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John Ourand

John Ourand

John Ourand has covered all things media for Sports Business Journal since 2006. Before then, he spent 12 years reporting on the media industry in the U.S. and Europe, reporting for International Cable magazine and serving as editor for such outlets as Cable World and CableFAX Daily. His journalism career started in 1990 as a reporter for a Washington Post-owned weekly newspaper based in Montgomery County, Md.

Comcast brings some RSN spot sales in-house

Journal - 04/16/2012
Comcast Sports Group is in the process of bringing its national spot advertising efforts in-house for four of its regional sports networks. The sales previously have been handled by several companies, including Fox Sports-owned Home Team Sports. The work now will be the responsibility of NBC Owned Television...

ESPN radio deal takes USC national

Journal - 04/16/2012
USC has become the second university to cut a national radio deal around its football program, as ESPN picked up the rights to the Trojans’ home football games. The multiyear deal is worth mid-six figures total, sources said. The deal marks the first time that ESPN has become...

For draft coverage, tweaks only

Journal - 04/16/2012
ESPN and NFL Network executives pledge only subtle changes to their NFL draft coverage this week, as the two networks compete head-to-head covering the event for the seventh consecutive year. The competition between the two networks may not be as intense as the game on the field, but...

Saturday night’s all right for Fox Sports

Journal - 04/09/2012
Get ready for Fox Sports, Saturday night. Last week, Fox Sports’ production teams were told that Fox’s broadcast channel would carry sports programming in prime time for 28 of the next 32 Saturday nights. The stat literally caused the producers who have to work those events to...

Penguins stay atop NHL in local TV ratings

Journal - 04/09/2012
The Pittsburgh Penguins continued their dominance of the NHL’s local TV ratings in the U.S., posting a league-high 7.89 rating on Root Sports through the latter part of March. This marks at least the fifth consecutive season that the Penguins have posted the highest local ratings of any...
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