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- NBC ups heat for holdouts.(some cable providers refuse extra Olympic coverage)(Brief Article)
- Ads urge viewers to call cable operator for supplemental Olympic coverage A handful of cable operators refusing to pay for NB C's supplemental cable coverage of the Olympics are now in the odd position of carrying ads urging viewers to ask...
- Research articles 2000-07-24
- NBC takes new team to Olympics; Universal merger adds channels for wall-to-wall coverage.(News)
- Byline: matthew flamm In past Olympics, badminton got the short end of the racket when it came to televised coverage. This year, when the games begin on Friday, NBC Universal can boast a badminton-ready channel. The event, along with other count ...
- Research articles 2004-08-09
- Olympics Sales Weren't Golden.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- Cable's ad-sales performance for the third quarter was hardly Olympian. Like U.S. sprinter Marion Jones in one Sydney, Australia, relay race, MSOs came up short in their quest for gold. Third-quarter sales figures saw a double-digit jump, acco Cable's...
- Research articles 2000-10-16
- MSOs Unsure Olympics Will Grab Gold.
- As they look forward to an otherwise bright year in ad sales, MSO executives are not sure how golden next year's Summer Olympic Games will be for cable. NBC executives are shopping a 270-hour Olympics package on CNBC and MSNBC, but...
- Research articles 1999-08-30
- AT&T-NBC's digital dance.(Agreement for Olympic coverage)
- Carriage deal covers HDTV, Olympics and 2 cable nets In a deal aimed at easing regulatory pressure facing cable operators, AT&T Corp. and NBC have entered into a wide-ranging deal that includes retransmission consent of digital and HDTV si ...
- Research articles 1999-06-14
- NBC ups Olympic output.
- NBC is planning a 1,200-hour schedule of programming for its coverage of the Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece--a package NBC officials said will be a big moneymaker for the cable affiliates that paid extra to carry the games on the company's news NBC...
- Research articles 2004-06-07
- NBC: Athens Games will be big: local ads should sell well, says NBC Cable, but no high-def fare planned for 2004 games.
- While NBC Cable executives are touting the ad-sales potential cable operators will have with this summer's Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, there won't be a chance for cable operators to show off some of the new technology the industry is rolling o While NBC...
- Research articles 2004-01-19
- NBC Signs Dish Network to Olympics Deal.(EchoStar Communications Corp.'s Dish Network)(Brief Article)
- NEW YORK -- With the Summer Olympic Games looming, NBC has signed up EchoStar Communications Corp.'s Dish Network for its Olympics package on CNBC and MSNBC. Dish's addition means that so far, 65 million subscribers are on board for the Games...
- Research articles 2000-07-03
- Cable shut out of '96 Olympic Games. (cable TV)
- NEW YORK -- In a surprise move, NBC has decided to hurdle over cable and run with exclusive broadcast coverage of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. The move is a blow to Atlanta-based Turner Broadcasting System Inc., which had been expected to...
- Research articles 1994-03-07
- NBC's Opening Bid: $1-Plus for Olympics.
- In its opening salvo, NBC Cable is asking cable operators to fork over a per-subscriber surcharge of more than $1 per year, over an eight-year contract, to air coverage of the Olympic Games on CNBC and MSNBC, cable-industry sources said last week. In...
- Research articles 1999-04-19
- NBC Sweet-Talks Ops on Olympics.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- NEW ORLEANS--NBC Cable is making a last-ditch pitch to cable operators for its Olympic Games package, and it is reportedly close to completing a deal with holdout Time Warner Cable, several sources said last week. NBC Cable officials were tal ...
- Research articles 2000-05-15
- Cable ratings flat in Feb.; endures Olympic blues. (Industry Overview)
- Basic cable ratings fell 6 percent from last year during the February sweeps, taking a hit from the Winter Olympics on CBS. According to Nielsen Media Research numbers provided by CBS Research, basic cable networks scored a total rating of 12.0 fo Basic...
- Research articles 1994-03-07
- NBC deal puts cable back into Olympics. (National Broadcasting Company Inc.)
- Cable is once again part of the Olympics television mix as CNBC and America's Talking will join NBC in televising the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2002 Winter Olympics. But while the industry will not have to endure the logistical and financial n...
- Research articles 1995-08-14
- NBC: no cable avails on Olympics. (National Broadcasting Company Inc.)
- NEW YORK -- NBC plans to seek a cable network partner for its 1996 Summer Olympics package, but the broadcaster will seek some unusually stringent terms, including barring operators from selling local ads. NBC made its record $456 million bid for NEW...
- Research articles 1993-08-02
- Universal cable is seeing gold.(This Just In)(Brief Article)
- NEW YORK -- NBC Universal Cable networks carrying Olympics coverage are thus far returning a viewership performance worthy of a gold medal, NBC officials said. Through Aug. 18, USA Network, CNBC, Bravo and MSNBC are averaging a combined 42 mi ...
- Research articles 2004-08-23
- Cox Signs On to NBC Olympics Package.(Statistical Data Included)
- Jim Forkan contributed to this story. Cox Communications Inc. has joined AT&T Broadband & Internet Services and DirecTV Inc. in officially signing up for NBC's Olympic Games cable package, which includes a $1-per-year, per-subscriber Jim Forkan contributed...
- Research articles 1999-09-06
- NBC has HD plans for future Olympics: but ops don't yet know what they'll have to shell out extra yet.
- Cable operators will have to wait to find out how much green they'll have to pay NBC for coming up with the gold in its record $2-billion U.S. rights deal for the 2010 and 2012 Olympic Games. But they could discover in...
- Research articles 2003-06-16
- Atlanta cable cos. steeled for Olympics.
- Come August, Atlanta-based cable executives will have mastered a whole new set of job skills to add to their resumes, including private transportation network coordinator, hotel load-factor analyst and, yes, even heat-index calculator. Keeping th Come August, Atlanta-based cable executives will have...
- Research articles 1996-07-15
- Nets take their mark as race for '96 Olympics begins. (Television networks bidding for broadcasting rights for 1996 Summer Olympics)
- NEW YORK - The race for the 1996 Summer Olympics TV rights has already begun, with broadcast networks talking with basic cable networks about forming alliances before the bidding for rights begins. Sources said CBS Sports is talking to a numbe ...
- Research articles 1993-02-22
- THE START OF MARATHON TALKS?
- NBC Ready to Wheel and Deal with Ops on Olympic Carriage NEW YORK -- As it renegotiates deals for MSNBC and CNBC, NBC will be pitching cable operators a variety of offerings, including several that could prove to be tough sells: home...
- Research articles 1999-03-15
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