Zaccardi reported Gold Medal-winning U.S. speedskater Apolo Ohno will be "a correspondent for NBC" during the net's coverage of the '14 Sochi Games. Ohno acknowledged that it "effectively ends any chance of a short-track speedskating comeback." He said, "It's time to try some different ...
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