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A golden pair of Olympics specials. (Review).(Television Program Review)
We're between Olympics, but Home Box Office and Showtime have come up with a couple of well-done specials that will help keep the flame burning until the youth of the world convenes in Athens in 2004. Each features an icon of Olympics coverage: ABC ...
Tags: ABC Inc., Olympic Games, TV
Research articles 2003-02-24
Let's waive the flag-waving.(US broadcast of the Olympics)
It's not time for the world to join America," renowned social scientist Benjamin IR. Barber told Bill Moyers on PBS recently. "It's time for America to join the world." Amen, brother. TV's zealous Yankee Doodle Dandies should he It's...
Tags: NBC Universal Inc., Olympic Games, TV, athlete
Research articles 2004-08-09
AT&T U-verse TV brings home gold in video-on-demand content.(BUSINESS)
AT&T U-verse TV customers won't have to travel half way around the world to connect to the excitement of the 2008 Olympics. In anticipation of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, AT&T Inc. announced AT&T Team USA On Demand, a new ca AT&T U-verse TV...
Tags: AT&T Corp., Olympic Games, TV, VoD
Research articles 2008-04-01
Money talks. (coverage of the Olympics by NBC)
THE Olympics have been flickering across millions of television screens around the world, but nowhere more expensively than in America. America's most-watched television network, NBC, will have spent nearly $450m to televise the fortnight's games, in THE Olympics have been flickering across millions of television ...
Tags: TV, Olympic Games, NBC Universal Inc.
Research articles 1988-10-01
March puts bounce in CBS. (television advertising revenue up 10% for college basketball championship coverage)
10% increase in NCAA ad sales outjumps predictions With 75% of its college basketball ad revenue on the line, CBS reports that its sales for the National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball Championship, better known as "March Madn 10% increase...
Tags: advertisement, NCAA, Olympic Games, tournament, TV
Research articles 1994-03-21
There's still gold in Olympics: At a time TV sports contracts are bloated, NBC expects cold hard cash in Salt Lake City. (Top of the Week).(Statistical Data Included)
Pro baseball, football and basketball were once known as the crown jewels of network-TV sports rights. Lately, though, if profit is the guide, sports has lost its luster. So who wants the Olympics? NBC Sports Chairman...
Tags: NBC Universal Inc., Olympic Games, NFL, TV
Research articles 2002-02-04
IOC Nixes Net Content.(International Olympic Committee)(Brief Article)
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND -- The International Olympic Committee adjourned a two-day media conference last week by continuing its full support for its existing TV rights contracts and holding off on any moves to deliver the Olympics via the Internet. LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND -- The...
Tags: International Olympic Committee, Olympic Games, TV
Research articles 2000-12-11
CBS O&O's atop Olympic platform: competitors say sweeps story would be different without Lillehammer spike. (owned and operated television stations)
Competitors say sweeps story would be different without Lillehammer spike In the February sweeps, CBS O&Os in the top three grabbed late-news gold on the strength of the network's Olympics coverage. Without that spike, say rival stations ...
Tags: Fox, Olympic Games, TV
Research articles 1994-03-21
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 ...
Tags: ABC Inc., broadcasting, cable, ESPN, network, Olympic Games, Turner Broadcasting System Inc., TV
Research articles 1993-02-22
MSNBC goes to the disk; news channel purchases Quantel Clipbox system and nonlinear editors. (cable television news network will use digital video system)
News channel purchases Quantel Clipbox system and nonlinear editors MSNBC, the new 24-hour news channel backed by NBC and Microsoft, will be using a disk-based production and transmission system to edit and air its long-form news segments this fal News channel purchases Quantel...
Tags: AT&T Corp., NBC Universal Inc., MSNBC, network, Quantel Inc., editor, Olympic Games, server, cable, cable television, digital video, disk, TV
Research articles 1996-08-05
@ UBS Media Week: News Corp's Carey: Olympic Bid Would Have To Be 'Prudent'
We tend to focus a lot on News Corp.‘s desire to get paid for its online content but the “pay plus ads” refrain is being sung elsewhere in the company, too. News Corp (NYSE: NWS) wants a dual revenue stream for Fox, too—aka retransmission fees. Or as News COO...
Tags: Olympic Games, NYSE Euronext, News Corp., UBS AG, Cable, Mergers & Acquisitions, Advertising & Promotion, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Investment, Finance, Marketing, Advertising, Entertainment, Sports, Digital Olympics, Media & Publishing, TV, Broadcast, Cable & Telecom, Companies, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-12-07

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TV BROADCAST STARTS FOR BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES
AsiaInfo Services 11-03-2004 TV Broadcast Starts for Beijing Olympic Games BEIJING, Nov 03, 2004 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Beijing Olympic Broadcasting Company Limited BOB held the first board meeting in Beijing on October 27, marking the TV broadcast for the 29th...
Tags: International Olympic Committee
Research articles 2004-11-03
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...
Tags: Olympic Games, cable, NBC Universal Inc., cable television
Research articles 1994-03-07
Panasonic Promotion Puts HDTV Programs into Cable Consumer Homes; Consumers Can Upgrade To HDTV Just In Time For 2004 Olympic Games
SECAUCUS, N.J. -- Panasonic has announced a consumer promotional program to encourage consumers to take the next step in home entertainment and upgrade to high-definition digital TV. Just in time for the 2004 Summer Olympic Games and new high-definition fall programming where available, Panasonic and America's leading cable companies are...
Tags: cable, HDTV, Panasonic
Research articles 2004-06-30
BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES TO USE PANASONIC EQUIPMENTS
AsiaInfo Services 07-16-2007 Beijing Olympic Games to Use Panasonic Equipments BEIJING, Jul 16, 2007 SinoCast via COMTEX -- The TV broadcast service in the 29th Olympic Games will leave aside traditional tape storage equipments and use Panaso AsiaInfo Services ...
Tags: Panasonic, tape storage, TV
Research articles 2007-07-16
TV Guide Announces Cross-Platform Integrated Agreement with NBC for the 2006 Torino Olympic Winter Games; TV Guide Channel, TV Guide Interactive, and TV Guide Magazine: Viewers' Guide to NBC's Coverage of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games
LOS ANGELES -- TV Guide and NBC Olympics have signed an integrated programming and marketing agreement across multiple platforms - TV Guide Channel, TV Guide Interactive, and TV Guide Magazine -- to support NBC's exclusive coverage of the Olympic Winter Games from Torino, Italy, February 10-26.
Tags: TV Guide Magazine, TV Guide, NBC Universal Inc., agreement
Research articles 2006-02-06
IBM farewell offers tribute to unknowns.(powerful tv spots during Olympic Games)(Brief Article)
After 40 years, IBM Corp. bids adieu to its Olympic Games sponsorship in a series of powerful TV spots saluting little-known athletes as the heroes of their local communities and countries. After 40 years, IBM Corp. bids adieu to its Olympic Games sponsorship in...
Tags: IBM Corp., Olympic Games
Research articles 2000-09-11
It's an Olympics sweep for NBC; for $2.3 billion, NBC locks up rights to three more Olympic games.
For $2.3 billion, NBC locks up rights to three more Olympic games Christmas came early to NBC affiliates, with word last week that NBC has extended its domestic TV and cable rights to the Olympics through 2008. The network will...
Tags: NBC Universal Inc., game, network, International Olympic Committee, Olympic Games, cable
Research articles 1995-12-18
Olympic games boost broadcasters income.
Brazil, Aug 23, 2004 (Gazeta Mercantil/SABI via COMTEX) The six Brazilian TV networks that are covering the Olympic games (TV Globo, Bandeirantes, Esportv, BandSports, ESPN Brasil and Globonews) estimate R$270mil with the master sponsorship quotes. The four pay-TV networks collected R$118mil - a high...
Tags: Ford Motor Co., income, Nestle S.A., network, TVs, Visa Inc.
Research articles 2004-08-23
Televisa and TV Azteca earnings soar during Olympic Games.
MEXICO CITY, Aug 31, 2004 (El Economista/Corporate Mexico by Internet Securities, Inc. via COMTEX) -- The open television companies in the country received additional income of US$18 billion from publicity linked to the Olympic Games in Athens, which ended last Sunday.Analysts and Grupo Televisa confirmed that...
Tags: Internet Securities Inc., TV Azteca S.A. de C.V.
Research articles 2004-08-31
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