Former Bills QB Jim Kelly said he has spoken with NBC
Sports President Dick Ebersol and will be talking to ESPN
about broadcasting possibilities. Kelly: "It's something
that I would consider if all the circumstances were right"
("Up Close," ESPN, 2/19)....NY-based ACTV Inc. has reached a
deal with Fox Sports Southwest (FOXSW) for the right to
include all FOXSW live pro and collegiate telecasts on the
new ACTV regional entertainment network which will launch
later this year (ACTV)....NJ-based Statistical Research said
yesterday that AT&T and Procter & Gamble has agreed to help
finance its efforts to introduce a national TV audience
measuring system to compete against Nielsen Media Research
called Systems for Measuring and Reporting Television, or
SMART (N.Y. TIMES, 2/20)....The Red Wings have released a
CD-ROM yearbook produced by Olympia Entertainment. Olympia
is owned by Red Wings Owners Mike and Marian Ilitch (CRAIN'S
DETROIT BUSINESS, 2/17 issue). ...The Golf Channel says it
has more than 7.5 million households, with a year-end goal
of 14 million (CABLE WORLD, 2/17 issue)....Dallas-based
Media Sports Partnership has formed Radio Shows Ltd., a
syndicated arm specializing in long- and short-form talk and
sports programming (BROADCASTING & CABLE, 2/17 issue).
