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ESPN.com's Bill Simmons Gets A Twitter Time Out, Sort Of
PaidContent
- 2009-11-21
Part of the joy of following Bill Simmons on Twitter is the feeling that he doesn’t hold back—that, plus not only he can be snarky as all get out when the occasion demands, his tweets, snarky or not, are usually spot on. (He has one of the highest “repeat...
Comcast Expands Online Local Sports Teams To Compete With ESPN
PaidContent
- 2009-11-16
While local media outlets slash sports staffs and travel, national players are coming after fans, ad dollars—and each other. ESPN (NYSE: DIS) already has launched local sports sites for Chicago, Boston and Dallas, with plans for New York and Los Angeles in early 2010. Now Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) is...
Disney Interactive Still In Investment Phase (I.E. In The Red)
PaidContent
- 2009-11-12
Higher subscription revenue from virtual kids world Club Penguin and lower marketing costs for Disney Online weren’t enough to offset increased costs and lower revenue at Disney Interactive Studios for Disney’s fiscal year or for the quarter. The underlying reason is fairly simple as outgoing CFO Tom Staggs explained...
ESPN Planning UK Online Sports Portal
PaidContent
- 2009-09-13
What’s missing from ESPN’s UK soccer package? A website to go with the TV coverage. But the U.S. network has confirmed to us it is preparing a UK sports portal to accompany the broadcasts.We reported this month that the company was hiring senior online editorial staff to work at...
ESPN Web Overhaul About Done; 'Less Is More' Design Aimed At Advertisers
Content Next
- 2008-12-16
ESPN.com's year-long revamp is finally ready today and set for its formal debut on January. Aside from emphasizing video and smarter search, as execs have said over the past few months in previews, execs at the Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) sports unit tells the NYT that the site's over-arching...
SEC signs a 15-year TV deal with ESPN
- 2008-08-26
The Southeastern Conference has signed a 15-year deal with ESPN reportedly worth more than $2 billion to televise sporting events, including football and men's and women's basketball. The agreement announced Monday is the longest ESPN has ever signed and matches the length of the powerhouse league's deal with...
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...
Sports on TV, radio
- 2008-05-29
GOLF Wales Open, GOLF, 8 a.m. Bank of America Open, GOLF, 11 a.m. PGA: Memorial Tournament, GOLF, 1 p.m. LPGA: Ginn Tribute, GOLF, 4:30 p.m. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Rockies at Cubs, FSN, 6 p.m. MLS ...
Sports on TV, radio
- 2008-05-26
Monday TV TELEVISION ARENA FOOTBALL Force at VooDoo, ESPN2, 6 p.m. LACROSSE NCAA Championship, ESPN, 11 a.m. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Diamondbacks at Braves, FSN, 11 a.m. Dodgers at Cubs, WGN, noon Rockies...
Sports on TV, radio
- 2008-05-20
COLLEGE BASEBALL MWC: UNLV vs. San Diego St., The mtn., 2 p.m. MWC: Utah vs. BYU, mtn., 6 p.m. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Cubs at Astros, WGN, 6 p.m. Giants at Rockies, FSN, 6:30 p.m. NBA Draft...
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