John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal explains why Monday Night Football has been so successful on ESPN: Howard Katz, the NFL’s senior vice president of broadcasting and media operations, is the executive tasked with creating the broadcasters’ schedules. He said the best “Monday Night Football” games on ESPN are the ones that allow the […]
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Dream vs. Sengoku on NYE
It was officially announced earlier today that Dream and Sengoku will come together on December 31st to promote a mega show in Japan underneath the Dynamite!! banner. Sherdog’s Tony Loiseleur with the latest: World Victory Road’s Sengoku Raiden Championships will contribute fighters to Fighting and Entertainment Group’s Dynamite event on New Years Eve at the […]
WEC and Strikeforce Set to Face-off December 19th
Yesterday, both the WEC and Strikeforce made additions to their December 19th fight cards that will compete head-to-head on Saturday night television. The WEC announced the addition of five preliminary bouts to the card, which effectively finalized the event set to air live at 10PM EST/PST. MMAJunkie provides an overview: MAIN CARD Donald Cerrone vs. […]
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Major Networks to Charge Cable Operators
John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal talks about the idea of major networks charging distributors for their programming in his latest piece: But as the economy has wreaked havoc on the TV advertising market, these disputes have taken on a new urgency for broadcasters. They need new revenue streams. It’s pretty simple: Broadcasters don’t […]