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Doing it ‘Wimbledon-style’: ESPN, USTA reach 11-year, $825M deal for U.S. Open05 / 20 / 13Surrounded by reporters after ESPN’s upfront advertising event in New York last week, ESPN President John Skipper was asked to comment on the SportsBusiness Daily report that he was close to doing a deal to bring the entire U.S. Open tennis tournament to cable. Skipper smiled and said, &ldq... Tags: Media |
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Both presidential campaigns have approached ESPN about appearing on “Monday Night Football” the night before the election. ESPN has not made a final decision yet, but appears likely to have its longtime NFL studio host Chris Berman interview President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney ...
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Writers David Broughton and Bill King on how political campaigns have spent their money in sports. I n the weeks leading up to the Republican National Convention, viewers in Tampa who tuned in to the Summer Olym ...
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NASCAR, Fox finalize 8-year extension
Staff writers Tripp Mickle (left) and John Ourand talk about what the deal means for NASCAR and how it compares to rights fees generated by other sports. Fox and NASC ...
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ESPN moves Hussein to ‘NBA Countdown’
ESPN picked Amina Hussein to produce its “NBA Countdown” studio show from Los Angeles this season. Hussein, who has been with ESPN for 10 years, is moving from Bristol, Conn., to Los Angeles to take the job as coordinating producer. Since August 2011, she produced the network’s ...
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NBC Universal enters carriage talks
The cable TV market will test the strength of Comcast’s NBC acquisition shortly, as NBC Universal’s carriage deals with some of the country’s biggest distributors expire at the end of the year, according to several sources. NBC’s affiliate group, led by Matt Bond, executiv ...
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ESPN focuses on BCS, Big East
Get ready for more changes in the college sports media landscape. The BCS, Big East and SEC are in the middle of negotiations that have the potential to reshape the marketplace yet again. The BCS opened its media rights negotiations with incumbent ESPN earlier this month, and the network has an e ...
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NASCAR, Fox finalize 8-year extension
Fox and NASCAR have finalized an eight-year extension of their TV rights agreement, ensuring that Fox will continue to air the Daytona 500 and first half of the NASCAR season through 2022. Sources valued the deal at more than $2.4 billion over eight years, a sizable increase from Fox’s curr ...
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From niche to a network
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Network has post-Olympics blues
An expected Olympic bounce has instead turned into an Olympic hangover for NBC Sports Network, which has seen viewership ratings plunge to historic lows just weeks after setting record highs in London. Just two weeks after the Games, the week of Aug. 20-26, NBC Sports Network hit an all-time rati ...
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Tigers leap to top of local TV ratings
Buoyed by a tight race in the AL Central, plus Miguel Cabrera’s run for baseball’s first Triple Crown since 1967, the Detroit Tigers are poised to win Major League Baseball’s local TV ratings crown this season. T ...
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