Media Notes
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NHL Expected To Extend NBC
Deal Through 2009-10 Season |
The GLOBE & MAIL's William Houston reports the NHL is "expected to extend its TV deal with NBC through the 2009-10 season." The profit-sharing arrangement has "made money for both sides, but not a great deal," as sources indicated that the NHL and NBC "each earned a profit of less than" $5M for the '07-08 season. But the extension "makes sense for the NHL," as league games would be airing on NBC the month prior to the 2010 Vancouver Games (GLOBE & MAIL, 12/10).
NFL RATINGS: NBC earned an 8.1/13 final rating for its Redskins-Ravens "Sunday Night Football" broadcast, flat with the comparable Colts-Ravens game last year. Meanwhile, ESPN earned a 7.4 cable rating for Buccaneers-Panthers "Monday Night Football" broadcast, up 10.4% from a 6.7 for the comparable Saints-Falcons game last year. Bucs-Panthers averaged 8,491,000 HHs (THE DAILY). The HOLLYWOOD REPORTER's James Hibberd reports Fox led all broadcast nets in primetime last week, as Sunday's Cowboys-Steelers overrun and the "BCS Selection Show" "spiked Fox's weekly average." Fox earned a 4.1/11 rating and 10.5 million viewers in adults 18-49 for the selection show (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 12/10).
SIGNAL SEARCH: In Dallas, Barry Horn reported the Cowboys are "shopping around their radio rights." The team can opt out of its deal with KTCK-AM after this season, and Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones "might like a new radio home to go along with his new stadium" next season. Horn noted KLLI-FM has a "more powerful signal" than KTCK, and combined with sister-station KRLD-AM, KLLI could "make sure Cowboys games are on two of the most powerful megaphones in town." Meanwhile, the Stars "might soon be in play as well, ready to leave WBAP-AM for a more sports-friendly station that will ... promote the product" (DALLASNEWS.com, 12/9).
MOVING ON: DEADSPIN.com's A.J. Daulerio reported ESPN has confirmed that sideline reporter Stacey Dales "could not reach a contract agreement" with the net for '09 (DEADSPIN.com, 12/8).
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