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NEW YORK -- In the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, TV network executives say the economic model for cutting TV sports rights deals might be in need of [...]

NEW YORK -- Tennis is finding a home in cable's 500-channel universe. A group of media industry veterans led by former Universal Studios and Viacom CEO Frank Biondi are launching [...]

ON SEPT. 9, AS THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES prepare to take on the Washington Redskins in the first Monday Night Football game of the NFL season, ESPN viewers won't be asked [...]

LOS ANGELES -- Rest assured the combination of Comcast and NBC Universal will shake the playing field in the multibillion-dollar world of televised sports rights. But what remains to be [...]

LOS ANGELES -- On Super Bowl Sunday, football fans will have a choice: the Boss or the Big Balls. ABC plans to counterprogram NBC's game-day entertainment telecasts with a sports-star-studded [...]

Turner is pasting together its vast collection of Web properties to form a sizable, brand-friendly ad network just as the company officially swears off selling its remnant inventory via third-party [...]

TO promote the upcoming Lakers-Celtics showdown, ABC and ESPN will heavily retail nostalgia from the team's legendary 1980s rivalry. But will it be enough to revive what has recently been [...]

BET is getting in the sports talk-show business with a new series hosted by former NBA player John Salley, former NFL player Hugh Douglas and comedian Guy Torry. The network [...]

NEW YORK -- ESPN Original Entertainment will debut a series of sports-related entertainment programming on ESPN2 next month. The series 'It's the Shoes,' consisting of eight half-hour episodes, focuses on [...]

NEW YORK -- ESPN2 will air the so-called Triple Crown of Polo in a bid to raise the sport's profile in the U.S. Polo is little-known beyond such high-society venues [...]

NEW YORK -- After months of negotiations with at least five media companies--including an undisclosed Internet company--for the rights to a new, eight-game primetime football package, the NFL decided to [...]

NEW YORK -- NBC and its affiliates will produce a nightly half-hour program daily during February's Winter Olympics that will focus on local athletes and preview the night's telecast. 'Olympic [...]

TORONTO -- Hoping to ease the shakes and cold sweats of Canadians facing an NHL lockout with no end in sight, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. is rushing a slew of [...]

NEW YORK -- In a change of corporate strategy, Fox Sports Net is looking for a few good ideas from show creators outside of the network and has hired a […]

MOSCOW -- Russia's aspiring Babe Ruths can look forward to perfecting their home run swings beginning next month when state-owned Sport TV begins broadcasting World Series games. Sports fans throughout […]

Dick Clark is looking to bring the sport of paintball to television. Dick Clark Prods. has acquired broadcast rights to Professional League Paintball, the first organized professional league in paintball, […]

NEW YORK -- NBC Sports and Fox Sports are taking minority stakes in the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour and will hold one seat each on its board of directors, […]

NEW YORK -- Rematches between the AFC and NFC conference finalists will highlight the opening week of the NFL season in primetime on ABC and ESPN. The NFL announced its […]

NEW YORK -- ABC will televise the NFL's season opener on a Thursday night in September and give up the final Monday night game of the season this year, the […]

NEW YORK -- NBC Sports is in talks with Main Event Prods. to launch a weekend boxing series this year, both companies confirmed. 'It's all speculation,' a Main Events spokesman […]

NEW YORK -- Cable network FX is in talks with NASCAR to create a reality series involving the stock car racing circuit, an FX spokesman said Thursday. NASCAR, whose ratings […]

The Sept. 14 junior middleweight title fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Fernando Vargas offered flashes of one of HBO's most dramatic boxing matchups to date: 'Sugar' Ray Leonard [...]

NEW YORK -- Top television and sports leagues executives said Wednesday that they doubt the NFL will change its policy on its Sunday Ticket package next year, meaning that DirecTV [...]

NEW YORK -- The NBA rights race is coming down the homestretch. Turner Broadcasting Systems is close to nailing down a new deal for the NBAs cable TV rights, but [...]

LONDON -- Commercial pressure for a ratings winner has forced U.K. commercial network ITV to end its experiment with Saturday night soccer in primetime, moving its highlights package 'The Premiership' [...]

NEW YORK -- Call it Michael power. As a consequence of Michael Jordan's return to the NBA as a Washington Wizard, Turner is shuffling its NBA early-season TV schedule, adding [...]

BROADCAST NETWORK EXECUTIVES will cry foul. Some NFL fans will complain. And government officials might even posture about the sad demise of free television. But it's only a matter of [...]

LOS ANGELES -- ESPN's fan-favorite reporter Erin Andrews has signed a new multiyear deal with the network. Andrews will join the network's new 'College GameDay' lineup, contributing reports during the [...]

Versus will launch its live weeknight sports show 'The Daily Line' at 6 p.m. ET Monday. The network said the format will not be a traditional recap of the day's [...]

LONDON -- Reality giant Endemol plans to shake up the global sports landscape with the launch of a major global sports programming and channels arm, CEO Ynon Kreiz said Wednesday. [...]

NBC Sports won't have to wait too long to experience the Michael Phelps ratings effect. The net said it will broadcast the 2009 World Swimming Championship from Rome and the [...]

'Inside the NFL' is switching teams: The long-running HBO show is moving to rival pay cable network Showtime in the fall. The NFL studio show, produced by Showtime's corporate sibling [...]

Online chat technology company KnockNok has partnered with Turner Sports to host chat rooms focused on the NBA playoffs on TNT.tv and TNT OverTime on NBA.com. On a beta testing [...]

Former CBS 'Early Show' co-host Hannah Storm will join ESPN in August as one of the central anchors for the channel's new daytime 'SportsCenter' block Mondays through Friday. ESPN said [...]

NEW DELHI -- Bollywood glamour, Washington Redskins cheerleaders and fast-paced cricket combined to christen Sony Entertainment Television's $1.03 billion broadcast fights to the Indian Premier League during the weekend. By [...]

NEW YORK -- You might think that for Connecticut's other all-sports network, living in the shadow of its bigger rival would be uncomfortable. ESPN might get all the headlines and […]

Digital-entertainment brand Heavy.com is teaming with action-sports brand TransWorld Media to establish a broadband channel. Set to launch this month on Heavy.com, the new channel, found on Heavy Sports, is [...]

MTV said Thursday that it is planning to debut the season finale of the high school football-set unscripted series 'Two-a-Days' online, marking a first for the network. In addition, the [...]

TORONTO -- The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. on Monday said former San Jose Sharks color analyst Drew Remenda will join its 'Hockey Night in Canada' telecast this October. Canada's public broadcaster […]

TORONTO -- Canadian cable sports channel the Sports Network on Monday said it has teed up new National Football League games for its Thursday- and Saturday-night schedules this fall. Toronto-based […]

ESPN will carry the inaugural World Baseball Classic, a 16-country tournament designed to crown baseball's world champion from among the best players from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, the U.S. and [...]

NEW YORK -- ESPN will take a page from its sister network, ESPN2, expanding a debate feature on the latter's morning 'Cold Pizza' and moving it to a half-hour show […]

CBS Sports said Tuesday that it will broadcast each of its primary NFL games in high definition during the 2003 regular season, a weekly offering that will be available in […]

NEW YORK -- For the first time. ABC Sports will start off its NFL season with a league-sponsored entertainment extravaganza leading into the Thursday-night season opener. Britney Spears, Aerosmith, Mary […]

Vancouver has emerged victorious in the 2010 Winter Olympics bidding derby, a decision that could deflate New York's chances of landing the 2012 Games. The International Olympic Committee's decision Wednesday […]

The man responsible for 'The Best Damn Sports Show Period' will now control the programming destiny of Fox Sports Net FSN president Bob Thompson has named George Greenburg, executive producer […]

In the event of war with Iraq, the NCAA men's basketball tournament could find itself on such Viacorn cable channels as TNN and TV Land instead of CBS, officials at […]

NBC Sports will air two one-hour championship curling events next year, the network said: the U.S. Men's and Women's National Championships in Utica, N.Y., on March 15, and the 2003 […]

Fox Entertainment Group is set to announce this week plans to launch a new digital network devoted to the world of extreme sports. The yet-to-be-named channel has already secured multiple […]

NEW YORK--ESPN is trying to capitalize on its successful X Games franchise with the introduction of a new annual team event, the X Games Global Championship, which will debut May [...]