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Comcast/NBCU Won't Create ESPN Rival
BNET
- 2009-12-03
Comcast executives said they won't try to turn their Versus cable channel into a rival to ESPN after their joint venture with NBC Universal clears. Several published reports have speculated that Comcast could offload some NBC Sports content onto Versus, which currently offers sports programming like the Tour de France,...
Why Nielsen's New Out-of-Home Ratings May Undercount
BNET
- 2008-09-23
Over at MediaPost, David Goetzl writes about the relative success of Nielsen's new ratings system, which I wrote about earlier this month, that tracks television viewers even when the viewer is not in their home. Using a James Bond-worthy technique of passing out cell phones to a...
Hiestand on TV
- 2008-09-03
Inside the industry One hotspot this season in the Cold War between TV networks carrying the NFL: The highlights immediately following late Sunday afternoon games. ESPN announced Tuesday that Tom Jackson and John Saunders will join Chris Berman on the 7p.m. ET SportsCenter that will become...
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...
Keith-Dan duo together again
- 2008-08-01
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- NBC is reteaming Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick on its NFL pregame shows, hoping that the two can re-create the on-air magic that made ESPN's "SportsCenter" a big deal back in the '90s. So, how are they going to do that? They...
NBC pairs Patrick, Olbermann once again
- 2008-07-08
Spectator sports Inside the industry Dan Patrick will join the chorus line this season on NBC's Sunday night NFL studio show as its third co-host -- along with Keith Olbermann and Cris Collinsworth. Analysts Tiki Barber and Jerome Bettis, as well as...
Fox mulls big All-Star game plan
- 2008-06-30
In its most-lavish hype and coverage for baseball's All-Star Game, Fox's coverage might bring in six or seven Hall of Famers to each call an inning with announcers Tim McCarver and Joe Buck. Said Fox spokesman Dan Bell Sunday: "That's something we're considering." For the final...
Hiestand on TV
- 2008-06-11
Inside the industry At Jim McKay's funeral Tuesday in Baltimore, CBS' Jim Nantz noted he moved to Westport, Conn., because McKay lived there -- "people thought I was stalker." Nantz was among speakers including McKay's son Sean, who oversees CBS' news and...
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...
Saturday and Sunday on TV
- 2008-04-05
Saturday on TV LDS General Conference (10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Ch. 5 and BYUTV; repeats at noon and 4 p.m., Ch. 11): From the Conference Center NCAA women's basketball tournament: The Final Four -- Connecticut vs. Stanford (5 p.m., ESPN); Louisiana State vs. Tennessee (7...
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