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BREAKING NEWS: AP Reports NBC Gets Olympics Through 2020

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The Associated Press’ Steve Wilson reports NBC has won the bid for the Olympics from 2014 — 2020 keeping the Games. .bbpBox78141019836780544 {background:url(http://a0.twimg.com/images/themes/theme15/bg.png) #022330;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:8px;padding-top:12px;height:40px;border-top:1px solid #fff;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author{line-height:19px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 7px 0 0px;width:38px;height:38px} p.bbpTweet a:hover{text-decoration:underline}p.bbpTweet span.timestamp{font-size:12px;display:block} LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) _ AP sources: NBC […]

NASCAR on Fox Speeds To Three Year Viewership High

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Fox Sports has this press release on its just-finished NASCAR season. After seeing season lows the last two years, Fox Sports saw an uptick in its ratings and viewership. Overall, Fox saw a 9% jump in viewership, averaging 8.6 million people and young males in the 18-34 demographic came back after seeing this age group […]

Waiting On The Decision For The New Olympic Network

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I was at a conference at Bryant University in North Smithfield, RI this morning and at the same time, I kept track of what was going on at the US TV network presentations to the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland. The great Tripp Mickle of Sports Business Journal is on the ground there and […]

Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

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College Softball Women’s College World Series, Oklahoma City, OK Championship Series, Best of Three Florida vs. Arizona State — ESPN2, 8 p.m. CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Play United States vs. Canada — Fox Soccer Channel, 7:30 p.m. MLB American League Boston at New York Yankees — MLB Network/NESN/WWOR, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Cleveland — Fox […]

Golf Channel Airs Special on Graeme McDowell

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Tuesday night, Golf Channel premieres a new program profiling defending U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell. The special which airs at 9 p.m. looks at McDowell’s humble beginnings in Northern Ireland and his success in the United States and on the PGA Tour. We have a preview of what you’ll see in the special. Golf Channel […]

French Open Men’s Final Sees Best Overnight Rating in 12 Years

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The French Open men’s final between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer gave NBC its best overnight rating in a dozen years. Sunday’s four set match received a 2.6 rating with a 7 share. That’s up 63% from last year when Nadal beat Robin Soderling rather easily. We have the press release directly from NBC Sports. […]

Game 2 of Stanley Cup Final Equals Record For CBC

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Saturday’s Game 2 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final equaled last Wednesday’s record viewership for CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada. Last Wednesday, an average of 5.6 million viewers watched part or all of Game 1. The same numbers were seen on Saturday according to Canada’s public television network. We have the press release for you. […]

NBA Finals Averaging Highest Viewership In Seven Years

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Let’s look at the ratings for the first three games of the NBA Finals on ABC. ESPN says the ratings for the first three games are averaging a 9.1 with an average viewership of 15.3 million viewers. Those are the highest levels since 2004 between the Los Angeles Lakers and Detroit which averaged 10.4 and […]

Turner Sports Statement on Marv Albert Joining NFL on CBS

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We have a statement from Turner Sports President David Levy on the news that Marv Albert is joining the NFL on CBS for the 2011 season. Albert replaces Gus Johnson who left for Fox. Marv will continue as the lead voice for the NBA on TNT as well as continue as one of the main […]

Time For The Monday Linkage

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After being in the Massachusetts office this morning and needing to run a few errands for the main RI office, I’m now ready to provide links provided I don’t get interrupted at work. You never know. And with the decision to eventually close the MA office due to the slow economy, I may be looking […]

YESSSSS and It Counts! Marv Albert Joins The NFL on CBS

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Just over a year to the day after announcing that he was leaving Westwood One Radio and ending his association with Monday Night Football, the legendary Marv Albert returns to the NFL with CBS Sports. He replaces Gus Johnson who went to Fox Sports. Marv will continue as the lead announcer for the NBA on […]

Sports Media Rights Fees Along With Contract Expirations

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This chart comes from Sports Business Journal and John Ourand from a story on media rights fees. I’ll link to the story when I do the Monday Linkage, but this is quite interesting to see how much sports properties for their networks and when the contracts end. We’re going to be seeing quite a few […]

Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

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College Softball Women’s College World Series, Oklahoma City, OK Championship Series, Best of Three Game 1/Arizona State vs. Florida — ESPN2, 8 p.m. MLB American League Minnesota at Cleveland — Fox Sports North/STO, 7 p.m. Oakland at Baltimore — Comcast SportsNet California/MASN, 7 p.m. Detroit at Texas — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m. […]

Last Word On The Olympics Bidding

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Ok, this will really be the last word on the Olympics bidding which begins tomorrow in Switzerland. I have a couple of thoughts about what could be a huge gamechanger for the network that wins the rights to the 2014/16 Olympics and possibly beyond. Earlier today, I did an informal Twitter and Facebook poll on […]

Mixing Up Some Sunday Links

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Let’s do some linkage on this lazy Sunday. Kari Lipschutz of Adweek writes that it’s a photo finish in the race to the US rights to the 2014/16 Olympics. Rachel Cohen of the Associated Press looks into the Olympic bidding. David Lieberman and Patrick Hipes at Deadline wonder what losing the Olympics could mean to […]

Handicapping The Olympic Bids For Last Time & Other Sunday Thoughts

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I haven’t done a Sunday thoughts post in a while. You deserve one. Let me do one now. Handicapping The 2014/16 Olympic Bids For The Last Time As the bidding for the US TV rights for the 2014/16 Olympics and possibly beyond is finally here, let’s take a final look at the three networks vying […]

The Best Promo In Sports

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It’s the NHL “There Are No Words” Stanley Cup “History Will Be Made” promo. Hands down. Nothing comes close. The pictures of the players tell the story, words are not needed.

The WNBA on ESPN Returns Today

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The WNBA returns to the networks of ESPN today with one of two games on ABC. In addition to today’s Phoenix at Seattle, ABC will air the WNBA All-Star Game in July. ESPN2 will take the rest of the 13 game regular season schedule. We have your press release. ESPN Tips Off 15th Season of […]

Chris Evert Joins ESPN Tennis Team

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Tennis Hall of Famer Chris Evert returns to television after a long absence and will join ESPN’s commentary team for The Championships Wimbledon later this month. After retiring from tennis in 1989, Chris joined NBC to join Dick Enberg and Jimmy Connors to call the French Open and Wimbledon. After Jimmy didn’t work out so […]

NBC Sports Group Airs Rugby This Weekend

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With Rugby Sevens an Olympic sport starting in 2016, the NBC Sports Group is introducing the American audience to the game. This weekend, we have the Collegiate Rugby Championships in Philadelphia and The Group will be all over it. Starting at noon today, three of The Group’s networks will be airing the event. If you […]

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