- 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)
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...
