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• USOpen.org By The Numbers: 5.3 Million Uniques, 6.4 Million Streams

  PaidContent - 2009-09-08

  Aided by the holes left in a new slate of cable and broadcast partners and a full platter of weekday action, USOpen.org became the go-to site for tennis fans in search of live feeds—and it shows in the first-week numbers. Unique visitors rose to 5,352,08, up 60 percent over...

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• ESPN to show sports to Comcast web viewers

  Strategy Eye - 2009-05-19

  ESPN’s broadband channel ESPN360 will be available to Comcast’s 17m subscribers under a newly established distribution deal. ESPN360 broadcasts live sporting events including basketball, tennis and college football and streams 3,500 live events per year. by Editorial

  Tags: ESPN, Web, Comcast Corp., Broadband, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Editorial, DirecTV Group Inc.

• Disney eyes Hulu stake in content deal – Rumour

  Strategy Eye - 2009-03-27

  Disney is reportedly in talks to license ABC content to Hulu in exchange for an equity stake. Though neither party is disclosing any details, insiders claim Disney is seeking a stake equal to that of Hulu’s co-founders NBC Universal and News Corp. ...

  Tags: Disney Corp., News Corp., Hulu, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Video, Venture Capital, Free Trade, Cable, Marketing, Internet, Personal Technology, Finance, Financing Startups, Telecommunications, Andrew McDonald, CBS Corp., The Walt Disney Co.

• ESPN, BCS Deal Includes Rights To Simulcast Bowl Games On ESPN360.com, ESPN Mobile TV

  Content Next - 2008-11-18

  For most of the sports-viewing world, the big news in the deal announced today between ESPN (NYSE: DIS) and the Bowl Championship Series is the price tag—an estimated $500 million—and the apparently inexorable move of major sports from free over-the-air broadcast to subscription-supported cable. But, as we suggested here...

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• Walt Disney F4Q08 (Qtr End 9/27/08) Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-06

  Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Thank you. Your first question comes from the line of Benjamin Swinburne of Morgan Stanley. Benjamin Swinburne - Morgan Stanley Thanks. Good afternoon. Maybe we could focus in on the cable network side at ESPN and give us a little bit of a...

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• NFL Network in talks with ESPN

  - 2008-06-22

  For years, they have circled and jabbed at each other like the heavyweights they are. In one corner, the NFL - considered the gold standard of American sports fare, where ad revenues are as eye-popping as the open-field hits. In the other, Comcast - the Philadelphia-based cable giant that had...

  Tags: Cable, Comcast Corp., ESPN, network, NETWORKING, NFL, TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• NFL Network, ESPN discuss a partnership

  - 2008-06-21

  NEW YORK AP -- The NFL Network and Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN are in talks about forming a partnership, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. A deal could end a long standoff between the league and cable carriers, some of whom said the NFL was asking them to...

  Tags: Cable, ESPN, FINANCE, network, NETWORKING, NFL, partnership, TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• 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

• Black sportscasters up for Sports Emmy Awards

  - 2008-03-31

  [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Cable networks HBO and ESPN lead the pack of nominations by the National Television Academy for the 29th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. HBO received 31 nominations, including nods for the studio series "Inside the NFL," co-hosted by Cris Carter, Bob Costas, Cris Collinsworth and Dan Marino....

  Tags: Cable, ESPN, NETWORKING, NFL, nomination, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TVs

• Clash of the Titans: Cable industry rebels against NFL's new channel

  - 2007-08-22

  As football season approaches, the cable industry is gang- tackling the fledgling NFL Network created by the powerful National Football League. Comcast subscribers in Utah and across the nation have had the NFL Network yanked from their homes as part of a bitter battle. The NFL tried to...

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