- FOXSports.com significantly edited the debut episode of its new webcast, Cubed. The original 16-minute episode — featuring uncensored nudity and graphic language — was “pulled” on Friday and replaced with a “a much more politically correct version.” (Sports Business Daily)
- Versus has signed a multiyear deal with NASCAR to air a weekly show about the Chase for the Cup. The half-hour program, titled Quest for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, will debut on Tuesday at 11 PM.
- Versus president Jamie Davis says he “[does] not believe” the dispute between Versus and DirecTV — which resulted in the satellite provider dropping the cable network earlier this month — will be resolved by the start of the 2009-10 NHL season. DirecTV and Versus have “resumed negotiations … over their carriage dispute,” but both sides “remain apart.” (Yahoo! Sports, Multichannel News)
Ted Turner, whose cable business transformed TV sports, dies
Ted Turner, the media mogul and team owner whose TBS "SuperStation" helped pave the way the era of cable...
