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NBA ready to discuss rights deal05 / 13 / 13The 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 several sources. The current contracts run through the 2015-16 season. On average, the networks are paying the league a combined ... Tags: Media |
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YES and MLBAM testing wireless game MVP vote
YES Network and Major League Baseball Advanced Media are testing a wireless application this week that will let cell-phone users pick a “Player of the Game” via any carrier. The test will occur for three days this week when the New York Yankees play the Baltimore Orioles in Yankee Stadium. ...
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Comcast plan is setback for NFL Network
Comcast, the nation’s largest cable operator, has taken its first steps toward placing the NFL Network on a new digital sports and entertainment tier, telling its systems nationwide that as of Jan. 1 they will be able to offer NFL Network only on this tier, according to company sources. During ...
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No middle ground for tiers
Comcast’s threat to move the NFL Network to a digital sports tier has renewed the debate that’s been brewing in the cable industry for the past several years: one where cable operators love them, and programmers hate them. Sports networks are scared off by sports tiers’ poor penetration levels, ...
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College sports channels plot strategy
CSTV generally covers bigger schools’ smaller sports and smaller schools’ bigger sports. These days, viewers can watch just about any college football game being played on one of several TV channels. Take last weekend, for example. Cable viewers had the choi ...
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ESPN puts Champions League tournament on the Web
Matches will run $9.95 on ESPNSoccernet.com and ESPNdeportes.com. ESPN is continuing to ramp up its soccer coverage with an extensive online offering around the UEFA Champions League tournament that will provide all of the tournament’s 12 ...
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Mountain RSN coming into focus
When Comcast agreed to take a 50 percent ownership stake in the Mountain West Conference’s RSN six weeks ago, it was buying a concept more than an actual channel. Though CSTV had locked in the programming rights for the conference’s games, the channel had no general manager, no on-air s ...
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ESPN has Monday on its mind
Mock-ups of out of-home spots for “Monday Night Football” on ESPN,which will hit seven markets soon. The second phase of ESPN’s “Is It Monday Yet?” campaign is set to hit Wednesday, with national ad buys in The Wall Street Journal, The New ...
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Big East picks ESPN over starting own network
While the Big East was negotiating its latest television deal with ESPN over the past several months, it seriously considered launching its own TV network, following the recent example of the Big Ten and Mountain West conferences. Given the growth of cable and br ...
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NFL ad sales a bonanza for networks
The NFL is showing its programming strength again this year, as networks are commanding 6 to 7 percent across-the-board increases in advertising rates during NFL games this fall, despite an overall market that is generally flat. Just before the NFL’s regular season kicks off Thursday ...
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Kyocera, Nike to sponsor football on FSN
Fox Sports Net cut a pair of sponsorship deals for high school and college football programming last week that will add at least $1.5 million to the network’s coffers. Kyocera will sponsor FSN games featuring the Pac-10 and Big 12, with national champ Texas. ...
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