A new team-owned regional sports network declared itself open for business last week with a key cable-distribution pact, and several other sports networks followed suit by doing cable deals. A new team-owned regional sports network declared itself open for business last week...
Cox Communications' ongoing battle with pricey sports networks may be easing, with the company close to renewing a carriage deal for six Fox regional sports networks and ESPN showing signs of softening its rate demands. Cox Communications' ongoing battle with pricey sports...
CSTV Networks' new regional sports network will get its start out west, but may wind up playing on a national TV-sports field. CSTV Networks' new regional sports network will get its start out west, but may wind up playing on a national TV-sports field.
Fresh off its acquisition of regional sports networks in San Francisco/Oakland and Boston, Comcast is now looking to play ball in Portland. Fresh off its acquisition of regional sports networks in San Francisco/Oakland and Boston, Comcast is now looking to play ball in Portland.
What works in Chicago sports isn't necessarily right for other pro teams. Or so Comcast Cable President Steve Burke thinks. In Chicago, his company is joining forces with the four major pro sports teams on a regional sports network that launches in What works...
The 2002 NBA season is over, but will the new All Sports Network, co-owned by the NBA and AOL Time Warner, be ready for next season? The 2002 NBA season is over, but will the new All Sports Network, co-owned by the NBA...
Sports tiers--conceived as a way to offset the high cost of basic-cable sports networks--haven't been the distribution home run that distributors and networks might have hoped for. With popular and high-priced services like ESPN and various r Sports...
This Thursday, Yankees Entertainment & Sports Network will present a fifth-anniversary special originating from the Bronx Bombers' spring training home in Tampa, Fla. Five Years of YES will feature many on-air commentators and showcase remin This Thursday, Yankees Entertainment & Sports Network will present a...
Generally, it's considered a competitive disadvantage for a new multichannel-video service to launch without the regional sports networks that show games involving the local pro baseball, basketball and hockey teams. That's especially true when the Generally, it's considered a competitive disadvantage for a ...
ESPN executive vice president of programming and production Mark Shapiro turned rumor into reality last week, saying he will exit the sports network Oct. 1. ESPN executive vice president of programming and production Mark Shapiro turned rumor into reality last week, saying he will exit...
With its annual meeting about to kick off, the National Cable Television Cooperative last week went to federal regulators with a dispute involving the Fox's regional sports networks. With its annual meeting about to kick off, the National Cable Television Cooperative last week went...
The day its put option to Cablevision Systems Corp. was set to expire, News Corp. worked out a deal with the MSO to reduce its ownership in two regional sports networks in exchange for about $100 million. The day its put option...
Sports network ESPN has teamed up with action sports athletes to support tsunami relief efforts with the inaugural Thailand X Games Cup in Bangkok from 24-27 March. The event features demos by former and current X Games champions, including inline Sports network ESPN...
This fall will bring forth not only the changing of leaves but potential changes to the power structure of sports television, as four new team-controlled regional sports networks make their debut. Each new entry has high hopes of succeeding in ...
NEW YORK -- Pressure is beginning to build on cable operators here, as upstart Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network last week inked its first affiliation agreement with a direct-broadcast satellite provider DirecTV Inc. Cable overbuilder NEW YORK...
Talk about flipping the batting order: In what could loom as the next big battle over regional sports networks, Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals and the Baltimore Orioles are expected to team up to start their own RSN in 2007, potential Talk about flipping...
ESPN executive vice president of programming and production Mark Shapiro turned rumor into reality last week, saying he will exit the sports network Oct. 1. ESPN executive vice president of programming and production Mark Shapiro turned rumor into reality last week, saying...
Skirmishes between operators and sports networks over licensing deals continue to break out across the country, as both sides remain miles apart over the value of sports programming. Skirmishes between operators and sports networks over licensing deals continue to break out across the country,...
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