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• FLO TV Adds ABC Mobile, Disney Channel To Lineup

  BNET - 2009-12-08

  The Walt Disney Co. expanded its pact with Qualcomm's FLO TV unit to offer subscribers a separately programmed ABC Mobile channel -- to include a pick of the broadcaster's primetime shows and content from ABC Family and SoapNet -- and a simulcast of Disney Channel. Content from Disney's ESPN, ESPN2...

  Tags: Disney Corp., ABC Inc., ESPN

• ABC/ESPN matchmaker serves up early treats

  - 2008-08-29

  ABC/ESPN programmer Dave Brown checks people's schedules to see if he can bring them together for meetings -- like Saturday's Appalachian State-LSU football game on ESPN. "We were talking with LSU and they wanted a home game," he says. "Some things didn't work out. Appalachian State...

  Tags: ABC Inc., ESPN, Games

• Hiestand on TV

  - 2008-08-20

  Inside the industry CBS re-signed a veteran quarterback Tuesday and picked up some help on defense. Dan Fouts, a CBS analyst from 1988 to 1993 after a Hall of Fame NFL quarterbacking career, will be an analyst on some CBS NFL games...

  Tags: ABC Inc., analyst, CAREER, CBS Corp., ESPN, Games, NBC Universal Inc., NFL, TVs

• Little League cues up replay for World Series

  - 2008-08-15

  Thursday, Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said the use of instant replay for on-field rulings could come this season -- "if we get the bugs out." Starting today, Selig can watch TV to see how it works: The Little League World Series, with games on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2,...

  Tags: ABC Inc., ESPN, Games, MLB

• Blaze performance spoiled great TV exposure for Utah

  - 2008-07-04

  Utah got some nice exposure on ESPN this past Saturday afternoon. Too bad the Blaze had to mess it up by coming from ahead to lose their first-ever home playoff game in the Arena Football League. ESPN's coverage was generally complimentary of the city, the state...

  Tags: ABC Inc., ESPN, Games, performance, TV, University of California at Los Angeles, Utah

• Breeders' Cup to air 9 hours of live coverage

  - 2008-06-03

  NEW YORK AP -- The Breeders' Cup will air nine hours of live coverage this year, including 2 1/2 hours on ABC for the first time. The 25th annual event, to be held Oct. 24-25 at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif., will feature 14 races over two days,...

  Tags: ABC Inc., Cable, ESPN, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• FOR 2008, BUSINESS BEATS PLEASURE.(The Upfront)

  - 2008-05-12

  Byline: ANN MARIE KERWIN The networks are promising a businesslike approach to this year's upfront presentations, so expect more nuts-and-bolts pitches from the likes of ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox. CBS and NBC are promising to point out the many ways marketers can spend...

  Tags: ABC Inc., advertisement, CBS Corp., ESPN, NBC Universal Inc., network, NETWORKING

• Knicks could give analyst carousel a spin

  - 2008-04-30

  The revolving door between pro teams and TV analysts might be about to get a big spin -- opening up two of the top NBA jobs on television. TNT's Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley's sidekick on the most lively studio show in TV sports, is interested in...

  Tags: ABC Inc., analyst, ESPN, game, NBA, TVs

• ABC analysts talking up Knicks job

  - 2008-04-21

  ABC's lead NBA announcing team could end up offering viewers a fun subplot: a sort of rolling on-air job interview for an off-air job with a storied franchise. Jeff Van Gundy has already had a meteoric rise up the TV ranks. He joined ABC's lead NBA...

  Tags: ABC Inc., analyst, ESPN, job, NBA, team

• NBA playoff menu offers viewers variety

  - 2008-04-18

  Spectator sports Inside the industry The menu for NBA's weekend TV playoff buffet -- eight games Saturday and Sunday -- was only settled after midnight Wednesday, when the last day of the regular season included prime-time games with playoff implications. ...

  Tags: ABC Inc., ESPN, Games, NBA