The Associated Press’ Steve Wilson reports NBC has won the bid for the Olympics from 2014-2020 keeping the Games. At stake were the rights to the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, and 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro,…
6/7 – Fox’s NASCAR Gets Rise in Viewership
The network’s presentation of the first 13 races of the NASCAR Sprint Cup series hit a three-year high averaging 8.6 million viewers per race, up +9% over last year (7.9 million viewers). That is the largest one-year audience increase in…
6/7 – NBA Finals Game 3 Strong, But Loses Some Audience
Despite hitting a series-high in the overnights, ratings and viewership for Sunday’s Game 3 of the NBA Finals dropped below Thursday’s Game 2. Sunday’s Heat/Mavericks Game 3 earned a 9.1 final rating and 15.338 million viewers on ABC, down 5%…
6/7 – Cablevision to Spin Off AMC
Cablevision Systems Corp. said that the planned spin-off of its cable networks will take place on June 30. The networks are AMC, the home of the “Mad Men” show, WE TV, IFC and The Sundance Channel. Cablevision shareholders will get…
6/7 – German Soccer League May Move to Web Exclusively
The German DFL Football League may offer soccer matches exclusively via the Web and mobile devices from 2013, to replace programs currently run on the country’s public ARD broadcaster, Handelsblatt reported, citing unidentified people within the company. DFL aims to…
6/7 – Golf Channel Profiles Graeme McDowell
On the eve of his U.S. Open title defense, Golf Channel will go behind-the-scenes of McDowell’s whirlwind 2010-11 season to chronicle the life and career of Northern Ireland’s native son in a special presentation, Being Graeme McDowell, premiering Tuesday at…