Time for another update.
I’ll start with Neil Best of Newsday who tells us that Sirius XM Satellite Radio will be introducing someone to its sports talk lineup. Any guesses?
Ryan Saghir of the Orbitcast satellite radio blog speculates on who this will be.
Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News talks about NBC already pushing pre-orders for its Olympics DVD’s.
CNBC’s Darren Rovell talks with the agent of the forgotten medalist of the men’s 100 meter dash in track & field, Walter Dix of the United States. And Darren caught up with mult-gold medalist Michael Phelps.
Lisa Snedeker of Media Life Magazine says Michael Phelps is credited for the high interest in these Olympics.
Joe Favorito looks at roller derby which is making a comeback.
Glen Dickson of Broadcasting & Cable writes that big cable and DirecTV are forming a partnership to sell local and national ads on regional sports networks across the country.
Linda Moss and Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News have more on the cable/DirecTV partnership.
Michael Learmonth of Silicon Valley Insider delves into the NBA’s wish to have live streaming of games into local markets.
That will do it for your update tonight.
