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Major League Baseball and Anheuser-Busch Renew Sponsorship Pact New deal extends through 2018 season

Major League Baseball and Anheuser-Busch InBev today announced a continuation of their 33-year relationship, finalizing an extension that locks in the brewer as baseball’s official beer sponsor through 2018. While financials…

August 22, 2012, 2:07 PM EDT

NFL In-Game Inventory Close to Selling Out Broadcast nets say demand is at nearly unprecedented levels

With a little more than two weeks to go before the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys kick off the 2012 NFL season on Sept. 5, demand for in-game inventory…

August 20, 2012, 12:03 AM EDT

NFL Network Scores Carriage Deal With Cablevision Agreement leaves Time Warner Cable as the last major MSO holdout

After years of being all but shut out of the nation’s top market, NFL Network has established a beach head in the greater New York DMA, inking a multi-year agreement…

August 16, 2012, 12:38 PM EDT

NBC Has the Last Laugh as Olympics Strike Gold London Games the most-watched U.S. TV event in history

The games of the XXX Olympiad ended on yet another high note, as the 17-night extravaganza now stands as the most-watched event in U.S. television history. According to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data,…

August 13, 2012, 8:40 PM EDT

NBC's 'Go On' Premiere Earns Strong Sampling Matthew Perry comedy draws 16.1 million in post-Olympics preview

NBC’s sneak preview of its new comedy series Go On generated a strong sampling Wednesday night, averaging 16.1 million total viewers and a 5.6 rating in the adults 18-to-49 demo.  Presented…

August 9, 2012, 4:55 PM EDT

Ace Metrix: Halfway Through the Olympics, Chobani, GE and Coke Lead in Ad Effectiveness Social video a different story

Analytics firm Ace Metrix has proclaimed gold, silver and bronze medalists among Olympic advertisers (thus far)—Chobani brings home first place, GE second and Coke third in the company's proprietary measurement…

August 7, 2012, 12:32 PM EDT

Golf's Final Major of the Year Goes Digital PGA Championship will offer bevy of new digital, social content

Golf is not an easy sport to cover, which is why the PGA Championship just got a digital overhaul. This week at the PGA, golf's final major of the year, 156…

August 7, 2012, 12:01 AM EDT

CBS in the Red Zone With Super Bowl Ad Sales Network deals 80% of in-game inventory

Although the 2012-13 NFL season isn’t set to kick off for another five weeks, CBS on Thursday said it is already nearing a sellout of its available in-game inventory for…

August 2, 2012, 8:42 PM EDT

NBC: Twitter Beefs No Match for the 'Silent Majority' Huge TV, digital audience outweighs tape-delay concerns

NBC on Thursday offered a first look at some of its newly mined Olympics usage research, and as has been the case with the prime-time TV ratings, the digital stats…

August 2, 2012, 2:24 PM EDT

Burke: NBC Will Break Even on London Games Ad sales, ratings make Olympics a winner

Five days into its stewardship of the 2012 London Summer Olympics, NBC is now confident that it is in no danger of losing its shirt on the pricey event. Speaking to…

August 1, 2012, 2:31 PM EDT

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