ESPN last week decided not to pick up its option for the cable TV rights to the National Hockey League’s 2005-6 season. “We remain interested in a multimedia agreement that provides us with appropriate value and continue to talk with…
ABC has received upfront advertising commitments of about $2.7 billion, up 30 percent from last year, the network said Tuesday. With its sales nearly completed, ABC was able to get cost-per-thousand price increases in the 4 percent to 6 percent…
Paxson Communications Chairman and CEO Lowell “Bud” Paxson last week challenged reports that his company is abandoning entertainment programming in favor of paid programming, saying the beleaguered media company may continue to offer the same or an increased amount of…
By Lee Alan HillSpecial to TelevisionWeek Soccer is hugely popular around the globe, but only in recent years has it begun to attract significant attention as a spectator sport in the United States. Today, thanks to the influx of immigrants…
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