- Idle note: ESPN’s Around the Horn and Pardon the Interruption will begin airing in high definition starting in Fall 2010. The two long-running talk shows will move from Atlantic Video studios in Washington, D.C., to ABC News studios, also in Washington. (Sports Business Journal, via Washington Business Journal)
- Big name: Yankees play-by-play voice Michael Kay will call Sunday’s Nets/Hawks game for YES Network. Kay will work alongside lead YES Network analyst Mike Fratello. (hudsonvalley.com, via Fang’s Bites)
- The ratings game: Last Saturday’s North Carolina/Kentucky game, the first college basketball game of the season on CBS, drew a 1.5 final rating — topping both games of the network’s season opening doubleheader last year (Memphis/Georgetown — 1.1 rating, Indiana/Kentucky — 1.3 rating). (Sports Business Daily)
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