Archive for February 10th, 2011

The Comcast/NBC deal has opened the possibility, however slight, of a comeback for the once-ubiquitous theme from the NBA on NBC.The Comcast SportsNet regional sports networks are under the management of NBC Sports Group, a [...]

Recent sports media news, including NBC using The Golf Channel brand on its golf telecasts, Comedy Central adding a new sports program, and ESPN dropping the Lakers from its NBA schedule in favor of the [...]

Recent sports TV ratings news, including NFL postgame shows on ESPN and NFL Network, and college basketball on ESPN. ESPN earned a 1.3 U.S. rating and 2.240 million viewers for Sunday’s post-Super Bowl edition of [...]

Packers/Steelers wasn’t the only football telecast to set a viewership record on Super Bowl Sunday.Sunday’s Chelsea/Liverpool English Premier League match earned a 0.25 U.S. rating (0.74 cable rating) and 418,000 viewers on FOX Soccer Channel, [...]