Sports Business Journal reported earlier this week that the Big 12 Conference and ESPN are nearing agreement on a nine-year, $1.3 billion TV rights extension through 2025. The current ESPN/Big 12 deal runs through 2016.
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3/16 – CBS Announces Tip-Times and Match-Ups For Third-Round Games on Saturday, March 17
Turner Sports and CBS Sports announce tip-times and match-ups for third-round coverage of the 2012 NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Championship on Saturday, March 17 (12:00 NOON-12:00 AM, ET) with all games available in their entirety across three national television…
3/16 – DC Sports TV & Radio Schedule
MLB EXHIBITION Detroit vs. New York Mets — MLB Network/SNY, 1 p.m. Washington vs. New York Yankees — MLB TV / YES, 1 p.m. Cleveland vs. Anaheim Angels — Fox Sports West, 4 p.m. Texas vs. Los Angeles Dodgers —…
3/15 – ESPN’s Complete NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Championship Coverage
For the eighth consecutive year, ESPN will present every glass-crushing moment of the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Championship starting with the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Selection Show on Sunday, March 18, and culminating with the Frozen Four…
3/15 – Second Night of ‘First Four’ Drops Some
Overnight ratings declined slightly for the back half of Wednesday’s ‘First Four’ doubleheader, while the opening game held steady. Wednesday’s Cal/USF NCAA Tournament ‘First Four’ game drew a 0.8 overnight rating on TruTV, down a tick from VCU/USC last year…
3/15 – Heat-Bulls Sets ESPN Record
Wednesday’s Heat/Bulls NBA regular season game drew a 6.2 rating on ESPN in Chicago, the market’s highest rating ever for a regular season game on the network. Nationally, the game drew a 2.2 overnight rating, the third-best of the season…
3/15 – ESPN’s MLS Opener Down
Monday’s Union/Timbers MLS regular season match on ESPN drew a 0.23 U.S. rating and 337,000 viewers, down 41% in ratings and 44% in viewership from the network’s first match last year (LA/SEA: 0.39, 641K), but up 35% and 18%, respectively,…
3/15- SiriusXM to Broadcast Live 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship
SiriusXM’s 2012 coverage begins with this week’s season-opening event, the 2012 FORMULA 1 QANTAS AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX in Melbourne, which will air Sunday, March 18 (2:00 am ET). Every race, all season long, will air live on Sirius channel 94…
3/15 – Golf Channel Domestic LPGA Tour Season Begins Thursday
Golf Channel’s domestic coverage of the 2012 LPGA Tour season is the most anticipated in the network’s history, featuring full coverage of the first two major championships and unique storytelling of the game’s current and rising stars, all kicking off…
3/15 – DC Sports TV & Radio Schedule
EXHIBITION MLB 1 p.m. New York Yankees vs. Washington » MASN, WNEW (1580 AM) 4 p.m. Cincinnati vs. Los Angeles Angels » MLB Network 10 p.m. San Francisco vs. Seattle » MLB Network MLB: ALL Atlanta vs. Philadelphia (SS) —…