The Pac-10 agreed to a 12-year television contract with Fox and ESPN on Tuesday worth about $3 billion, allowing the conference to quadruple its media rights fees and start its own network. The contract, which will begin with the 2012-13…
5/4 – Time Warner Takes Loss on NCAA Hoops, But Ads Sales Up
Time Warner posted better-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday, with revenue rising 6 percent alongside a surge in advertising sales at its cable TV networks. Time Warner, which owns cable networks such as CNN and TBS, as well as magazines and…
5/4 – Terp Talk Sports Show Gets DC Outlet
Bruce Posner, who hosts the Baltimore-based “Terp Talk” University Of Maryland-themed sports show, is launching a DC version. Starting this month, Posner will be heard Saturdays at 8 AM on CBS’s Big Talker, 1580 AM, WHFS. The DC debut will…
5/4 – DC Sports TV & Radio Schedule
NHL – 7 p.m. Washington at Tampa Bay » Comcast SportsNet, WFED (820 AM, 1500 AM) MLB 7 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia » MASN, WJFK (106.7 FM 8 p.m. Baltimore atKansas City »MASN2,WWXT (92.7 FM),WWXX (94.3 FM),WTEM(980 AM) OTHER SPORTS…
5/3 – CBS Finds 2011 NCAA Hoops Deal Was More Profitable
CBS reports sharply higher profits as revenue losses were offset by much lower expenses associated with March Madness. Net earnings were $202 million, or 29 cents a share, up from $34 million, or 5 cents a share a year ago. …
5/3 – Comcast 1st Qtr Earnings Rise, Cable Subscriber Defections Slow
Comcast released its first quarter earnings reporting stronger than expected results and reducing basic subscriber losses by more than half. Cable revenue rose 5.8% to $9.1 billion in the period and cable operating cash flow increased a strong 7.7% to…