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The results are in on the gold medal hockey between US and Canada: they're impressive but a bit below the number of viewers that watched the famous 1980 game between US and Soviet Union.
Other Sports | 27.6 million watch Olympic gold-medal game on NBC | Hockey | Seattle Times Newspaper Quote:
Many people complained about the first US-Canada hockey game not on broadcast NBC, which showed ice dancing. That made a lot of joking headlines. It will be interesting to see how hockey fares for the rest of the NHL season. In other news, Fox Soccer Plus made its debut yesterday, replacing Setanta Sports USA, which went out of business because of falling revenues forcing the US branch of Setanta to be insolvent. The rights to the matches that Setanta Sports USA used to have went to Fox Soccer Plus, except for the French and Russian soccer leagues and the GAA. The rugby rights were retained, for the time being. ETA: For now, it is only available for customers of Dish, DirecTV and FiOS for $14.99 a month. Alternatively, you could subscribe to foxsoccer.tv and watch the games live in case you can't get FS+. It might be worth it, depending on what you like. __________________
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I am an Australian-based Ice Hockey fan and we usually get 2 Versus games a week through Fox Sports Australia. I am not a fan of ESPN though (which we also get) because it is often all about the NBA and the NFL.
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I thought some of the announcing during the Olympic Games were a bit much but overall, I don't have any major complaints about it.
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For those who follow NCAA basketball, this might be of importance to you:
NCAA reaches 14-year deal with CBS/Turner for men's basketball tournament, which expands to 68 teams for now - Campus Rivalry: College Football & Basketball News, Recruiting, Game Picks, and More - USATODAY.com Quote:
We got the results for the Champions League final on FOX: Champions League final seen by 1.6 million in US - USATODAY.com Quote:
Finally, what many people are waiting for, the announcement of the ESPN/ABC broadcasting team for the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2010: ESPN and ESPN Radio Commentator Assignments for 2010 FIFA World Cup | ESPN MediaZone Quote:
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The Rugby World Cup will be on US television for 2011 and 2015. Read on: Blog - | Universal Sports, NBC to broadcast Rugby World Cup | Universal Sports
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Wow! It's been months since I've posted in this thread. I don't know why people haven't posted stuff here, although I guess many don't have time to do this.
Anyway, NBC and Comcast have merged last week. Part of the merger is the combination of the sports assets each corporation has. News is just coming out on the reorganization of NBC Sports Group: McCarley To Head Golf Channel, Davis Out At Versus In NBC Sports Group Reorg: Sources - 2011-02-02 00:03:41 | Multichannel News https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/...mie-Davis.aspx There has been speculation that the new Comcast/NBC could become a serious competitor to ESPN should the merger pan out. Anything from NHL rights to even soccer coverage could be affected. The Globe & Mail has an interesting article on the TV rights issue for the U.S. in hockey: Corporate manoeuvres complicate NHL’s U.S. broadcast picture - The Globe and Mail Speaking of soccer, ESPN has bought the rights to show Euro 2012 and Euro 2016 in the United States: ESPN acquires U.S. broadcast rights for 2012, 2016 European Championships - ESPN Unfortunately, no Copa America on ESPN because they didn't get the rights for broadband/internet. But Univision will show the 2011 edition for Spanish-language audience. So brush up on your Spanish. For Canadian audiences, TSN will become the national home for Major League Soccer, starting this season: TSN to be Canada’s national broadcaster for Major League Soccer Ratings news Ratings for the NHL All-Star Game much better than 2009: 2011 NHL All-Star Game brings in big numbers for Versus, CBC | ProHockeyTalk In the NFL, the Pro Bowl was played on Sunday. The ratings for that game, from KHON: The ratings are in: Pro Bowl watched by 13.4 million | KHON2 Hawaii's News Leader __________________
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More on the reshuffling of Comcast and NBC Sports: New Boss TeesUp Changes At Golf Channel - 2011-02-04 19:58:48 | Broadcasting & Cable
Exclusive: Comcast, NBCU Net Affiliate Units Merging - 2011-02-04 19:47:46 | Multichannel News Comcast Names Mark Lazarus President-NBC Sports Cable Group - Advertising Age - MediaWorks NBC Sports veteran McCarley tabbed to head Golf Channel - Golf News - Golf News & Articles | Golf Channel Comcast's Versus network will stay in Philadelphia - Philly.com Ebersol Starts To Reshape Sports At Comcast - NYTimes.com Cross-Promotion Activities In Play As Comcast Takes Control Of NBCU - 2011-01-30 12:29:04 | Multichannel News Litner, McCarley Ascend In NBC Sports Group Restructuring - 2011-02-02 16:59:58 | Multichannel News That's about it for articles on the development. Now here's the situation: Versus has the NHL, but no MLB, no NFL (T.Ocho show doesn't count), no NBA (they show the D-League) and none of the emerging soccer programming. The Tour de France is their other major sports programming that they have. If I were doing strategy, I would be working to get the MLB and NBA back to the NBC family as soon as they become available. Versus does give NBC a better channel to show Olympics coverage. However, I think that the MLS and World Cup could be had for the right price, if they are willing to jump into it for real. In the other news, ESPN had finally passed 100 million homes, with ESPN2 not far behind: ThisWeek — January 31, 2011 | ESPN MediaZone __________________
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Thanks so much for all of the information.
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NBC Sports to air nine hours of NHL coverage this Sunday with "Hockey Day in America" on NBC & "Heritage Classic" on Versus
NBC Sports to broadcast nine hours of NHL coverage this Sunday with "Hockey Day in America" on NBC & "Heritage Classic" on Versus - NHL.com - NHL on NBC spotlight MediaPost Publications Comcast Melds NBC, Versus For Hockey Coverage 02/17/2011 USA Hockey hopes for boost from signature day - Hockey Weeekend Across America TSN signs a six-year deal to air MLS games involving Canadian teams in Canada, starting this year: TSN becomes official broadcaster of MLS in Canada CBS College Sports Network is changing to CBS Sports Network, on April 4: Watch Out ESPN: CBS Rebranding ‘CBS College Sports Network’ as ‘CBS Sports Network’ - SportsNewser __________________
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Tonight is the debut of the NCAA Basketball tournament under the new TV contract. CBS made a deal last year with Turner Sports to split the 68 games scheduled among four channels. This year will see truTV, TBS and TNT join CBS to air all 68 games without interruption.
truTV will air The First Four tonight and Wednesday. NY Times has an article about this big change in TV coverage: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/sports/ncaabasketball/16tourneytv.html?_r=1&src=twrhp __________________
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I LOVE March Madness. Exciting times for NCAA basketball.
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Huge news on the NHL front. Today, they have agreed to a new contract with NBCUniversal for $2 billion for 10 years. They beat out bidders including ESPN, Fox and Turner Sports. More details in this article:
NBC/Comcast and NHL Agree on 10-year $2 Billion Deal for US TV Rights Versus is going to be re-branded to a sports channel with an NBC name. The announcement will be made in around 60-90 days. __________________
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Pac-12 is set to announce a major TV deal with Fox and ESPN. The word is that the contract will be for 12 years at $3 billion dollars. That means $21 million annually for each school in the conference, starting in the 2012-13 academic year.
Fox and ESPN sign TV deal for Pac-12 conference | Company Town | Los Angeles Times In other news, Fox Sports is going to roll out Soccer Night in America, to showcase the MLS games they have scheduled. They've already done the theme for that, along with a new theme for Fox Soccer. Check it out: Videos Posted by Fox Soccer: Soccer Night in America [HQ] | Facebook __________________
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Thanks for the news.
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The big news yesterday and today is Dick Ebersol is out as NBC Sports Group Chairman. He has been with NBC Sports on at least some capacity since 1989. His department was announced a few weeks before NBC/Comcast, Disney/ESPN and Fox are said to start bidding for the TV rights to air the Olympics Games in the United States for the cycle of 2014 and 2016, possibly adding 2018 and 2020 if interest is there. Officially, he resigned because of a contract dispute with Comcast. They couldn't come to an agreement on the amount of money he wanted to continue at NBC.
News story here: NBC Sports head Dick Ebersol resigns - BusinessWeek In other news, the San Diego Padres are close to signing a substantial deal with FOX for their local cable games. The word is the deal would last 20 seasons at a reported $20-30 million per season. Story: Padres’ new television deal worth $25-30 million per season | HardballTalk __________________
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