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Second-screen usage overstated?06 / 17 / 13A new study suggests that the usage of second screens while watching live sports has been overstated. Just 4 percent of U.S. sports fans are using Internet-connected devices to follow live sports that they’re also watching on TV, according to new research from Sporting News Media. ... Tags: Media |
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MLB Net faces first carriage renewals
Expect MLB Network executives to spend a lot of time in Philadelphia; El Segundo, Calif.; and Manhattan’s Time Warner Center during the next nine months. That’s because the 4-year-old network’s affiliate deals with nearly every major distributor expire over the next two years. T ...
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Turner: March Madness audience to grow
Turner Sports is predicting a bigger audience this year for March Madness Live, despite last year’s traffic dip and a further embrace in 2013 of user authentication to watch games on digital platforms. The company last year shifted the business model for March Madness Live to a TV Everywher ...
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TBS poised to get Final Four early
TBS appears likely to carry the Final Four and two Elite Eight games next year, two years earlier than planned, thanks to an option in the agreement that CBS and Turner signed when they jointly acquired the NCAA’s media rights more than two years ago. When the two networks won the NCAA&rsqu ...
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Fox Sports isn’t over Hill
O ne of the biggest surprises I took away from the planned Fox Sports 1 launch is the central role David Hill has taken in its development. After all, it was just seven months ago that I wrote Hill’s corporate obituary . That was in ...
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Fox Sports 1 won’t push rates up yet
While Fox Sports trumpeted its plans for Fox Sports 1 in New York City last week, anxious distributors were waiting to hear what a new high-priced sports channel would mean for their business. The early line is that not much will change, at least for most cable and satellite operators. Instead, s ...
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NBC makes big F1 push
The network that coined “Breakfast at Wimbledon” is looking to start a new tradition — Mimosas at Monaco, you might call it. NBC will pre-empt its Sunday morning staples “Today” and “Meet the Press” this May to show the Monaco Grand Prix live. The teleca ...
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USA Today group hits marks
In a little more than a year, USA Today Sports Media Group says it’s achieving the reach, relevance and ad dollars envisioned at startup in late 2011. Through acquisition of sites like The Big Lead, and with accelerated traffic from last summer’s Olympic Games, USA Today Sports reache ...
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Breeders’ Cup site will affect NBC plans
NBC will broadcast the Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita Park during prime time again this year, but whether the network is able to do it in 2014 may depend on the host site for horse racing’s championship event, said Jon Miller, NBC Sports president of broadcasting. “We encourage th ...
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What’s behind Fox-ESPN alliance?
It started with a surprising partnership around the Big 12 Conference and continues with this week’s planned announcement around the Catholic 7. The amount of collaboration between ESPN and Fox Sports over the past two years has resulted in a partnership that is unprecedented in sports media a ...
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Rolodex helps Perlman build firm
Editor's note: This story is revised from the print edition. Doug Perlman recalls taking an early morning train from his Connecticut home to New York City in September 2008. It started as a regular day commuting to work, but he vividly remembers how it ended up having a dramatic impact on his ...
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