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Disney’s Rasulo Dismisses the Fox Sports 1 Threat Mouse House CFO relegates ESPN rivals to a ‘distant No. 2’

While Fox Sports 1 believes it will be competitive with ESPN within a few years after its August 17 launch, at least one of Bristol’s corporate overseers seems all but…

May 31, 2013, 12:59 PM EDT

Fast Break: TBS to Air Final Four in 2014 College hoops title game shifts to cable in 3 years

After three years of sharing the rights to the NCAA Men’s Division I National Basketball Tournament, CBS and Turner Sports have agreed to accelerate their transition game. Beginning in March…

May 7, 2013, 11:08 AM EDT

ESPN Lands Cheapie Big East Rights Deal Bristol matches NBC Sports' $130 million bid

ESPN has matched NBC Sports' bid for the media rights to the Big East Conference, and in so doing has secured its position as the league's primary rights holder. While neither…

February 24, 2013, 1:45 PM EST

Al Jazeera's Fledgling Sports Net Refines Its Ground Game BeIN taps TBWA\Chiat\Day to forge a brand identity

In its bid to become a bona fide player in the U.S., the fledgling network beIN Sport has a lot going for it: deep pockets (thanks to the backing of…

February 5, 2013, 12:44 AM 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 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

ESPN Renews MLB Rights Deal Through 2021 Network’s investment in baseball doubles to $5.35 billion

As the Book of Revelations would have it, 666 is the number of the beast. Tack six zeroes on the end and it’s also the annual fee ESPN will pay…

August 28, 2012, 3:34 PM EDT

Baseball's Long, Hot Summer Heated battle for sports deal waits as NBC, Turner prepare to face off for MLB's national TV rights

Negotiations for Major League Baseball’s national TV rights deals are likely to be the knottiest in sports media history, as fundamental pricing agreements will be complicated by a host of…

July 9, 2012, 12:02 AM EDT

NBC's $1 Billion Olympics Sellout Network lines up dozens of new sponsors for London games

With exactly one month to go before the Opening Ceremonies of the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games, NBC is on track to book nearly $1 billion in ad sales revenue…

June 27, 2012, 5:19 PM EDT

NBCU Lands Major League Soccer Deal Games will air on Versus and NBC

In its latest move to expand its sports offerings, Comcast’s NBCUniversal has landed the broadcast and cable rights for Major League Soccer. Terms of the deal weren’t made public, but…

August 10, 2011, 2:13 PM EDT

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