- TNT will use the AC/DC song T.N.T as the theme music for its NASCAR coverage later this summer. The network will debut a “full-length NASCAR video” featuring the theme during Tuesday’s edition of Inside the NBA. (Turner Sports)
- Comcast is the “clear front-runner” to acquire local television rights to the Rockets and Astros, reports Sports Business Journal. Comcast would begin televising the teams’ games in 2012, coinciding with the launch of a new regional sports network in the Houston market. (Sports Business Journal)
- ESPN is set to “dump all its outdoor programming at the end of this year,” with the lone exception of The Bassmasters. ESPN2’s weekend outdoor programming block will be replaced with “other properties, such as English Premier League soccer, NASCAR and SportsCenter.” (bassfan.com, via 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...
