Net delays 24-hour programming

The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network has delayed plans to begin 24-hour programming by at least six months, adding another layer of uncertainty surrounding the Washington Nationals. Peter Angelos’ Baltimore Orioles and MASN are locked in a ...

NBA converts Web video from paid to free

Changes will more closely link NBA TV and the league’s Web site. The NBA this week is rolling out a significantly expanded package of broadband video on NBA.com, a move designed to more closely link the league’s Web site and NBA TV. The ...

Baseball Calls Up Young Guns

Andrew Friedman, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays’ 28-year-old executive vice president of baseball operations, has spent less than three years in baseball. Gerry Hunsicker, the Devil Rays’ 55-year-old senior vice president of baseball operations, boasts nearly three decades of work in nearly every facet of ...

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Tickets.com, under MLBAM, keeps focus on primary ticketing, impro ...

Amid the ticket industry’s headlong rush into secondary markets, Tickets.com is pursuing a slower, more cautious approach. Now under the control of MLB Advanced Media, the company operates “Replay” exchange programs for six of its 11 baseball team accounts, and holds a partnership with R ...

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Astros, Sox should see sales dividends from October success

The Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros, thanks to their World Series appearances, gained an immediate leg up on their sales efforts for 2006, and each club expects a significant bump in attendance and sponsorship revenue. The Ast ...

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Secondary ticketing

Steve Happel, an economist at Arizona State University, remembers the conversation well. About four years ago, having lunch with then-Phoenix Suns owner Jerry Colangelo, Happel brought up the subject of secondary ticketing and ticket brokers, arguing in favor of their existence and role in ...

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Is sports video next for iPod?

iPods in the front office Sports executives are fans of Apple’s iPod for more than its business possibilities. Brenda Spoonemore , senior vice president of interactive services for NBA Entertain ...

New Xbox 360 console to hit market

Microsoft Corp.’s next-generation gaming console, Xbox 360, will hit store shelves in the United States on Nov. 22, and a predictable, holiday-fueled retail frenzy will commence. But for Microsoft and leading video game publishers, the goals for Xbox 360 are much loftier and designed for ...

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RazorGator bites into corporate travel sector

RazorGator last week completed a purchase of Sports Tour Classics, a move designed to expand the secondary ticketing company’s foothold in corporate sports travel services. Sports Tour Classics will be folded into RazorGator’s PrimeSport subsidiary. ...

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CBS SportsLine brings in TWI Interactive

CBS SportsLine.com has hired TWI Interactive to help produce its planned battery of online broadband video content. The 18-month deal, which includes mutual options to extend the pact, calls for TWI Interactive crews to shoot and edit original video for the site, often using a specially ...