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Yankees to stream games online locally

The move is part of an overall renewal of Cablevision's YES Network affiliation deal that was signed earlier this spring but never officially announced. The New York Yankees will become the first MLB team to have its games streamed live online ...

From JOHN OURAND & ERIC FISHER, Sporting News,  6 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Cablevision,  YES Network,  New York Yankees,  Boston Red Sox,  Baltimore Orioles

SBD: NFL Network, Comcast reach carriage deal

NFL Network and Comcast have finalized a carriage deal that will add 10 million homes to NFL Neworkst's distribution. A formal announcement was made Tuesday morning. The deal will put the network on Comcast's digital basic tier, the same tier that ...

From JOHN OURAND, Sporting News,  19 May 2009
Related Topics: NFL,  Comcast,  Major League Baseball

SBJ: NFL close to extensions with Fox, CBS

The two sets of negotiations are linked. The NFL is negotiating to extend its television contracts with CBS and Fox by two years, sources said, taking the deals through the 2013 season. The developments emerged as the league late last week was said ...

From DANIEL KAPLAN AND JOHN OURAND, Sporting News,  17 May 2009
Related Topics: NFL,  Comcast,  AFC,  Major League Baseball,  Brian Roberts

Cable wary of NFL's Red Zone Channel offer

The president from one of the country's biggest cable operators approached a reporter last week and retold a joke that he said was making the rounds at the cable industry's annual convention in Washington, D.C. Question: What's the best way for ...

From JOHN OURAND, Sporting News,  7 Apr 2009
Related Topics: NFL,  Comcast,  David Cohen

BCS games heading to ESPN, as Fox drops bid

"Even with today's vast economic uncertainties, Fox Sports made a very competitive bid to keep broadcasting BCS games free to every home in America, one that included a substantial rights fee increase, and certainly as much as any over-the-air network ...

From JOHN OURAND, Sporting News,  17 Nov 2008

BCS considering moving games from Fox to ESPN

The BCS is considering a proposal from ESPN that would see all BCS bowl games, including the championship game, wind up on ESPN, sources familiar with the negotiations are saying. If the BCS ultimately accepts the bid, it would mark the first time ...

From JOHN OURAND, Sporting News,  11 Nov 2008
Related Topics: ESPN,  National Basketball Association

Bob Knight to return to ESPN hoops telecasts

Bob Knight will return to ESPN's college basketball telecasts this season in an expanded role. The former coach will be paired with Brent Musburger on weekly Thursday night games with various conferences, and he will work with Dan Shulman on ...

From JOHN OURAND, Sporting News,  11 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Bob Knight,  Brent Musburger,  National Collegiate Athletic Association

With Yankees out, Cubs may hold key to MLB's post-season fortunes

Playoff TV ad inventory is more than 80 percent sold on both Turner, which will carry the entire Division Series round and the AL Championship Series, and on Fox, home of the NLCS and World Series. Sales have been boosted by buys from the foreign ...

From ERIC FISHER, JOHN OURAND AND TERRY LEFTON, Sporting News,  30 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Bob DuPuy,  New York Yankees,  Chevrolet,  Taco Bell,  State Farm Insurance

NBC already sold most of '09 Super Bowl ads

NBC's top sales executive said that the network already has sold "over a dozen" 30-second spots at $3M -- a surprising feat given the overall sluggish economy. Not only that, but NBC Senior VP for Sports and Olympics Sales & Marketing Seth Winter ...

From JOHN OURAND, Sporting News,  11 Sep 2008
Related Topics: NFL

ESPN to pay $2.25 billion for SEC rights

SEC & ESPN it doesn't get any better than that! Great news for the SEC! Along with the deal that they just signed with CBS this will be a boon for all the fans of the SEC in all sports! I am a huge fan of LSU football, but I enjoy LSU baseball, ...

From MICHAEL SMITH AND JOHN OURAND, Sporting News,  25 Aug 2008
Related Topics: ESPN Classic,  Capital One,  ESPNU

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