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• NASCAR: No wheels of fortune yet

  - 2004-02-13

  Through most TV lenses, the NASCAR picture looks terrific as NBC begins its fourth season with Sunday's Daytona 500. * Viewership has jumped 40% since NBC/TNT and Fox took over the sport in 2001. * NASCAR's 5.3 average broadcast network rating is second only to the NFL's 10.0...

  Tags: ABC Inc., Cable, Comcast Corp., Disney Corp., ESPN, NASCAR, NBA, NBC Universal Inc., network, NFL, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TVs

• CABLE'S TOP 25.(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)

  - 2000-05-15

  Jeff Gordon helped ESPN speed to the No. 5 spot. 'NASCAR/PONTIAC Excitement 400' took a 3.5 rating/7.0 share to become the week's second-highest-rated cable sports program. Following are the top 25 basic cable programs for the week of May 1-7 ...

  Tags: cable, ESPN, NASCAR, Pontiac, Sun Microsystems Inc.

• TNN's 18-49 male fantasy.(Arena Football League to air on TNN Networks)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

  - 2000-04-10

  Network wants the Arena Football League to be the next NASCAR--or to attract the same demo Arena football is 14 years old. Still, games have seldom exceeded a 1.0 rating on ESPN. But TNN's president thinks he has the next big ...

  Tags: Cable, CBS Corp., ESPN, Games, HARDWARE, NASCAR, network, NETWORKING, NFL, president, Storage, TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• Fox, NBC-TBS Win NASCAR Race.

  - 1999-11-15

  NEW YORK -- In the latest pricey sports-rights deal, Fox, NBC and the latter's cable partner, Turner Sports, have wrested NASCAR auto racing away from CBS Corp. and ESPN. But while the amount paid for the popular programming will skyrocket, t...

  Tags: NASCAR, cable, ESPN, NBC Universal Inc., programming

• ESPN TO SELL SPONSOR SLOTS FOR NASCAR: CABLE NET SEEKS 5 BACKERS FOR WINSTON SERIES.

  - 1999-02-15

  For the first time, a U.S. TV network will be selling a major auto-racing organization's car sponsorships. For the first time, a U.S. TV network will be selling a major auto-racing organization's car sponsorships.

  Tags: cable, cable Internet, ESPN, NASCAR

• ESPN and ESPN2 are expanding their carriage agreement with NASCAR to become the exclusive cable networks for coverage of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series next year.

  - 1998-11-02

  ESPN and ESPN2 are expanding their carriage agreement with NASCAR to become the exclusive cable networks for coverage of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series next year. ESPN and ESPN2 will carry a combined 12 Craftsman events this fall, culminating wi ESPN and ESPN2 are...

  Tags: agreement, cable, cable network, ESPN, NASCAR, network