Recent sports media notes, including CBS adding the Air Force/Navy college football game, ESPN3D airing Friday’s Tsonga/Djokovic Wimbledon match live, and NBA.com having to remove images and videos of players during the NBA lockout.
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Ratings and viewership increased for coverage of the College World Series on the ESPN family of networks, though the numbers still trailed 2009 and 2008. The South Carolina/Florida College World Series championship averaged a 1.4 [...]
Read more ›For the first time in thirteen years, the National Basketball Association will cease operations due to a work stoppage. The NBA will begin a lockout of its players beginning at 12:01 AM ET Friday morning, [...]
Read more ›Recent sports media notes, including Turner Sports’ MLB studio team hosting a special on CBS, ESPN3.com airing the inaugural Women’s Championship of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, and the return of TNT’s ‘Wide Open’ [...]
Read more ›Recent sports TV ratings news, including Major League Baseball on FOX, the NASCAR Nationwide Series on ESPN, and the NHL Draft on Versus.
Read more ›The 2011 U.S. Open was a dud for NBC, with some of the lowest ratings over a decade. As reported earlier in the month, final round coverage on June 19 drew a 4.5 rating and [...]
Read more ›For the first time since Baseketball, broadcasters Al Michaels and Bob Costas will join forces in the broadcast booth. Michaels and Costas will pair up to call the July 8 Mets/Giants Major League Baseball game [...]
Read more ›All three NASCAR races on TNT have had increases in viewership compared to last year, with Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 up by double-digits. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Toyota/Save Mart 350 from Sonoma, CA, earned a [...]
Read more ›The finale of the 2011 Gold Cup was not nearly as big of a draw on FOX Soccer as it was on Univision, but the match still performed quite well for the network. Saturday’s Mexico/United [...]
Read more ›Sports Media Watch presents Announcing Recommendations. Today, Major League Baseball on FOX, TBS, and ESPN. Among the topics addressed: Is it really time for Joe Buck to go? Should Ernie Johnson go back to the [...]
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