September 2010

NBC’s first three weeks of the NFL season broadcast is averaging 23.3 million viewers, the most for the first three weeks of a primetime NFL package in 14 years, this is according to official national data released today by The Nielsen Company. NBC’s three-week viewership of 23.3 million is two million more than and nine [...]

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CBS Sports’ broadcast of the ‘SEC ON CBS’ on Saturday, Sept. 25, which saw No. 1-seeded Alabama’s beat No. 10-seeded Arkansas, earned an preliminary national rating/share of 5.2/12, up 117% from last year’s 2.4/6 (Arkansas-No. 3-ranked Alabama). The 5.2/12 was the highest rating for a regular-season afternoon college football game on CBS (excluding the SEC [...]

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ESPN’s Monday Night Football broadcast on September 27 earned a 12.5 household coverage rating representing an average of 12,482,000 households (17,454,000 viewers – P2+), making the telecast the fifth most-watched cable program in history among both households and viewers (excluding breaking news), and the biggest cable television audience of the year. MNF led all programs [...]

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ESPN has announced its broadcast schedule and broadcast team for college football coverage this week Thursday, Sep 30 through Saturday, October 2. ESPNU will begin its coverage live from Eugene, Ore., this Saturday with College GameDay from site of No. 9 Stanford at No. 4 Oregon in a showdown between unbeaten Pac-10 programs and broadcast [...]

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ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown on Sunday, September 27 preview: Special guest, pop star and actor, Justin Timberlake, joined the guys on set for the week 3 game predictions. Some excerpts: Bigger Surprise in Texas: Dallas Cowboys’ 0-2 or Houston Texans’ 2-0… Ditka: “I think it was an accident waiting to happen. You’ve got the guy [...]

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ESPN has announced that it will deliver 2010 Ryder Cup Day 1 coverage live from Twenty Ten Course at the Celtic Manor Resort in the city of Newport, South Wales on Friday, Oct. 1 at 2:30 AM-1 PM ET. ESPN will present 32 hours of Unprecedented live coverage of the 38th Ryder Cup for the [...]

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SIRIUS XM Radio will present 2010 Ryder Cup from Twenty Ten Course at the Celtic Manor Resort in the city of Newport, South Wales on Friday, Oct. 1 through Sunday, October 3. SIRIUS XM Radio will broadcast 2010 Ryder Cup on XM channel 146 and on SIRIUS channel 209 for subscribers with the “Best of [...]

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Major League Baseball Productions (MLBP) and ESPN Films will present “Four Days In October” Tuesday, October 5 at 8:00 p.m. ET on ESPN. Four Days In October on ESPN will look back at what many call the greatest comeback in the history of professional sports the 2004 ALCS that saw where the Boston Red Sox [...]

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Fantasy Sports Ventures has re-branded and re-launched as “Big Lead Sports by FSV” to deliver breaking news, in-depth analysis, and exclusive features from more than 1000 independent sports journalists. While FSV was founded four years ago with a focus on fantasy sports, the new branding reflects the company’s move into all areas of sports coverage, [...]

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NBC Sports has announced that its “Sunday Night Football” was the No. 1 broadcast on Sunday night for the third consecutive week. NBC received a 13.0/21 share for the New York Jets at Miami. That’s 10% higher than last year’s Week 3 game involving the Indianapolis Colts and the Arizona Cardinals. For last year, the [...]

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