SportsNewser NFL Scouting Combine Sets Ratings Record By Marcus Vanderberg on Mar. 10, 2011 - 7:00 PM A record 6.6 million viewers watched the 2011 NFL Scouting Combine Presented by Under Armour on the NFL Network, a 27 percent increase over 2010 (5.2 million viewers) and an 78 percent increase over 2007 (3.7 million viewers). The ...
SportsNewser | TV Biz The Year In Sports In Just 247 Seconds By Marcus Vanderberg on Dec. 30, 2010 - 1:50 PM Gawker.TV has a great video on their site of the best sports highlights of 2010 in 247 seconds. Normally, I would post the video, but the Gawker folks aren’t believers of the sharing is caring philosophy. Regardless, it̵ ...
SportsNewser | TV Biz WNBA President Steps Down to Launch Her Own Marketing Firm By Noah Davis on Dec. 3, 2010 - 3:34 PM Donna Orender wants out of women’s basketball. The WNBA commissioner, who took over in April ’05, will depart at the end of the year, Sports Business Journal‘s John Lombardo reports. “In a six-year time fra ...
SportsNewser | WebNewser ESPN Can't Break Into the LA Market By Noah Davis on Sep. 1, 2010 - 2:39 PM Local is all the rage these days. But can a massive sports media entity force its way into the conversation? It’s harder than it looks. Los Angeles Times columnist James Rainey takes a gander at ESPN’s foray into the c ...
SportsNewser NFL Network Recruits Brad Pitt to Narrate New Orleans Saints Doc By Alex Weprin on Aug. 30, 2010 - 1:25 PM NFL Network has recruited movie star Brad Pitt to narrate a new documentary America’s Game: 2009 New Orleans Saints. Pitt has long been active in charity efforts in the Gulf region, which as devastated after Hurricane Katrin ...
SportsNewser In Which Bashing Sports Media Figures Becomes Its Own Sport By Noah Davis on Aug. 24, 2010 - 2:38 PM Over at Indiana University’s National Sports Journalism Center, Eric Deggans examines the downfall of Jay Mariotti and bizarre behavior of Jason Whitlock with an eye toward the sports media’s “catty” takedo ...
Ratings | SportsNewser NCTC, NFL Strike Carriage Agreement for NFL Network By Alex Weprin on Aug. 20, 2010 - 4:26 PM The National Cable Television Cooperative and NFL Network have signed a long-term carriage agreement. As part of the deal, NCTC members will be able to add NFL Network and NFL RedZone to their channel lineups. The NCTC is a not-fo ...