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New Title Game Sponsorship Could Cost Up to $35 Million IEG, Kantar clients will pay twice as much to back 2015 college football championship

With just hours to go before No. 1 Notre Dame and No. 2 Alabama clash in the BCS National Championship Game, researchers are already eyeing the inherent value in sponsoring…

January 7, 2013, 5:17 PM EST

NHL Lockout Ends League, players' union reach tentative agreement on a new CBA

The National Hockey League and the players' association this morning reached a tentative agreement to end a lockout that wiped out 625 regular season games and left fans and network…

January 6, 2013, 4:31 PM EST

NFL Caps Another Powerhouse Season While deliveries dip slightly, football remains the only game in town

While the National Football League remains the last great reach vehicle for advertisers, ratings for regular-season broadcasts were down slightly from 2011. According to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, the 101 games televised…

January 4, 2013, 4:25 PM EST

Majesco Skips Traditional Media Mix With NBA Baller Beats Grassroots push doesn’t move the needle on sales

As the Senate Commerce Committee begins to embark on a comprehensive examination of violent video games, one developer is offering a unique alternative to some of the more extreme forms…

December 20, 2012, 2:15 PM EST

NFL Network Scares Up Record Ratings Expanded Thursday Night Football slate helps double ad sales dollars

NFL Network’s beefed-up slate of live Thursday Night Football broadcasts put up record numbers, averaging 6.35 million viewers over the course of 13 games. According to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, TNF delivered…

December 19, 2012, 2:36 PM EST

NBC Sports and Yahoo Are in League Yahoo to share in stream of live NFL games

NBC Sports and Yahoo announced a deal on Sunday that gives NBC's digital and television properties access to Yahoo's sports reporting, and lets Yahoo in on some of NBC's marquee…

December 9, 2012, 10:06 PM EST

Moonves: C7 Switch Only a Matter of Time CBS boss predicts a currency shift will take place by mid-2014

Weeks after expressing his support for a switch to a new ratings currency that would include seven days of time-shifted deliveries, Les Moonves is now predicting that the change will…

December 5, 2012, 3:41 PM EST

The Hot List The supernovas of print, television and digital media

"Hot" is, of course, relative. We reserve the designation for those media brands and media people thriving despite competition, market forces and that bugaboo of every business: the ever elusive…

December 3, 2012, 6:35 AM EST

Turkey Trot: Lousy Jets Take a Bite Out of NBC Ratings T-Day NFL games show some viewer fatigue

While millions of turkey-glutted couch jockeys tuned in for the three national NFL broadcasts on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 22), ratings were either down or failed to meet advertisers’ expectations. Per Nielsen…

November 28, 2012, 5:42 PM EST

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