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It may be time to add one more record to Brett Favre's resume. The Minnesota Vikings' defeat of the Green Bay Packers last Monday not only set a record for a cable program with 21.8 million viewers watching Brett Favre...
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Beating every team in the NFL wasn't the only record Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre set. He also led ESPN's "Monday Night Football" to record ratings for a cable telecast. Favre's victory over his old team not only kept the...
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Today is day two of the first ever D23 Expo, one of the weirdest flexings of corporate muscle I've ever seen. D23 is like Comic-Con for Disney fans. Adults are invited to pay $90 for a four-day pass or $30 for one (kids get in for $66/$22) to go listen to an extended sales-pitch. Well, some of the...
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ESPN is looking to snag the Olympics away from longtime rights holder NBC, a top executive at the cable sports behemoth told USA Today. In an interview with Mike McCarthy, John Skipper, ESPN's executive vice president of content, promised that...
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Veteran television executive Don Ohlmeyer, who was never shy about critiquing the media, is going to try his hand as an internal media critic for ESPN. As ombudsman, Ohlmeyer will write a monthly column for ESPN.com for 18 months starting...
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As YouTube tries to win over television programmers and the brand advertisers that want to sponsor their shows, the site is offering more flexible terms for providers of premium TV content. The new inducements? Functionality that lets programmers run pre-roll ads before shows and a policy that lets networks...
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More games, more screens, more opportunities for sponsors. Those were the messages delivered by ESPN at its upfront presentation to advertisers Tuesday morning in New York. For TVWeek's comprehensive coverage of the upfront presentations, visit the Upfront Navigator page. Despite the economy, ESPN...
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Walt Disney’s fiscal second-quarter profit fell 46%, with a slight drop in earnings from its media networks unit overshadowed by plunging profit from its studio entertainment and parks and resorts operations. Disney’s operating profit from media networks for the quarter ended March 28 fell 4% to $1.31...
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Samuel L. Jackson has been tapped to host the 17th annual ESPY Awards, airing July 19 on ESPN and ESPN HD. It will be Mr. Jackson’s fourth time hosting the sports award show. The awards ceremony will be taped July 15 at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles.
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ESPN led the nominees for the 30th annual Sports Emmy Awards with 42 nominations, followed by NBC with 28. Fox and HBO were tied for third with 18. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences will announce the winners of the Sports Emmys at a ceremony April 27 at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P...
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Dave Winfield has joined ESPN as a “Baseball Tonight” analyst, beginning April 5 on ESPN2. Mr. Winfield will work with host Karl Ravech and analysts Peter Gammons and John Kruk on Sundays and some Mondays during the Major League Baseball season. His first appearance on April 5 will lead into the Opening...
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Disney Media Networks has signed a deal with Google’s YouTube that will bring short-from content from various Disney properties to the Web video giant. As part of the deal, clips from the Disney-ABC Television Group and ESPN will begin to appear on the site. ESPN content will roll out beginning in mid...
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Despite the ailing economy, baseball is being very, very good to television networks that carry the games. With Opening Day on April 6, sponsors are lining up for the Great American Pastime. “Regular-season baseball sales are holding up very nicely,” said Fox Sports President Ed Goren. “In this environment...
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DINESH JAIN Name: Dinesh “Dinni” Jain, president-COO, Insight Communications Vanguard Award: Cable Operations Management How long in current position: Five years. Mr. Jain was appointed president in February 2006, having served as chief operating officer since October 2003. Born: 1964, New York City...
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The National Basketball Association is getting ready for the playoffs with a promotional campaign that its TV partners, ABC, ESPN and TNT, will be using as well. The campaign, launching this week, uses the theme “Where Will Amazing Happen This Year?” as it shows in striking black-and-white some of the...